| I love being efficient and doing things that I don't | | | | 3-4 days. Running up stairs can burn up to 1300 |
| generally consider fun in the quickest way possible. So | | | | calories per hour, that's more than a pound of fat loss |
| whenever I need to lose weight I try to do it in the | | | | every 3 days! Even jumping rope at a fast pace can |
| fastest and most efficient way possible. After all, why | | | | burn around 1000 calories per hour. Rowing in a canoe, |
| spend 3 months losing excess fat when you could | | | | or using a rowing machine can burn over 1000 calories |
| lose the same amount of weight in 2? | | | | per hour. Riding a bike can also burn over 1000 calories |
| When I first began exercising to lose weight I started | | | | per hour. |
| with walking for 30 minutes a day, and actually saw | | | | It is important to keep in mind that to reach these |
| some decent results. The problem was it was taking | | | | levels of calorie burn you will have to be doing that |
| too long to get to where I really wanted to be, | | | | activity with a high level of intensity, and most people |
| completely fat free. I became frustrated and almost | | | | are not in good enough shape to just jump on a bike |
| quit my whole diet and exercise plan altogether. | | | | and pedal for a whole hour at a high speed. The listed |
| Luckily instead of quitting I buckled down and did some | | | | calorie numbers are really in an ideal workout at max |
| real research into the calorie burn of different | | | | intensity. You need to keep your own limits in mind if |
| exercises. What I found surprised me, although it made | | | | you are going to try a higher intensity activity. Pick a |
| perfect sense. | | | | sport or exercise and start very easy, at a slow |
| The problem was walking is not a very intense activity, | | | | speed or intensity level and for shorter periods of time, |
| in fact it's about the easiest exercise you can do, and | | | | at least until your body can handle doing a full hour or |
| the calories you burn is all dependant on the intensity | | | | half hour. You should always consult your doctor |
| of your workout. | | | | before you begin any exercise plan, especially if you |
| If you walk for an hour a day you will burn around | | | | are not sure what your body can handle. |
| 150-300 calories, which does not seem like much when | | | | After my research I decided to give swimming a shot |
| you consider that a pound of fat is 3500 calories. At | | | | and started easy, taking breaks when I needed it and |
| that rate it will take more than 10 days to lose a single | | | | making sure to not go too fast. I eventually worked my |
| pound of fat. That is not very fast or efficient weight | | | | way up to about 30 minutes per workout which has |
| loss, at least not for me. | | | | helped me lose over 25 pounds since I started. I |
| Here are some high intensity exercises and sports you | | | | probably burn about five times as many calories as I |
| may want to try. Swimming can burn up to 850 | | | | used to from walking and its much more fun! |
| calories per hour, which would be a pound of fat every | | | | |