The Fat Burning Five
- Any activity that requires you to support your own body weight will burn the most fuel- so for the biggest burn, choose an exercise like running over rowing.
- The more muscle mass you have, the higher the rate your body burns off calories been shown to speed up that rate by 15%.
- Spend less time resting between sets and during weights sessions. Switching straight from working your biceps to your quads means you let one muscle recover while a different set do the hard work, keeping your heart rate throughout the session.
- Eat something spicy- hot curries and chillies can raise your metabolic rate by up to 50% for up to three hours after you have finished eating.
- Snack small and often- eating smaller meals more frequently has been shown to keep your metabolism ticking over more efficiently than going for hours without a bean and then eating a three course meal.
The Best Calorie Burning Cardio Exercises
Drummers
can burn between 400-600 calories and hour but if you are without a set of
cymbals, try these instead.
Drummers
can burn between 400-600 calories and hour but if you are without a set of
cymbals, try these instead.
Running at
8mph -
burns 986 calories
Skipping - 730
calories
Stair
climber -
730 calories
Tennis,
singles - 584
calories
Swimming
laps -
511 calories
All
figures are based on one hour session for a person weighing 11 stone, taken
from the Mayo Clinic Exercise for Weight Loss Chart.
