Losing fat is based on a simple equation. You have to create a calorie deficit by burning more calories than you are consuming. However, in real life that simple equation can be a long, hard and difficult process to accomplish. Therefore, when you are going to attempt to burn fat, you would want to make sure that every component that would affect your results is optimal as they can be to help you effectively burn those excess calories.
When it comes to exercising to burn calories, too many people do not get optimum results from their time and effort spent exercising. This could be caused by a few different things such as structure of the workout program and execution of the routine by the exerciser. However, there is one factor that is often overlooked as a reason for people not getting the results they want from working out. It's flexibility and coordination.
Let me explain. You see flexibility and coordination is not only important for keeping your body healthy and pain free. It’s also a top determining factor for the results you’ll be able to see from your workouts. Imagine 2 people using the same workout program. One is tight, inflexible and have poor coordination, and the other person is naturally flexible and coordinated.
When Person 1 does a squat, at most they are able to go only half-way down. If they go any further, they might risk injury or humiliating themselves by losing their balance at the gym. On the other hand, take person 2 who is more flexible and coordinated.
When they do a squat, you’ll see them effortlessly go up and down through a full range of motion with perfect balance and plenty of flexibility. But the difference isn't just in how the exercise looks to an observer. It also greatly affects the amount of calories burned during the execution of the exercise. You see when a person can only squat half-way down, wouldn’t it stand to reason that they only use half of the energy (Calories burned) than someone who goes all the way down uses? It makes sense because after all, they are only going half the distance and using half the muscular efforts which determines how much energy you use for a movement.
So it would make sense that due to in-flexibility and muscular dysfunction, a person would burn only a portion of the amount of calories they would burn than if they were more flexible. There are not a lot of programs that focuses on fixing that. But thanks to fitness expert Tyler Bramlett there is a program called Bodyweight Flow that you can use to increase your flexibility and coordination. It is a bodyweight routine that can help you become 7% more flexible and burn up to 53% more calories in just one session. It is a series of 63 different 2-3 minute follow along sequences that can be added to any workout program.
