You can quickly crank up your fat-burning furnace if you follow a simple plan.
Whatever you do for exercise -- walk, run, bike -- just throw in a few short spurts of high-intensity effort. It could boost your fat-burn rate by 36 percent in a couple of weeks!
Turn Up the Burn
Although sustained, moderate exercise does have its fat-burning benefits, new research suggests interval training may be best. When moderately active women did a 60-minute cycling workout -- but instead of pedaling the whole time, they did 4-minute bursts of high-speed pedaling followed by 2-minute rests -- they bumped up the fat-burning power of their workouts significantly, after just 14 days. (Find out how interval training could help you live longer, too.)
Get Going
Ready to amp up your routine? Try these tips:
RealAge Benefit: Losing excess weight by increasing physical activity can make your RealAge 3 to 9 years younger.
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Whatever you do for exercise -- walk, run, bike -- just throw in a few short spurts of high-intensity effort. It could boost your fat-burn rate by 36 percent in a couple of weeks!
Turn Up the Burn
Although sustained, moderate exercise does have its fat-burning benefits, new research suggests interval training may be best. When moderately active women did a 60-minute cycling workout -- but instead of pedaling the whole time, they did 4-minute bursts of high-speed pedaling followed by 2-minute rests -- they bumped up the fat-burning power of their workouts significantly, after just 14 days. (Find out how interval training could help you live longer, too.)
Get Going
Ready to amp up your routine? Try these tips:
- Rock out. Discover which kinds of music make exercise feel effortless.
- Diversify. Complete the Workout Profiler in this article to see where you need to branch out.
- Take baby steps. Use this plan for slowly turning up the burn on your walking routine.
RealAge Benefit: Losing excess weight by increasing physical activity can make your RealAge 3 to 9 years younger.
Take the RealAge Test
