In part one of this series on fat burning exercises we established that the amount of extra calories burned, 
by adding muscle to your body, is not as great as the internet and TV infomercials would have you believe.
The goal of this post is to help you see how the designed of your exercise program can significantly impact your caloric expenditure. And, what you eat and drink before and after you exercise also significantly impacts your fat burning ability.
Now the first place to start is in making a decision about the type of exercise program you’re going to follow.
Aerobic versus Anaerobic Exercise for Fat Burning!
Let’s make this as simple as possible. Fat burning exercises will either be
aerobic in design to strengthen the cardiovascular system
anaerobic in design to strengthen and build muscle tissue
or a combination of both.
Aerobic exercises use oxygen to create energy. The primary fuel source is free fatty acids which yield large amounts of energy.
Anaerobic exercises create energy without the use of oxygen. The primary fuel source is glycogen or blood glucose.
There is a lot of information about fat burning exercises on the internet. Unfortunately, most of the information is a bit misleading. Typically, the information centers on whether you should be doing aerobic exercise to effectively burn your fat stores or whether you should be building muscle tissue to increase your metabolism to burn your extra fat! The following quote from Adam Zickerman, author of