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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Becoming a 24 Hour Calorie Burning Machine
Muscle is the key to increasing your Fat burning when you are NOT exercising. The more muscle you have the higher your metabolism and the more you will burn after you are done exercising.
So how do you get more muscle. The most common way is lifting weights, but there are other ways. Another tool many people use is aerobic exercise. It is generally considered to be the fastest way to burn calories. Problem is, if you approach your cardio workout the way most people do (lower intensity for longer duration), your body will return to a normal rate burning fat very soon after you stop exercising.
To get the most out of a fat-loss exercise program, you need to increase your "after-burn." This refers to the calories you burn AFTER the exercise to replenish oxygen stores, remove lactic acid, reduce body temperature, and return to a normal resting state. And studies show that it is the intensity of your exercise that has the greatest impact on your after-burn.
Doing what is called Interval training helps do this as well. You exercise for more intense periods of time (NOT above your target heart rate) for shorter periods. By lifting weights as well you will increase the weight or resistance so you are fully exhausted before 10 reps. So if you find yourself able to do 11 reps, increase the weight. You can do periods of activity at a high level close together with periods of less exertion in between the high levels of exertion.
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