Cardio training plays an important role in body fat burning and weight loss. Your cardio should be combined with a healthy diet if the long-term benefits are to be achieved and maintained. The right diet is a key factor when trying to lose weight and improve your overall health, but doubly effective when combined with the right cardio exercise.
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So what is the best cardio for weight loss?
First and foremost, ensure that you choose an activity that you enjoy every day and ensure that you are consistent. If you follow a healthy diet combined with moderate cardio, expect to lose around 1 or 2 pounds every week. Consider these cardio activities:
1. Walking
simply putting on your walking shoes and hitting the track or sidewalk will burn 300-400 calories per hour, or a more realistic 150-200 calories per half hour. A good entry level, a place to start. The more quickly you walk, the more intense and more calories burned.
2. Speed walking
The bridge between walking and running, speed walking can be performed on an indoor track, treadmill or even outside. You can walk in the evening and explore the neighborhood to keep your walks interesting and fun.
3. Jogging
An exercise everyone understands. Simply jog at your desired speed and ensure that you have the right footwear to protect your feet, ankles and shins.
4. Stationary bike
A key exercise for your legs, working large muscle groups on top of burning more calories. When using a stationary bike, it is important to ensure that the knob has been set in enough resistance to make you work. This will help you to avoid peddling yourself off from the bike and if necessary, you can sprint to burn even more calories.
5. Elliptical machine
Start by setting the machine in a comfortable level and ensure that you continue in your own pace to ensure that you workout hard enough in a way that enables you to burn the right calories. Short high-intensity intervals for a period of 30 to 60 seconds will work very well for weight loss and the exercise will help you to sweat.
6. Aerobic sports
Sports like basketball or soccer require running and intervals, short bursts of speed from goal to goal or basket to basket.
In general, walking burns 300-400 calories per hour, running burns around 600 calories per hour, cycling burns around 600 calories per hour, and jumping rope burns over 1000 calories per hour.
For effective weight loss, focus on cardio over strength training. Do your cardio session first, then hit the weights and you should burn at least 500 calories during your cardio sessions.
