Cardio Weight Loss

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Have you ever wondered which Weight Loss Cardio exercises work the best for burning off unwanted body fat? Is walking (considered 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 and burn 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 less vigorous exercise, your body burns body fat, everyone suddenly changes their workout routines to perform low intensity exercises in order to burn body fat.

Does this work? Apparently it does not work, because there are still a lot of overweight people around that are exercising with a low intensity workout.  Why is that so?

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 after gets converted into glycogen to fill up the store and will not be converted to body fat when left unused for energy.

what is more, high intensity Weight Loss Cardio exercises build up your metabolism even after your workout is done. In other words you body will continue to burn body fat hours after you have completed your workout. 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 inject high intensity exercises to your Weight Loss Cardio routine by introducing some interval training. You can walk briskly for 5 minutes, then breaking into a jog for another 5 minutes. Then walking at a brisk pace again until you catch your breath, and then sprint for a minute before walking again for another minute.

From this point, alternate 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.