What's the most efficient exercise to burn cals?

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  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    When I'm very limited on time, I do jumpring jacks, squats and lunges. No equipment needed, and just takes a small bit of space.
  • Tdk4685
    Tdk4685 Posts: 293 Member
    Treadmill set at 15 at 3.5 or faster. Burns a lot of calories in a short time and gives you great legs too!
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member

    I walk 6 - 7 days a week..and I'm totally losing weight AND BUILDING MUSCLE! I don't have to be in the gym lifting weights or running. You will read a ton of threads that say if you aren't lifting you aren't building to which I call bullsh*t.

    Your joking right? I mean about the building muscle part. Of course you do say your a witch so maybe you are casting a spell that makes this happen but if not...you do realize that this is physiologically impossible right?? Right?? Cause if not, you are either one of 2 things. Delusional or a genetic mutant.

    oh oh oh I know I know....it's delusional....right? Considering that to build muscle I have to eat more than 2000 calories for months and lift heavy to hope to build 1 pounds of muscle a month....I say you are not gaining mass by walking and eating at a deficit.
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    the one that YOU enjoy and gets your heart rate up and gets your @$$ up and moving. A LOT of people on this site seem to be an expert at what exercise is the best..no it's the best for THEM!

    I walk 6 - 7 days a week..and I'm totally losing weight AND BUILDING MUSCLE! I don't have to be in the gym lifting weights or running. You will read a ton of threads that say if you aren't lifting you aren't building to which I call bullsh*t.

    Yeah me too bro, gonna walk my way to first place in a bodybuilding competition
  • bodiva88
    bodiva88 Posts: 308 Member
    For me the most efficient and best exercise is one that I like enough to do every day> I have a fitness class that is part social so I have interaction. I also like running so I do that. I started many things and didn't like them as much and stopped doing them
    Find what you like and will do regularly and that is the best for you

    This is truth. I started with swimming 2 half hours a week. Then added an hour on Sunday. Then added 2 half hours of stationary bike. Things that don't take a long time (I have to shower and wash my hair anyway, so the swimming really is taking only 1/2 hour out of my life on week nights) and that I love doing (swimming) and didn't mind doing at first but now really enjoy (bike). Find things that fit your schedule and get moving a couple of days a week. You'll find you really start to want to work out after a bit and you'll also like having the extra calories so you don't have to feel deprived while losing.
  • gingerveg
    gingerveg Posts: 748 Member
    Hot yoga (Bikram or hot) burns a ton of calories and it is also really awesome :)
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
    i jog in place during t.v commercial breaks. 3 minutes is about 40+ calories burned. do this throughout the day and you'll burn them in no time. plus you get to watch your favorite shows AND doesn't take much effort AND you won't feel guilty about not having time to workout during the day


    good luck!


    If you have time to watch TV then you have time to exercise.

    Truthfully, the most efficient exercise to burn calories is the one you will do regularly.
  • icjason
    icjason Posts: 27 Member
    The exercise you're inclined to do often is probably the one to go with for a while, using the maxim that "any is better than none." You'll eventually want some variety after a while though to mix it up.

    Swimming, x-country skiing, and bicycle riding are right up there and cycling has the advantage of being something one can do for extended periods (and be transportation too!)
  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member

    I walk 6 - 7 days a week..and I'm totally losing weight AND BUILDING MUSCLE! I don't have to be in the gym lifting weights or running. You will read a ton of threads that say if you aren't lifting you aren't building to which I call bullsh*t.

    Your joking right? I mean about the building muscle part. Of course you do say your a witch so maybe you are casting a spell that makes this happen but if not...you do realize that this is physiologically impossible right?? Right?? Cause if not, you are either one of 2 things. Delusional or a genetic mutant.

    and there is the expert I was talking about. sorry to disappoint you but A. you obviously know nothing about witchcraft..so not even going to go there with you and B. You also know nothing about the way "MY" body responds to walking. Nice attempt at it though. Kuddos.


    *edited to add props to the other experts that chimed in* (eye rolling)
  • Robin_Bin
    Robin_Bin Posts: 1,046 Member
    i jog in place during t.v commercial breaks. 3 minutes is about 40+ calories burned. do this throughout the day and you'll burn them in no time. plus you get to watch your favorite shows AND doesn't take much effort AND you won't feel guilty about not having time to workout during the day


    good luck!


    If you have time to watch TV then you have time to exercise.

    Truthfully, the most efficient exercise to burn calories is the one you will do regularly.
    Exercise while the show is on... you can do lots of things: jogging in place, marching, lunges, hand weights. Put the TV by your exercise equipment and use it. (No more hanging clothes on the treadmill.) It's true that planks and things are harder. :wink:
    During the commercials, get water, etc.
    The shows are still longer than the commercials, for a little while at least.
  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member

    Well that's lovely for you!

    yes it is
  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member
    http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/diet-fitness/information/walking-to-lose-weight4.htm
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member

    Well that's lovely for you!

    yes it is

    Well you had better bottle that DNA of yours - you will make a fortune as apparently YOUR body is a flipping medical marvel .
  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member


    Well you had better bottle that DNA of yours - you will make a fortune as apparently YOUR body is a flipping medical marvel .

    yep so much of one that the article I posted above HAS to be talking about ONLY ME!
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member

    Well that's lovely for you!

    yes it is

    Well you had better bottle that DNA of yours - you will make a fortune as apparently YOUR body is a flipping medical marvel .

    I second this!
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    circuit training with weight and plyometrics is probably your best bet...
  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member

    I second this!

    oh please do second it..you and your little bunch are proving my point with each post! Thanks!
  • Spartan_Maker
    Spartan_Maker Posts: 683 Member
    Jumping rope. Far and away the most efficient to burn calories.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/you-are-not-different.html
  • jbaca9602
    jbaca9602 Posts: 64 Member
    I built some pretty huge calf muscles walking. I could flex my calves and see the muscle under my knee pop out for the first time in my life - though my weight stayed pretty much the same and the inches around my calves didn't change. You build muscle by increasing tolerance, right? So if I increase from being able to use my muscles for 2 miles before getting tired, to 4 miles, to 6 miles, what's happening to those muscles? They don't hurt as much, isn't that getting stronger?

    I'd just like one of these "experts" to let me know what those huge things in my calves are if they're not muscle I've built from walking miles daily when it was my only real exercise... I'd also like to know what those things in my husband's arms are that have gotten bigger while he's been shoveling at work. He's actually doing the opposite of lifting. So it can't possibly be muscle building, right?
  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member
    I built some pretty huge calf muscles walking. I could flex my calves and see the muscle under my knee pop out for the first time in my life - though my weight stayed pretty much the same and the inches around my calves didn't change. You build muscle by increasing tolerance, right? So if I increase from being able to use my muscles for 2 miles before getting tired, to 4 miles, to 6 miles, what's happening to those muscles? They don't hurt as much, isn't that getting stronger?

    I'd just like one of these "experts" to let me know what those huge things in my calves are if they're not muscle I've built from walking miles daily when it was my only real exercise... I'd also like to know what those things in my husband's arms are that have gotten bigger while he's been shoveling at work. He's actually doing the opposite of lifting. So it can't possibly be muscle building, right?


    LOL oh give them time to think of a way to debunk this..they will be wanting you to bottle your dna too. Just cuz they have to lift to build muscle..maybe it makes them feel insecure knowing some of us don't have to.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    I built some pretty huge calf muscles walking. I could flex my calves and see the muscle under my knee pop out for the first time in my life - though my weight stayed pretty much the same and the inches around my calves didn't change. You build muscle by increasing tolerance, right? So if I increase from being able to use my muscles for 2 miles before getting tired, to 4 miles, to 6 miles, what's happening to those muscles? They don't hurt as much, isn't that getting stronger?

    I'd just like one of these "experts" to let me know what those huge things in my calves are if they're not muscle I've built from walking miles daily when it was my only real exercise... I'd also like to know what those things in my husband's arms are that have gotten bigger while he's been shoveling at work. He's actually doing the opposite of lifting. So it can't possibly be muscle building, right?


    LOL oh give them time to think of a way to debunk this..they will be wanting you to bottle your dna too. Just cuz they have to lift to build muscle..maybe it makes them feel insecure knowing some of us don't have to.

    Yes, I feel very insecure, which is why I have my actual picture up.
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    I built some pretty huge calf muscles walking. I could flex my calves and see the muscle under my knee pop out for the first time in my life - though my weight stayed pretty much the same and the inches around my calves didn't change. You build muscle by increasing tolerance, right? So if I increase from being able to use my muscles for 2 miles before getting tired, to 4 miles, to 6 miles, what's happening to those muscles? They don't hurt as much, isn't that getting stronger?

    I'd just like one of these "experts" to let me know what those huge things in my calves are if they're not muscle I've built from walking miles daily when it was my only real exercise... I'd also like to know what those things in my husband's arms are that have gotten bigger while he's been shoveling at work. He's actually doing the opposite of lifting. So it can't possibly be muscle building, right?

    It's called you lost fat so the muscle shows.. not that you actually built muscle.

    Also just because you got used to an exercise, just means that you got more fit.. not that you built muscle or necessarily got stronger in any sense. You can get fit/stronger, without actually building new muscle tissue.

    I suggest you and the other chick think about the phrase, correlation does not equal causation.. it will really help out your arguments.

    To OP:
    There really is no efficient exercise.

    Whats efficient for me, won't necessarily be for you since everyone is at different fitness levels.
  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member
    To OP:
    There really is no efficient exercise.

    Whats efficient for me, won't necessarily be for you since everyone is at different fitness levels.

    that's the only thing YOU can be sure of!
  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member

    Yes, I feel very insecure, which is why I have my actual picture up.

    how lovely for you
  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member
    here you go since you are all about showing off "your guns" of many different variations....

    megun.jpg
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    To OP:
    There really is no efficient exercise.

    Whats efficient for me, won't necessarily be for you since everyone is at different fitness levels.

    that's the only thing YOU can be sure of!

    Nope.. I can be sure of that the rest of my post is correct too.

    I can also be sure, that you are entirely looney tunes and have no idea how muscle building actually works... because if you did, you wouldn't be claiming what you are and you'd have pictures as proof.
  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member
    Nope.. I can be sure of that the rest of my post is correct too.
    I can also be sure, that you are entirely looney tunes and have no idea how muscle building actually works... because if you did, you wouldn't be claiming what you are and you'd have pictures as proof.

    nope you can't. you can make a general assumption which is totally incorrect...again nice try
  • amylovescupcakes
    amylovescupcakes Posts: 146 Member
    skipping


    I loooooove skipping!
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    Nope.. I can be sure of that the rest of my post is correct too.
    I can also be sure, that you are entirely looney tunes and have no idea how muscle building actually works... because if you did, you wouldn't be claiming what you are and you'd have pictures as proof.

    nope you can't. you can make a general assumption which is totally incorrect...again nice try

    If everyone one is so incorrect, then where the hell is your proof?

    If you are right and everyone else is wrong, then prove it.. but since you haven't done anything of the kind, I'll keep going with what I know to be fact while you live in la la land.

    Also that article that you posted, states that walking tones muscles(IE makes them stronger/retains what muscle mass you have) and not builds muscle(IE builds new muscle tissue). Again, two different things.. I highly suggest you learn the difference.

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