A good sign that you’re doing the wrong thing is if you’re spending huge amounts of time at the gym and you’re still huge. Wasting your time is frustrating because you deserve results. Why put in all that hard work for nothing? The truth is that you’re probably not doing the best exercises. I’ve been working in fitness with men and women for longer than a sixteen year career, and I know a thing or two about fat loss.

Over this time, I’ve discovered five fantastic drills that are essential to burning fat and building muscles. These Fantastic Five moves will get your metabolic rate up and get that flab off your tummy.

Let me put it as plain as I can: without these exercises in your routine, you are spending too much time and money in your fitness efforts. Of course, I need to explain myself somewhat because these are really five moves, not distinct processes that you use to exercise with.

This Fabulous Five routine is a collection of moves that will get you the results you want with less time every day.

Getting variation in your moves is one of the core principles, so be sure to remember that as you do interval-style workouts with the moves I’ve listed below. So, here’s the Fabulous five starting off with the most important.

One: Squatting moves. Here you can do barbells, dumbbells, deadlifts, kettlebells, or even the trendy swings.

You’ll find that a lot of folks are using the kettlebell now becaus of the additional movement they require: it helps burn more fat. Squats get your mechanics into the effort and that’s a good thing because you need to burn a large calorie count.

Two: Pushes. These can be pushups or presses to engage large muscle groups.

Notice how alternating upper and lower body moves will use the principle of letting one muscle group rest while you work the other.