You are hypnotized with hundreds of ads on TV regularly with products like machines and supplements claiming to burn fat and build muscle in a matter of just minutes a day. Some of these products do work. If you are intelligent enough, you should know these stuff don’t work. Some are just plain junk and you will know it right away you look at it, but there are times you might end up purchasing the product just to find out it’s a pile of crap.

There certainly are good ones out there too but very rarely will you find one that helps you stay lean for over a year while allowing you to actually enjoy your life. Most of these routines are easily adapted by your body in like 5 to 8 sessions of the same workout over and over again. These routines usually provided a plan that will only last for like a month or two. What then?

Did you know that muscle burns a lot of fat just to survive in your body? Therefore, the easiest way to burn fat and build muscle is by actually focus on building muscle, and the fat will just go away helping your muscle to grow in the process!

1. Always go for exercises that target major muscles like the Back, Legs, Chest. Doing exercises for these muscles work all the other muscle fibers at the same time. This gives greater growth for the less but highly intense effort! Deadlifts are more intense than doing leg presses.

2. Focus on achieving a new personal record in every workout. Try to increase weight, get more reps or sets in the same time or LESS time in every workout. This increases intensity and muscular shock.

3. If you want to BURN FAT and build muscle, then you can’t just keep everything at sight. Building muscle doesn’t give you permission to go dirty on food. You need to eat clean. Stick to organic food, whole grain carbs and lean protein and you are good to go.

4. If you want to get great results, you need to take a week off every 8 to 10 weeks. This rest is necessary for your body to prevent injury and overtraining. Believe me, you will burn fat and build a lot of muscle even in your week off since your body finally has the chance to repair weeks of intense training.

5. Stick to bodyweight exercises and free weights. They are 1000 times better than machines. As long as you aren’t doing ab exercises like the Kneeling Cable Crunch, you should always stick with bodyweight exercises and free weights to get optimal results.

If you follow these 5 simple steps, you will be away ahead of the rest of the crowd who work their butts off in the gym trying to get in better shape. You will turn heads in a few weeks if you follow the steps recommended to burn fat and build muscle accordingly.