Why Joe Wicks’ HIIT really IS the secret to staying slim: Brutal bursts of exercise burn more fat

Studies suggest that following Joe Wicks’ brutal exercise regime is really the best way to lose weight.

The country’s most popular training guru, called body coaches, is the proponent of trendy high-intensity interval training (HIIT).

Sweat by taking breaks and doing burpees, squats and push-ups.

However, experts have found that it is more effective at reducing the waistline than traditional aerobic exercises such as running and swimming.

Researchers claim that you can turn your body into a “fat-burning machine” in just three 30-minute sessions a week — and that it may work even better with fat people.

According to a team of international researchers, those who do high-intensity interval training per week burn up to 0.13 g of fat per minute of physical activity compared to those who do not exercise. Burpees, squats, and push-ups studded with resting workouts were popular with Joe Wicks (pictured), who uploads videos online as a body coach.

They still encourage people to stick to other traditional forms of sweating.

However, a team at the University of Victoria in Melbourne encourages people to become HIIT fanatics.

According to their calculations, adding three quick fire sessions each week may help burn 0.13g of fat with one minute of exercise.

During the 10 years, a person doing the recommended two and a half hours of aerobic exercise could theoretically lose an additional 10 kg (22 lbs).

Research author Professor Zeljko Pedisic said:

Many studies have shown that HIIT promotes fat oxidation, the process of breaking down fat stored in the body.

However, until now, researchers have not compared the rate of fat oxidation to other forms of exercise among people doing HIIT training.

To investigate this, researchers pooled the results from 18 studies, each examining how much fat was burned during training.

Approximately 511 participants engaged in supervised training (HIIT or moderate intensity activities such as running or cycling) or did not exercise.

They were monitored in 3 sessions a week for 2-14 weeks.

A study published in the UK’s ‌‌Journal‌‌of‌‌Sports‌‌Medicine shows that just four weeks of HIIT training improves fat burning by an extra 0.08g per minute compared to non-exercise people.

People who prefer traditional aerobic exercise, such as jogging, also experience improved fat metabolism.

However, the effect was lower than those who used HIIT (0.03 g / min), the results showed.

This means that fans of aerobic exercise need to train longer to see the same effect, the team said.

Researchers acknowledged that the findings are not absolutely certain because they include studies using different training methods and different populations.

And they only monitored the effect for 3 months.