When you first think of losing weight, your mind might automatically turn to cardio. After all, is the traditional way of burning extra calories. But is it the best way?
Cardiovascular workouts can help you lose weight quickly. However, you need to use caution when choosing this method. There are a few tricks you should try to ensure you keep burning calories, even after working out for a few weeks.
The problem with most of these workouts is your body gets used to them. After two weeks of any sort of exercise, your body is able to do it more efficiently. This means it burns less calories while you're doing it. So if you are running, after two weeks of running for 30 minutes, you're burning less calories than you did when you first started.
What you need to do is switch up your workouts. Try running for two weeks, then switch to rowing, then switch to biking. This helps keep your body working hard and burning those calories.
The best cardio workout, though, is one that varies within workout. This is called interval training. It's very effective at burning calories and boosting your weight-loss.
For interval training, you want to alternate high intensity activity with low intensity. The high intensity periods will boost your heart rate. The low intensity periods allow you to exercise longer. Since your heart rate is boosted, you burn more calories during those low intensity times.
To really maximize this workout, alternate weightlifting with your cardio. For example, do a set of bicep curls. Then run a lap. Come back and do your triceps dips. Run another lap. This ensures that your heart rate is high while you are doing weight lifting, which causes you to burn more calories.
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