- You may think the more calories you burn during a workout the better, but the quality of your workouts is really what counts toward your fitness and health goals
- That depends on you as an individual, how much time you have, what your goals are and how active you are, your body weight, metabolism
- But in general, idea is to aim to increase activity levels over time
WHY CALORIE BURNT VARY SO MUCH?
How many calories you should burn in a workout depends on numerous factors
- Body size
- Muscle mass
- Age
- Fitness experience
HOW TO INCREASE CALORIE EXPENDITURE?
There are many ways in which you can increase your calorie burn
- Strength training
- Supersets exercise
- High-intensity interval training (HIIT)
- Increase Non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) - example walking, taking stairs, standing up instead of sitting down