Cardio Exercise-Low or High Intensity?

Have you ever thought about which Weight Loss Cardio exercises work the best for burning off extra body fat? Is walking (low intensity) better or running (considered high intensity) better for burning body fat?

Well, both low and high intensity exercises will help you burn body fat off. What is in question is which is more effective in burning more body fat? What is your fat burning zone?

When scientists first reported that during vigorous exercise, your body burn glycogen, which is a form of stored carbohydrates stored in your liver and muscles for energy and during low intensive exercises, your body burns body fat, everyone suddenly changes their workout routines to do low intensity exercises to burn body fat.

Does this work? Apparently it does not work, because there are still a lot of people who are overweight that are still around that are working out with low intensity exercises.  What’s the reasoning behind that?

Well, the scientists were right when they said that our bodies burn more body fat during low intensity exercises like walking or a leisurely swim. But during a high intensity exercise like running, our bodies burn a lot more calories. Even if some of the calories scorched are from glycogen, we will still burn many fat calories as well.

Additionally, when the glycogen that is stored in your body is low, the carbs from your meal you eat afterwards gets converted into glycogen to fill up what you have stored and will not be converted to body fat when left unused for energy.

what is more, high intensity Weight Loss Cardio exercises crank up your metabolism even after your workout is complete. This means that you body will go on to burn body fat hours after you have finished your exercise. This effect is almost does not exist in low intensity cardio or aerobic workout. Additionally, your body burns up much more calories during and after high intensity cardio exercises than lower intensive ones.

You can put in high intensity exercises to your Weight Loss Cardio workout by introducing some interval training. You can walk at a brisk pace for 5 minutes, then break away into a jog for another 5 minutes. Then walking briskly again until you catch your breath, and then sprint for a minute before walking again for another minute.

From this point, change between a sprint and a walk, a minute each and do this for the next 15 minutes and you are done.

If you do this for 5 days a week, before long, you will be increasingly losing unwanted body fat and weight, and do this healthily and naturally.

 


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