Burning those unwanted calories from the delicious meals you enjoyed can be daunting if you don’t do it soon enough. It’s a good thing that there are a variety of low-intensity exercise and fitness workouts that can help you out. The key burning calories is to maintain at least 70% of your maximum heart rate (220 – your age) for at least an hour. Sometimes, it helps to have a chatty physical fitness trainer who can talk to you and make the hour seem to fly fast.
The main exercise routine to burn calories is cardio exercises and your choice will depend more on personal preference. Here are some great workouts to consider.
Running
Running is the simplest but one of the best cardiovascular exercise. For instance, a 155-lb. runner can burn 1270 calories if he ran a 10.9 mile stretch in one hour (5.5 minutes per mile). You can opt to use a treadmill or run during the early morning hours. Just wear the right clothes to lessen the risk of impact injuries.
Cycling
Cycling tones your leg muscles and over a 20-mile stretch, the same 155-lb. cyclist can burn 1120 calories. It does attract accidents so you need to be careful. You may also want to do it with trainer contraption to raise the rear wheels, making it a stationary bike at home.
Swimming
Swimming is the most complete exercise that involves all the muscles groups from your neck muscles down. It has been recorded that a 155-lb. swimmer doing butterfly stroke in an hour can lose as much as 770 calories.
Rock Climbing
Rock climbing won’t be for everyone as it is considered an extreme sport but is another great way to burn calories. A 155-lb. rock climber can burn 770 calories in an hour of the sport. Just don’t fall.
Martial Arts
Martial arts like Karate, Taekwondo and Judo, as well as kick boxing, are also great cardio exercises. Practicing for an hour can burn 700 calories for a 155-lb. person.