Best Cardio workout!

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,226 Member
    Whatever you love, and will do regularly for pure joy, and (mostly) a calorie deficit.

    Me, I like rowing with my calorie deficit, but everyone likes different things. ;)
  • kayeroze
    kayeroze Posts: 146 Member
    I think it depends on how fit you are. Running on a treadmill will be discouraging if you can't run for more than a minute. For more low-impact cardio that is effective and easier on less fit, ellipticals can burn many calories if you up the intensity without being too intense for first timers. I would also suggest rowing and a stairmaster. If you want to use a treadmill, but have very little stamina or endurance, decrease the speed and increase the intervals with the incline (raises the heart rate and burns). It's really up you and your fit level, but try a few things out and fit in 2-3 days to do strength training with your cardio.
  • DasItMan91
    DasItMan91 Posts: 5,753 Member
    Running, stairmaster, cardio kickboxing
  • nefudaboss
    nefudaboss Posts: 69 Member
    Jump roping, and hiit cardio on treadmill
  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,522 Member
    edited April 2017
    CanesGalactica wrote: »
    People might get on to me about it "not being real exercise", but I really enjoy reading and walking (at the same time).

    In 1848, Henry David Thoreau famously walked the length of Cape Cod's Nauset Beach while reading. Hey, if it worked for him...
    CanesGalactica wrote: »
    P.S. A really fun exercise that burns some serious calories has been rollerblading (which obviously, I can't read and do that at the same time, lol).

    Wow, a twofer: Rollerblading is the best! The blades are so easy to store in the car (compared with a bike). I will only do it on a bike path, however. Not with cars. :#
  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,522 Member
    I encourage the OP to try everything: Walking, jogging, biking, kayaking, hiking, swimming, jogging, playing a team sport, doing a triathlon. Once you get a taste for being active, it's all fun!
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    Long walks and a GazelleEdge glider.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    Walk for as many hours as possible in a day. Aim for 8 then increase towards 24 hours. Once you achieve 24 hours then you should push further.
  • saundts
    saundts Posts: 51 Member
    thanks trigden1991, now I get it.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,329 Member
    NorthCascades wrote: »
    Nordic skiing. Competitive Nordic skiers are the fittest people on Earth.

    Sadly one needs snow for that, we didn't have any snow, at least not enough, to nordic ski this winter.
  • maddiemadkins
    maddiemadkins Posts: 60 Member
    mazdauk wrote: »
    Zumba - loads of fun and burns a lot of calories (more than aerobics) if you put the effort in. Or clubbercise if there is a class near you - no-one can see if you go wrong because its dark! If you want a DVD, I like Davina McCall's workouts or Lorraine Kelly's "Living to the Max" is a hard but fun workout (you can make it less hard e.g. by only doing one section).

    Love Zumba!!!
  • maddiemadkins
    maddiemadkins Posts: 60 Member
    I got a fitbit for Christmas, and wearing that thing everyday has really forced me to get off my butt and move around much more than before. I consistently log in over 10000 steps a day and I can sync it up to MFP and the calories burned automatically show up. It's awesome and I highly recommend it.
  • jbirdgreen
    jbirdgreen Posts: 569 Member
    • I love Zumba as well. Maybe it's just me, but Zumba completely eliminated my need to go to the club...I don't have to get wasted to have a good time, no guys grinding up on me... I just show up and dance.
    • Spin is also very nice -- I love the mindlessness of it. No routines or theatrics -- just you pushing yourself to keep your legs moving. I loved doing it in the morning for that reason. Plus I used to get a serious energy/endorphin rush afterwards.
    • I like running intervals on the treadmill. I'm kind of new to doing that, so it's fun to watch myself get better and give myself crazy combos to see how well I do. I'll be like, let's see if I can do this next active minute at 9 incline and 6 speed...
  • RavenLibra
    RavenLibra Posts: 1,737 Member
    depends on your current fitness level... depends on your timeline...depends on your commitment to you.
  • RavenLibra
    RavenLibra Posts: 1,737 Member
    For me... I am currently enjoying a stair climb near my office... equivalent of about an 11 story building...the flights (number of stairs between landings) range from 8 to 16... the last 16 steps are killer... I also bicycle... and hit the elliptical at the gym... I intend to begin running once I unload another 20 lbs or so... BUT my focus has never been weight loss... My focus has been simply on increasing my fitness level...weight loss has just recently become a side effect.
  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,522 Member
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    Walk for as many hours as possible in a day. Aim for 8 then increase towards 24 hours. Once you achieve 24 hours then you should push further.

    And, once a day, carry a piano up the stairs.
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