When you’re working hard to get fit and lose weight, you want a routine that offers maximum results. But what kind of exercise burns the most calories?
It is estimated that about half the overweight population attempts to lose excess weight, but, only few succeed at it.
Well, what can be the reason behind it? Let’s get it straight, there isn’t just going to be one single reason towards failed transformation attempt and, it is important to understand that workout and diet are the major players when it comes to body transformation.
In this blog we will discuss a few workouts that are essential to be added in fat loss workout program. So, Let’s get it started!!
1. Running or Sprinting
Running or Sprinting is one of the best exercise for weight loss. Cardio exercises increases your heart rate and excessively help in burning calories.
In 30 minutes of running you burn around 300-350 calories where as in sprinting you burn more than that!
It also help burn belly fat, which is linked to many chronic diseases.
2. Swimming
Swimming is considered a full body workout, since, your whole body is under working motion so as to perform the movements.
Doing breaststrokes, treading water and butterfly burns about 400 calories approximately in 30 minutes session and this is why even doctors suggest people with overweight to join swimming classes or coaching.
3. Pilates
Pilates is a great beginner-friendly exercise that may help you lose weight.
A 30 minutes session of Pilates can help you burn 100 to 200 calories depending upon your intensity.
Other than weight loss, Pilates has also shown to reduce lower back pain issues and improve strength, flexibility and endurance.
To further boost weight loss with Pilates, combine it with a healthy or other forms of exercise, such as weight training or cardio. And also do not forget that diet can help in enhancing the overall performance.
4. HIIT
HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) by the name itself mean that it is a high intensity training. HIIT can burn a lot calories in short amount of time. It raises your resting metabolic rate for twenty-four hours or more after your training session. In other words, it turns your body into a fat-burning machine.
You can burn about 190-293 calories in 30 minutes HIIT session.
5. ZUMBA
ZUMBA is a great example of combining dance with exercises. It uses the dance moves to make your exercise more fun!
Zumba tones your entire body, improves your heart health, de-stresses you and helps burn excess fat from your body.
You burn approximately 900 calories in 1hr ZUMBA session
Conclusion!
In the end it is important to say that these exercises should be performed in necessary interval timings and one must never overdo any form of exercising as that will lead to fatigue, dizziness or muscle soreness.