Although the stomach is one of the most difficult places to lose fat, the task can be accomplished through high-intensity workouts that use all the muscles in your body. These workouts ramp up your metabolism -- the amount of calories your body burns -- and improve your ability to burn off fat quickly. You can achieve fast results by pushing your body to its limits every time you work out.
Kettlebell Workouts
A high-intensity kettlebell workout can burn the same number of calories as running at a six-minute-per-mile pace, according to a study by the American Council on Exercise. Most kettlebell exercises are explosive in nature and help the body recruit nearly every fiber in the body to perform each exercise. A typical exercise session may include floor presses, windmills, figure eights and kettlebell swings.
Tabata Running
Tabata is a high-intensity cardiovascular exercise that involves 20 seconds of all-out sprinting followed by 10 seconds of rest. If you repeat this 30-second cycle three times and start and end with a five-minute brisk walk, the entire session should last 14 minutes. This protocol, developed by Dr. Izumi Tabata, was found to increase the number of calories participants burn for up to 48 hours after.
CrossFit
CrossFit is a full-body exercise program that provides free workouts on its website. The program, developed by gymnastic coach Greg Glassman, was designed to trick the body into getting better by constantly changing the types of workouts you do. An example of a CrossFit workout may include five rounds of 25 box-jumps, 400-meter sprints and 25 push presses -- all as fast as you can.
Conventional Strength Training
Conventional strength training increases the amount of calorie-burning muscle on your body and helps you burn fat faster in future exercise sessions. To gain muscle tissue, perform exercises for each major muscle group for three sets of eight to 12 repetitions, says the National Academy of Sports Medicine. A sample session would include sets of sit-ups, chest presses, bent-over rows, dumbbell shoulder presses and leg presses.
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