Increase Your Exercise Pace Slightly and Burn More Calories

Increase Your Exercise Pace Slightly and Burn More Calories

If you’re trying to lose weight, cardio is your best friend. Types of workouts that get your heart rate up such as running, biking, and using a cardio machine are the way to burn calories and reduce your percentage of body fat. Another fact to point out is that the faster you move, the more calories you’ll burn. I’m not suggesting that you have to sprint through your entire workout — increasing your pace even a small amount will make a difference. Here are two ways to increase your speed when doing cardio.

1. Add intervals. After warming up, move at your usual pace for one minute, then increase your speed for one minute, then return to your usual pace for a minute. Repeat this sequence for 30 minutes, and then cool down. Need a plan to follow? Here are some interval workouts for all types of cardio workouts. Remember, interval training is proven to reduce belly fat.
2. Increase your overall pace just sightly. Running at a pace of five mph (12 minute miles) burns 263 calories in 30 minutes. If you run a bit faster at 6 mph (10 minutes per mile), you’ll burn 292 calories. It may not seem like a big difference, but if you run five times a week, you’ll burn an extra 145 calories.

Increasing your speed when doing cardio won’t take a lot more energy, but it’ll sure make a difference to your body. You’ll burn more calories, which translates to a slimmer, more defined frame. It will also help with your endurance, and make you stronger.
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