The Japanese 4 Minute Workout

This program to help you lose weight sounds interesting.  It’s called the Japanese 4 minute exercise and users have had notable success with it.
If you have heard that there is NO effective exercise that you can do in less than 30 minutes a day, then you have been mistaken.
Research at Yale Univeristy has demonstrated that a short, intensive work out is up to 9 times more effective than a routine workout when there is no difference in the level of exertion.
The emphasis is on simplicity and it’s a very effective way to kick your metabolism higher, letting you to lose weight without gimmicks or a dreadful 60 minute exercise. Raising your metabolism higher is the right way to lose weight effectively. Let your body do the work  while you do this program 4 minutes a day.

Your body will respond to everything that is presented to it. This means not only to eating but also to exercising.  Don’t spend 60 minutes on a tread-mill when you can get the same results or even higher metabolism results in just 4 minutes?
If you’re working out for 60 minutes, then your body adapts and it’s going to be high metabolism for just 1 hour. As for the other 23 hours of the day, it simply remains in low gear. On the contrary to this, a short, intense workout will be more effective and has a longer lasting “after burner” effect.

The workout itself takes 4 minutes.
By following these steps you can get your metabolism raised and let it run for 24-48 hours, even if you are not exercising during that time.
THE BASIC PLAN:
Be sure to warm up! (at least 5 minutes, optional but highly recommended.  Your body muscles become more flexible, greatly reducing the chance of injury)

The First Step = 30 seconds:
Intense workout = 15 seconds
Pause = 15 seconds

Multiply by by 8, so your workout time is 4 minutes.

If you are beginner, you might want to take 5 seconds off the workout length so you get 10 seconds of intense exercising and 20 seconds of pause. For those of you who are in a good physical shape, you can add 5 seconds to each intensive interval, adding up to 20 seconds of intensive workout. The best results are experienced with a 20 second intensive workout.

This exercise can be done with any fitness resistance machine, strenuous running or other exercises that are very intense and which you can do 10-20 seconds bursts in a row.  However, you must be aware that these 10-20 seconds must be the hardest workout you can imagine and you need to do it with enthusiasm. Performing some half-hearted, self-deceiving workout is not going to get you the results you want. Success all comes down to giving all you’ve got.

At the end of the 4 -minute workout  you should be extremely winded, with sweat running down your face and barely able to stand. This program can be done with regular cardio-equipment, or common items such as jump ropes. The main thing to ensure is that the workout is extremely intense and you do it for thefull time interval.