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Cardio weight loss workouts
by Alberta McKain
So, when your body sees that there are no carbohydrates to burn,it burns stored body fat.
You already know that one of the most important things you can do for your weight loss goals is regular cardio exercise. There are so many choices out there,but below you can find the most effective cardio weight loss workouts.
Running Running is one of best activities you can do. It doesnt require special equipment (except some quality shoes) and you can do it anywhere and anytime. Best of all, you burn serious calories, especially if you add hills and sprints. A 145-lb person can burn 300 calories in 30 minutes at 5.2 mph speed.The only inconvenient is that it takes lots of practice and you should watch your knees and ankles for any discomfort or pain.
Bicycling Outdoors or indoors, cycling gives some great cardio. Using all the power in your legs, youll increase endurance while burning lots of calories, anywhere from 250-500 in 30 minutes, depending on how fast you go and how high is your resistance.
Swimming Swimming, like cross-country skiing, is a full body exercise. The more body parts you involve in your workout, the more calories youll burn. Spend 30 minutes doing the breastroke and youll burn almost 400 calories. Best of all, your joints are fully supported so you dont have to worry about high-impact injuries.
Step Aerobics Step aerobics has yet to lose its luster for many gym-goers and its a good thing. Step is one tough workout that targets your legs, butt and hips while burning almost 400 calories in 30 minutes during high intensity sessions.Though it might look complicated, step is easy to learn if you start with a beginner class or video.
Walking Walking is a great exercise, burning about 180 calories in 30 minutes. Adding hills, sprints or even a few minutes of jogging can increase the amount of calories you burn. Make sure you walk briskly,pretend youre trying to catch a bus,keeping you head up, back straight and swing your arms.
Cardio weight loss workouts with traning machines and free weights
Exercises can be done two different ways,by using machines or by using free weights.Free weights usually refer to dumbbells and barbells.
Machines are designed in such a way that they do part of the work for you keeping the weight stable.The machine puts everything in a constant stable position that allows you to only have to move the weight from point A to point B.
Free weights arent being held in place by anything except you. Free weight exercises require you also to keep the weight stable throughout the entire movement,not to only move the weight from point A to point B. Doing so requires the use of additional stabilizer muscles which would not be used if you had done that exercise with a training machine.
Both cardio weight loss workouts are effective and can be used in your workout routine,but free weights are better when you want to build muscle.
There are generally two types of cardio weight loss workouts,isolated and compound. An isolated exercise is an exercise that isolates one muscle to perform the movement.
A compound exercise on the other hand recruits the use of additional muscles to perform the movement.
While both types of exercises are effective and should be used in your cardio workout routine for weight loss,compound exercises are more effective when it comes to building muscle and increasing strength.
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