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How To Burn More Fat During Exercise
By | July 8, 2008
Did you know that you can burn more fat by simply adding interval training to your workout routine? If you’re not sure what interval training is, it’s basically just doing whatever form of exercise you are doing and speeding it up for a very short period of time. For example, if you are walking add a minute of jogging now and again. The point of this is that for that minute you will increase your heart speed, and so burn extra calories. The extra burn benefit will last longer than the minute that you spend on the speeded up exercise and so you get a much better workout and increase the benefits of the exercise.
A person that walks and burns 50 calories will burn around 70 by running the same amount of miles. But when it comes to fast walking versus walking, there isn’t much of a difference. You’ll burn slightly more fat/calories but only by a few calories. The big difference is from walking to running or even sprinting. This is where interval training helps you to increase your weight loss because for those minutes you are picking up the pace, you are burning additional calories that you wouldn’t have done just keeping a steady rate.
But what if you’re only just starting to exercise?
When you are just beginning an exercise program, it can feel daunting to think that you “need” to jog around the block. But walking around the block may seem too tame and you may not think of that as “exercise”. The thing to remember is that any additional movement you make is exercise, and you don’t have to be going full speed in order to qualify for exercise status. Often people have to work up their stamina levels so they start very low key, perhaps only walking at a normal pace for 10 minutes, and then 15 minutes and so on. Once you can comfortably walk at 10 minutes however you should consider doing one minute of interval training. Jog for a minute – 30 seconds if you can’t manage that minute immediately. Then resume your walking pace. The little speed burst will get your heart pumping faster and boost your calorific burn rate. Do this every time you walk, if you’re walking for 10 minutes, have 1 minute of interval training at jog speed, as you work up towards 20 minutes, then add an additional mminute of interval training so that you are walking for example minutes 1-6, then jog minute 7, return to walking pace for minutes 8-15, jog minute 16 and then finish your 20 minutes at your usual walking rate. As your stamina increases, you could either increase the number of internal training periods, or make the ones you already have slightly more intense.
So if you need to lose weight, and are a little scared that your body can’t take the stress of an exercise program, don’t fret. Instead decide on a gentle low impact type of activity and get moving. Add a little spark with a minute of interval training where you push yourself that little bit further, but only for such a short period of time that you know it’s going to end quickly and then it’s done. Not only will you find that you increase your heart rate, but you’ll also find that soon that minute doesn’t seem even half as long and you are fit enough to take on more!
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