best exercise to burn fat??xo

okay so ive been reading up on this..
and i read that anaerobic exercise is the best to burn fat, and something such as going on an exercise bike will not burn fat, only toneyour legs?
so what are the best exercises to do to burn fat?

i will pos rep you if you help thanks!!xo

Reply 1

Eternity Forever

12

anything that involves cardio vascular fitness will do! Running is the best advice I can give, you need to do something that will make you sweat and raise your heart rate up.

Reply 2

hallucination

1

juicy_lgd

okay so ive been reading up on this..
and i read that anaerobic exercise is the best to burn fat, and something such as going on an exercise bike will not burn fat, only toneyour legs?
so what are the best exercises to do to burn fat?

i will pos rep you if you help thanks!!xo

You've got it the wrong way round. Anaerobic basically means activities that are high intensity but short (e.g. sprinting). This is essential for muscle strengthening and toning. Aerobic exercise relates to exercise such as cycling, walking etc...fairly low intensity but done for a long amount of time. This is what you want to do for weight loss and body shaping.

Reply 3

G4ry

1

Swimming. Running on concrete isn't great for the knees due to the impact.

Reply 4

Clarence

14

Just do some running and stomach crunches...

Reply 5

G4ry

1

Clarence

Just do some running and stomach crunches...

ooh....you're going to feel the wrath of bis for that if he sees that. Lose the fat first and then work on the stomach crunches.

Reply 6

username47781

20

Swimming is great for burning fat and also cycling

Reply 7

Bis

1

Carl1982

Swimming is great for burning fat and also cycling

What makes you think it's any better than alternatives? It hardly matters at all what exercise you do, it's the effort put into it.

Reply 8

Wizardtb

6

Running and cycling only focus on one part of your body. Swimming is the best because it works out your entire body.

Both are boring in my opinion though. Just do some sports- goal-oriented excersize is the best imo.

Reply 9

Larry Qwerty David

Running as it gets you tired the fastest lol

Reply 10

wiggles

2

I'd say swimming. As someone above said it works out your entire body, and you won't get as tired as running, but it's meant to be just as good exercise, especially in this heat, swimming is nice to cool off.

Reply 11

Apricot Fairy

16

You cannot spot reduce, so swimming won't make you lose any more weight than running or cycling done at the same intensity. What it will do is work a wider range of muscles. But obviously, fat does not equal muscle, so when you run, even though you're not really using your arm muscles, you can lose weight from your arms because you're burning calories and reducing fat all over your body, not just in your legs. If you wanted to strengthen your pectoral muscles without using weights, swimming would be much more useful than running. But this has nothing to do with weight loss.

Reply 12

hallucination

1

Swimming is better for you too as it puts less pressure on your joints.

Reply 13

gas_panic!

12

Cross country skiiing. Rowing.

Reply 14

A Y A Z

11

Try cycling for 45 mins.
Or take a brisk walk for half an hour.

More importantly, if you want to lose weight, eat LESS.

Reply 15

white_haired_wizard

16

A Y Z

Try cycling for 45 mins.
Or take a brisk walk for half an hour.

More importantly, if you want to lose weight, eat LESS.

and eat less crap, which is the more significant, arguably.

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Reply 17

A Y Z

my best advice is: if looks are important to you, i personally think looks and ones efforts into maintaining and improving image, can tell you alot about the personality of that person. motivation, work ethic, not lazy, won't get obese and look bad with obesity...

the op, boy or girl....should look around him/her, look at people swanning around shopping etc...think, christ, many stunners outside today, with decent looking bodies, i could be one of them, not only that i could be going out with one of them....he/she should pin a picture of a hot male or female celebrity, this could motivate them to exercise and get a good body, get them thinking "well he/she certainly wouldnt be repulsed if he/she saw me walking down a high street...certainly not repulsed but maybe an appreciative turn of the head"

something like this :biggrin:

It takes work, i've got the makings and shape for a pretty decent body, one which will hopefully materialise, esp once i join a gym back home :cool:

ie Natalie Portman :suith:

Reply 18

jayjas

there is no specific exercise just for burning fat. all exercises raise your heart rate and will burn calories.obviously running and swimming are the main ones.
if you only intend to burn fat, then it could take a while. but if you build muscle at the same time ( i.e stomach crunches ). then they will meet half way.
it takes allot longer to lose fat then it does to build muscle

Reply 19

welsh_will

1

The type of exercise you do isn't important, it's the effort(intensity) to which you train. Pick & choose between:

-Low intensity cardio, which can be done on anything, i'd say it's easier to set a pace on the bike/cross-trainer/stepper. Your aim is just to keep your heart rate at around 60% of max for 30mins+. take a small amount of carbs before hand to make sure you're not entering a catabolic state.

-HIIT (High intensity interval training) which consists of short burts of high intensity/low intensity cardio. advantage over low intensity is that it can be done in a shorter amount of time, scienficially it's subjective if it's better than low intensity for fat loss.

As has been sai, outside of a gym just pick someone you enjoy which is aerobic, with an improved diet the weight will come off.

If you do cardio in the gym don't do it to too high an intensity for a prolonged period, sure you lose weight but you lose a large percentage of muscle as well as fat, which isn't desirable and in the end you could end up skinny-fat.

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