Exercise is something we should all be doing, not just for weight control, but for our mental and physical overall health as well. But let’s face it, sometimes there are weight loss goals that need to be reached in order to enjoy optimal health, and in those cases we need to be focusing on the exercises that torch the most calories and give us the most bang for our buck, in the shortest amount of time.


Interval training:

Interval training is incredibly hard at first, because it feels taxing on the body for the short one and a half to two minute intensive periods of cardio and muscle work. However, it’s very effective, and it turns on the fast twitch muscles that burn the most calories.

The “resting” periods of 2-3 minutes in between these intensive intervals keeps the heart rate up, and the muscle keeps working, but you aren’t over stressing it for long periods of time. It combines optimal calorie burning with great endurance training without totally exhausting the body and wasting time.


Swimming:

Swimming is one of the all time best stand bys when it comes to big time calorie burning. Remember those days as a kid when you’d go swimming at the pool or the ocean or the lake all day long? Remember how famished you were at the end of the day?

That’s because swimming is one of the highest calorie burning activities you can do. What’s pretty cool about swimming is that you don’t even realize you’re working hard because even when you’re just treading water, your body is working to stay afloat, and it requires an incredible amount of coordination of all your muscles to do this, which expends a lot of energy.


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