The Best Type of Exercise to Burn Calories

The Best Type of Exercise to Burn Calories

We know that exercise burn calories and in turn helps us to lose weight. The question is are there types of exercise that help us burn more calories than others? There are two main types of exercise: aerobic and anaerobic.

Aerobic exercise is what we normally think of when we go for a jog or when we join an aerobics class. The term aerobic mean “with oxygen”. Aerobic exercise refers to exercise where you require a larger oxygen intake. Your muscles become deprived of oxygen and require it to be delivered. Swimming, roller-blading, jumping rope would also be types of aerobic exercise. Most aerobic exercise is done for a longer period of time. A standard time would be at least 20 minutes or more. This type of exercise is also referred to as “cardio” exercise. This is because it has been generally been thought to strengthen the heart.

The second type of exercise is called anaerobic. This means “without oxygen.” The types of exercise that qualify as anaerobic exercise are weight lifting and sprinting. The body does not depend on oxygen as a source of fuel for this type of exercise. Anaerobic exercise is more explosive in nature. It is shorter in duration. The longer the exercise the more oxygen is required. Since weight lifting and sprinting are short in duration they don’t require oxygen. Instead this type of exercise uses ATP (adenosine triphosphate) and glycogen that is already stored in the muscles.

So which exercise type burns more calories? If you want instant burn or calories then aerobic exercise would be best, however, when you consider the longer time frame anaerobic is the hands down winner. So if you want to burn the most calories then you need to perform weight lifting.

The reason that this is true is because weight lifting helps us build muscle. When we build muscle we are ultimately able to do more work. When we add muscle to our frame we raise our metabolic rate. This enables us to burn more calories just by sitting around. Muscle requires more energy (calories expenditure) to maintain it. As a result we burn more calories.

But what if you could combine the best of both worlds? What is you could get the instant calories burning of aerobic exercise and the long term burning power of anaerobic exercise? Well this is entirely possible. If you want to burn the most calories possible from each of you workouts then you will perform your weight lifting exercises in an aerobic fashion.

What this means is that you will basically eliminate the rest from your weight lifting program. You will move from one exercise to the next while performing mini circuits. If you put together a program that has you doing this for 30 – 50 minutes you will begin to see the fat fall off of your body.

If you want to see what this would look like then take a look at the P90X program. Performing an exercise program like this will help your burn an incredible amount of calories and help your transform your body right before your very eyes.

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