Cardio Workouts Burn Up Calories

Is just doing cardio enough? Yes, at the beginning, walking around the block, on a treadmill or bike is a great way to kick off your fitness. Doing something is far better than nothing for your health. But if you want serious weight loss or toning you need to do more. Weight loss is all about burning more energy than you consume. It’s as simple as you eat less and move more, you lose weight. The unfortunate thing about low-impac tcardio like walking is that you really don’t burn that much.

To give you an idea, researchers have accumulated several studies across the world and what they found is that for someone to lose 7kg in a year without changing their diet they would need to walk approximately 37km each week. Now I don’t know how you feel about walking, but I think that’s a lot of walking! And I am sure the majority would rather lose 7kg in two to three months and not wait a year to do so. So how can you lose 7kg in three months I hear you ask?

Intensity is today’s magic word. To lose weight through exercise you need to add intensity variations. You can do this through a variety of training methods and your personal trainer has the key to assist you with this. So ask your trainer how to get the best out of your workouts now and start burning up those calories. So don’t wait one year, get intense now and see the results.

Ask DHP’s personal trainers for advice on how to make a difference to your training now.