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Working out fasted is a commonly used method to help boost the rate of fat burning taking place in the body and help you get better results.

But, before you go off and decide to workout in a fasted state, there are some important things to know. You need to prepare yourself properly for this or you will not get the progress you were hoping to.

Let’s go over what you need to know.

Don’t Attempt Intense Exercise

The very first must-know tip about working out fasted is that you should never be doing this when you are doing intense exercise training.

Intense exercise is going to require glucose as a fuel source and if you have not consumed any glucose that day (in the form of carbohydrates), you aren’t going to be able to maintain the intensity that you need to be.

Make sure that you keep any fasted training to moderate intensity exercise at best.

If You Feel Dizzy Stop

Next, if you find that you are starting to feel dizzy during the exercise, make sure you stop. Feeling dizzy shouldn’t be happening and if it does, that’s a sign that you may be overdoing it.

Back off until you are feeling better, or in some cases, you may need to end the session and get something to eat. In this case, you’ll want to get a small helping of simple sugars as this is what will help to bring your blood glucose levels back up to a healthier range again.

Keep in mind that exercising fasted isn’t for everyone. In some cases, you are best off just eating beforehand and forgoing fasted training.

While there can be some benefits to exercising fasted, you can still very successfully lose weight without doing this.

Don’t Do Long Workout Sessions

Finally, make sure that you aren’t going to attempt incredibly long workouts either – even if they are moderate paced sessions.  Your workouts should only last around 30-45 minutes when fasted – if this long.

Anything longer than that and you simply need more fuel.

So keep these fasted workout tips in mind. If you are going to do fasted training, it’s general best to be performing moderate intensity cardio training as you do it, which will help you utilize fat as a fuel source and get you in fat burning mode for the rest of the day.