Friday, March 18, 2005

Fat Burning Exercises

The best fat burning exercises are the slow, aerobic, long duration types of exercise that involve most of the major muscle groups. Your body burns a higher percentage of calories from fat with lower intensity cardio exercises.

Some of these fat burning exercises include walking, jogging, running, elliptical trainer workouts, cycling and swimming. The key factor here is the more muscle groups you use, the more fat you'll burn.

Some exercises will burn more sugar as opposed to burning fat. These sugar burning exercises involve brief spurts of movement followed by rest which means more sugar is used for fuel instead of fat.

Some of these sugar burning exercises include sprinting, tennis, racquetball, basketball, and golf. While these are great sports that benefit your overall fitness condition, they will not burn fat like fat burning exercises will.

To burn fat effectively, you need to exercise at a moderate pace for a longer period of time. It's often the residual effect of this type of aerobic exercise that gives you the most benefits.

These aerobic fat burning exercises increase your metabolism which means you'll burn calories even after you exercise. People who exercise on a regular basis develop more fat burning enzymes than people who don't exercise at all.

It generally takes twenty minutes of fat burning exercises to get the fat burning enzymes working. So if you are just starting out, exercise for twenty minutes and work up from there as your fitness level improves. Try to set 3 days a week as your goal to workout and work up to 5 days when you become more fit.

Home treadmills and elliptical trainers are perfect for fat burning exercises. These will give you the slow, aerobic, long duration types of exercise that work best to burn fat.

They are the most popular pieces for home workouts because they allow you to stay fit in any weather condition. They are easy to use and cost efficient because quality fitness equipment will last for many years.

While eating properly will help you reduce body fat, combining it with fat burning exercises will give you the excellent results you are looking for.

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