Friday, September 30, 2005

Lose Weight Faster

If you are working at weight loss, there are a couple of things you can do to make yourself lose weight faster. You can burn more calories by exercising for a longer period of time. (Yep, that's a real Duh!, but do you know that exercising very intensely typically burns only about 20% more calories than less intense exercise, so longer time at lower intensity is usually more productive.)
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The second involves recognition that muscle burns more calories than fat. That holds true at rest as well as during exercise. That means that if you have bigger muscles, you burn more calories just sitting around than a person of the same size, but with a fattier makeup. Most of us have met someone who eats and eats and doesn't gain weight. They are probably very active and this is working in their favor.
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Now, I have a confession to make: I don't follow tip 2. I run competitively, and in racing, weighing less is an advantage, so I don't lift weights, but the 40 or so miles a week I run keep me thin. If you want to be healthy, lifting weights is not enough, you must exercise your cardiovascular system by doing aerobic exercise, that means walking, running, biking or swimming several days a week.

1 Comments:

Blogger The Thinking Runner said...

Always sound tips from Scooter! How's things? I guess NJ is transitioning from pressure cooker to ice-box :). I'm running in Chicago next weekend, getting keyed up for it.

October 01, 2005 3:09 AM  

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