A Simple Guide To Fat Loss (Part Four)

Over my last few posts (go back and read them) I have covered the three most important factors related to fat loss, today I am going to cover the fourth most important factor, NEAT.

NEAT stands for Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis and is all the activity that isn’t intentional exercise; fidgeting, walking, housework, playing with your kids, etc.

NEAT is one of the most underrated tools at your disposal if you want to lose fat.

Let me explain why: There are 24 hours in a day and let’s say you dedicate an hour a day to exercise 3-5 times per week. There are 168 hours in one week. If someone trains for an hour, 3-5x per week, that’s 3-5 hours of intentional exercise versus 163-165 hours of no exercise.

I’m sure we can all agree that what we do in those 163-165 hours is going to have a far larger influence on our fat loss than what we do in the 3-5 hours in the gym.

This is where NEAT comes in: By simply being more active (walking, interspersing periods of sitting and standing) throughout the day you can have a dramatic impact on fat loss.

It sounds incredibly simple, and that’s the way fat loss should be.

A really simple and popular way of increasing NEAT is by aiming for 10,000 steps per day, which most people never get anywhere near without trying.

Start trying.