One of the fastest and easiest ways to lose body fat is by doing what’s known as interval training. All interval training is at the core though, is changing the pace at which you exercise or perform other physical activities.

One excellent example is with walking or jogging. When you walk or jog at the same pace regularly, your body quickly adapts to that physical activity level. So over time it stops burning as much extra body fat as it did in the beginning, because your body has become used to the new level of activity.

By making just one simple change to your walking or running routine though, you can trick your body into putting it’s fat burning on overdrive again. All you need to do is mix things up with something different. If you’re walking for instance, then start jogging for about 30 seconds. Do this randomly throughout your walk. If you’re already jogging, then sprint as fast as you can for about 30 seconds instead, then slow back down to your standard jogging speed.

By mixing in these random spurts of high activity, you’re forcing your body to provide more energy – and thus burn more of your extra body fat – because it doesn’t have a standard routine to get used to anymore. So it responds by simply making more energy available all the time… “just in case” it’s suddenly needed without warning.

One of the best ways to work interval training into your daily or weekly routine and help yourself lose body fat more quickly, is to simply mix in a bit of sports. If you enjoy playing tennis or basketball for instance, then try fitting these activities into your day at least once or twice each week.

If you think about the way most sports are played you’ll realize why this is a great way to lose body fat: Sports are a natural form of interval training. In almost all types of sports, there are times during play where you are doing things at a slower or more relaxed pace. Then you suddenly burst into action while running for a ball, or trying to get to the next base. So it naturally gives you random slower and faster physical activity, and this in turn helps you to lose body fat easily.