• 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