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time vs intensity

zilliegirl
zilliegirl Posts: 52 Member
edited January 9 in Fitness and Exercise
When you are starting to exercise is it better for weight loss to go at a slower pace on a treadmil and stay on there longer or more intense for shorter period of time???

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  • ValerieMomof2
    ValerieMomof2 Posts: 530 Member
    I am going to go ahead and say it because I know a lot of people are going to. It's best to add in weight training as that really helps with overall fitness/weight loss goals. As for cardio, it depends on your goals and the time you have available. Are you training for a long distance event? Longer times at a good pace is the way to go. If you are simply doing it for the calorie burn, do interval training--hills and/or speed. That has been shown to be a better calorie burn.
  • notthatthis
    notthatthis Posts: 218
    high intensity intervals with resistance forcing the heart rate to at least 80% of maximum and rest periods allowing heart rate to drop to 65% - so time and intensity they are not opposed.

    If you stay on a treadmill for 2 hours and work your heart at 45-55% then calorie burn maybe the same as short intensity but that is not looking at the full physiological effect to the body.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    just go with whatever you are most likely to stick with and that won;t annoy you enough to stop in the beginning.

    i personally find the higher intensity workouts to be funner and really dislike the moderate intensity/longer workouts
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