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Ways to Boost Your Metabolism
Who, regardless of age or body type wouldn't want to burn calories more efficiently? Boosting your metabolism is fairly easy and can be as simple as eating regularly, not sipping some super caffeinated energy drink.
Here are some ideas on how to boost your metabolism:
- Eat breakfast.
Should I Do High Intensity Cardio or Low Intensity Cardio?
The cardio world can be a confusing one. One of the biggest questions I hear from people is: How hard should I work when I am doing cardio?
There is no magic formula and the truth is that doing any form of cardio will be beneficial to your life, but here is a simple guideline:
Low Intensity Cardio means you should be getting your heart rate up to about 40-60% of your max heart rate (220 - age = max heart rate) -- It is more about duration (length) than intensity (how hard you work).
Get Physical: Explore a Museum
Looking for something active to do this weekend with your significant other? The problem is that it's cold outside and depending on where you live possibly rainy or snowy.
Check out a new museum!
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What's the Diff: Total Calorie Burn and Net Calorie Burn
Although fitness is about moving your body, there is an awful lot of jargon to follow. One seriously good side effect of exercising regularly is burning calories. But do you understand the difference between total calorie burn (TCB) and net calorie burn (NCB)?
Increase Your Pace Slightly and Burn More Calories
If you're trying to lose weight, cardio is your best friend. Workouts that get your heart rate up, such as running, biking, and using a cardio machine, are the best way to burn calories and reduce your percentage of body fat. Another fact to point out is that the faster you move, the more calories you'll burn.
Burn Office Calories
So what if you sit at a desk all day? There are hundreds of opportunities to burn calories from nine to five, and avoid job-related weight gain. According to Fitness magazine, there are some easy ways to stay fit and still keep your job.
Burn a Few More Calories: Take a Self Defense Class
Some of my favorite kinds of workouts are the ones that kill two birds with one stone. For example, I love getting in 30 minutes of cardio while watching the last episode of TopChef (yes, I watch that show too). I also love doing pull-ups and dips on the monkey bars while I am at the park with my kids.
Unique Ways to Burn 100 Calories
We are always looking for new ways to burn an extra hundred calories throughout our days, right? Women's Health has come up with 100 unique, and I mean unique, ways to burn 100 more calories this summer. Some of them are downright silly, but heck, maybe shearing sheep is in your future so check out my ten favorites from their list:
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Can You Burn Off Those S'mores?
One thing I love about camping and backpacking is that you stay very active, from pitching tents to building fires to hiking. So I don't have to feel guilty about enjoying a few s'mores.
Of course, lounging around the campfire isn't going to burn off those calories, but a few good old-fashioned camping activities will.
Spring Into Action and Guess the Calories Burned!
Ah, Spring, I'm so glad you're here. After all those short Winter days, I'm anxious to hop on my bike and enjoy the evening sun. But cycling is just one of many ways to get moving and burn off those lingering cold-weather calories.
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