Best Cardio workout!

saundts
saundts Posts: 51 Member
edited November 17 in Health and Weight Loss
I want lose weight quick, can anyone tell me what is the best cardio excercise/workout.
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  • VeggieBarbells
    VeggieBarbells Posts: 175 Member
    Personally jumping rope does it for me!
  • ShielaFrancisco
    ShielaFrancisco Posts: 10 Member
    Go to the gym and Instructor will help you.
  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
    The one you enjoy and can stick to:).
  • preshalin
    preshalin Posts: 52 Member
    Interval Training on the Treadmill or Exercise bike.

    Or... Whichever you enjoy the most...
  • sarochka85
    sarochka85 Posts: 103 Member
    I think the Stronger programme with Nicky Holender, free on YouTube, is fabulous cardio.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    edited April 2017
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    Whichever one you enjoy and will stick to doing.

    But weight loss is created by caloric deficit and your diet is the primary driver of that.

    This.

    Also, you shouldn't aim to lose weight fast. You need to form lifelong habits.
  • mazdauk
    mazdauk Posts: 1,380 Member
    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).
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »

    But weight loss is created by caloric deficit and your diet is the primary driver of that.

    So true. I can out eat hours at the gym in about 30 seconds easily lol
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    saundts wrote: »
    I want lose weight quick, can anyone tell me what is the best cardio excercise/workout.

    lose weight quick? what does this mean?

    Calorie deficit.. stick to a calorie deficit.. Use the exercise to enhance your weight loss and health and fitness goals!
  • Geocitiesuser
    Geocitiesuser Posts: 1,429 Member
    If you're looking for calorie burn, running and jump rope seem to be the biggest raw burners. Otherwise like others have said, calorie defecit is the ultimate factor. Cardio and weights for health. Defecit for weight loss.
  • LessCookiess
    LessCookiess Posts: 538 Member
    I love to climb the steps and run up and down it seriously is amazing! And it's free!
  • LessCookiess
    LessCookiess Posts: 538 Member
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    saundts wrote: »
    I want lose weight quick, can anyone tell me what is the best cardio excercise/workout.

    lose weight quick? what does this mean?

    Calorie deficit.. stick to a calorie deficit.. Use the exercise to enhance your weight loss and health and fitness goals!

    I agree with this quote! It's definitely about the calorie deficit not sure Op gets it .
  • briohne128
    briohne128 Posts: 176 Member
    edited April 2017
    Choose something that you will enjoy and is right for you :smile: Every day, I use my treadmill for 5 minutes at fast walking speed, 30 minutes at running (nearly sprinting) speed and 5 minutes after at fast walking speed again!
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    Nordic skiing. Competitive Nordic skiers are the fittest people on Earth.
  • HealthierAnn
    HealthierAnn Posts: 40 Member
    Personally I like kickboxing workouts like Turbo Jam or Cathe Friedrich videos. I also like walking videos with Leslie Sansone and Jessica Smith. Jessica Smith has ton of videos on You Tube.
  • happysherri
    happysherri Posts: 1,360 Member
    Obviously as others have said - which ever cardio you enjoy and will most likely stick with. However, I have noticed that HIIT (high intensity interval training) works for me. (I'm not a big fan at trying to lose weight to quickly, most will crash and burn. I feel progressive is more sustainable.)
  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
    I will put in another vote for skiing. My last trip I ate and drank like a monster and only gained one pound. My go to is running, other than shoes its cheap and all I have to do is open my front door to get there.
  • rustychord
    rustychord Posts: 166 Member
    If your gym has an Arc Trainer, these are the best! Low impact and a variety of different types of exercises. If you work hard you can burn over 1000 calories per hour. You can challenge yourself and its fun.

    http://www.cybexintl.com/products/arc-trainers.aspx
  • menotyou56
    menotyou56 Posts: 178 Member
    Use google to see if there are any walking/running/biking trails nearby. If you are lucky and there is one, go outside and enjoy the weather as spring comes in with the cardio of your choice. :)
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    NorthCascades wrote: »
    Nordic skiing. Competitive Nordic skiers are the fittest people on Earth.

    @NorthCascades What about snowshoeing?!?

    I've put mine back in the attic until next year :(
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    @kshama2001 I did my last groomed trail ski for the season on Saturday. It was a bittersweet moment when I took them off, then again when I got home and put them away for 8+ months.

    :frowning:

    Meet Kale, and Think Snow.
  • rolenthegreat
    rolenthegreat Posts: 78 Member
    I hate running. But started taking a hula hoop class regularly and it is a KILLER cardio workout.
  • WVWalkerFriend
    WVWalkerFriend Posts: 575 Member
    I'm a fan of walking outside, preferably with lots of hills and variations which is easy where I live. For more guided cardio I'm a fan of Leslie Sansone and Gilad. I loved Zumba but it did not love me.
  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
    People might get on to me about it "not being real exercise", but I really enjoy reading and walking (at the same time).

    I tend to have a hang up about exercise because I feel as though it's a waste of an hour (or however long it is I do it). Not that I don't recognize that it's a healthy activity to engage in and essential for staving off depression (important for someone like me), but more that I could be doing something more productive in that hour.

    So the key for me has been finding activities that either fill that purpose (like elliptical and watching a television show instead of sitting on the couch). I do this with non-exercise things, too.. like chores or creative pursuits (knitting/drawing/that sort of thing).

    That's been pretty instrumental in getting me over my dislike of "exercise".

    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).
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    "Best" is kind of a relative thing. My preference would be to ride a bicycle in the mountains on roads with no automobile traffic. I don't live anywhere near the mountains. I can get a similar workout by riding on a smart trainer, but I'm drenched with sweat by the time I'm done. I can ride circles in my neighborhood, but it get boring and the hills aren't steep. I can ride the roads outside of my neighborhood but there is the issue of traffic. So, the big question is, what are you trying to accomplish?
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,993 Member
    Cross country skiing at 85% of VO2 max. If you can't do that, then just forget about it.


    My point here is even if there was a "best" overall calorie burner, if you can't do it, it's NOT the best.

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  • BrookeRunningMom
    BrookeRunningMom Posts: 156 Member
    I lost weight fast from running/jogging
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