Weight Loss Cardio

Have you ever wondered which Weight Loss Cardio exercises are best for burning off the extra body fat that you have? Is walking (considered low intensity) better or running (high intensity) better for burning off body fat?

Well, both low and high intensity exercises will help you burn off body fat. What is in question is which is more effective and burns more body fat? What is your fat burning zone?

When scientists first reported that during vigorous exercise, your body burn glycogen, which is a form of stored carbohydrates stored in your liver and muscles for energy and during low intensive exercises, your body burns body fat, everyone suddenly changes their workout routines to do low intensity exercises to burn body fat.

Does it work? Apparently not, because there are still a lot of people who are overweight that are still around that are exercising with a low intensity workout.  Why is that so?

Well, the scientists were right when they said that our bodies burn more body fat during low intensity exercises like walking or a leisurely swim. But during a high intensity exercise like running, our bodies burn a lot more calories. Even if some of the calories scorched are from glycogen, we will still burn many fat calories as well.

To add icing to the cake, when the glycogen that is stored in your body is low, the carbs from your meal you eat by and by gets converted into glycogen to fill up the store and will not be converted to body fat when left idle for energy.

what is more, high intensity Weight Loss Cardio exercises crank up your metabolism even after your workout is complete. In other words you body will go on to burn body fat hours after you have finished your exercise. This effect is almost nonexistent in low intensity cardio or aerobic workout. Accumulatively, your body burns up much more calories during and after high intensity cardio exercises than lower intensive ones.

You can inject high intensity exercises to your Weight Loss Cardio workout by introducing some interval training. You can walk briskly for 5 minutes, then break away into a jog for another 5 minutes. Then walking at a brisk pace again until you catch your breath, and then sprint for a minute before walking again for another minute.

From this point, change between a sprint and a walk, a minute each and do this for the next 15 minutes and you are done.

If you do this for 5 days a week, before long, you will be steadily losing unwanted body fat and weight, and do this healthily and naturally.