HOW MANY CALORIES ARE ACTUALLY BURNED?

By now, we all know that exercise is good for us.

Not only does it help lose unwanted pounds, but it is a great stress reliever.

Another good thing about exercise is that not only does an activity burn calories when active but also during rest. Even then there exist biochemical processes occurring that require energy to drive them.

Calorie metabolism provides the energy for basic bodily needs such as breathing, blood circulation and cellular growth and repair.

Still, experts state that the amount of calories you burn while exercising depends on your age, sex and body composition.

The number of calories you burn is also influenced by the intensity with which you exercise – in general the harder the exercise, the more calories burnt.

Running at 5mph burns 472 calories per hour, whereas at 11mph you can burn 1062 calories per hour.

High impact aerobics also burns more calories than a lower impact workout (413 calories versus 295 calories/hour).

It is said that sports that require intermittent running, such as:

basketball (472 calories/hour), tennis (472 calories/hour), football (531 calories/hour), soccer (590 calories/hour)

give you the ability to burn more calories than less active sports such as:

golf (236 calories/hour), cricket (295 calories/hour).

Whatever, the choice, there really is no excuse to not get active and shed some pounds by burning some calories really eh?

To Health,

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