Everyone has wondered at some point in timewhich cardio exercise is better. To put it in simple terms, both low and highintensity exercises will help you to burn off body fat. The question here iswhich is the most effective to burn off more body fat.
When scientists first discovered that duringintensive exercises, your body burns glycogen, which is a form of storedcarbohydrates that are stored in your liver and muscles for energy. During low intensityexercises, your body will burn a lot of fat.
If your wondering whether or not it works,the answer is no because there are so many obese people still around. Eventhough they are working out with low intensity routines, it still makes youwonder how it can be.
The scientists were right when they said thehuman body burns more body fat during low intensity exercises like walking orswimming. During a high intensity exercise such as running, the body will burna lot more calories. Even if some of the calories burnt are from glycogen,there are still many fat calories burned as well.
To put the icing on the cake, when your storeof glycogen gets low, the carbohydrates from your food you eat will later getconverted into glycogen to fill up the store and won't be converted to body fatwhen they are left unused for energy.
High intensity cardio exercise will juice upyour metabolism even after you have completed your workout. What this means, isthat your body will continue to burn body fat hours after you have left thegym. This effect is nearly non-existent in low intensity cardio or aerobicworkout.
Accumulatively, your body will burn up moreand more calories during and after you have finished a high intensity cardioexercise that it will with low intensity.
You can inject high intensity exercises intoyour cardio workout by introducing some interval training. You can walk for 5minutes or so, then break into some jogging for another 5 minutes or so. Then,walk briskly again until you have caught your breath and then sprint for aminute before you walk again. From this point, simply alternate your runningand walking for the next 15 minutes until you are finished.
One of the best things about cardio is themore you do it, the more energy you'll have. Cardio will help you to burncalories, although its more useful for keeping your energy levels high. Ifyou've never tried cardio before, you should give it a shot. If you like to exercise, you'll find cardiothe best way to boost your energy and keep in top shape. If you are just starting out, you'll want togo slow and keep your cardio exercise in track - as it is very easy to over exertyourself.
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