Exercise to burn calories quick?

Klmom123
Klmom123 Posts: 91 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I try to fit in my workout in 30-35 minutes a day. I usually do a combination of 15 cardio, 20 min yoga. It doesn’t burn a lot of calories though. What is the quickest calorie burning exercise?

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  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    edited March 2018
    To increase your calorie burn, you need to increase either the time, effort, or resistance (which will equal effort). So for maximum burn in a given time period, do whatever activity you can do at the highest level of intensity for that period of time.
  • simcon1
    simcon1 Posts: 209 Member
    I like running for 30 min—I burn about 400 calories in that time, and enjoy it. I burn a little less on the rowing machine, but it’s still pretty good.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Going at the highest intensity you can tolerate for your planned duration while not needing as long of a recovery period would burn the most calories - going too hard and burning out halfway would burn fewer calories than maintainable relatively hard effort for a longer duration and a shorter recovery time. Running is often one of the best kinds of exercise for this because it involves deploying larger muscle groups, but many cardio options can be comparable and you can cross train.

    Exercise, in general, doesn't burn as many calories as simply being active throughout the day unless you're a seasoned athlete. Instead of focusing on how many calories you can burn through exercise, why not focus on introducing movement to many aspects of your daily life for calorie burn and use exercise to augment that and focus on improving your fitness to eventually be able to do it harder and longer. This thread may be of use to you:
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10610953/neat-improvement-strategies-to-improve-weight-loss/p1
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    edited March 2018
    How many cals do you want/need to burn, what kind of workout do you want and how much is ease/convenience a factor?

    For ease and convenience, erg rowing and spin biking are the most efficient and effective in burning cals.

    You can easily burn 600-700 cals/hr on either in the convenience of your home or at the gym w/only a moderate amount of effort. That's 300-350 cals each 1/2 hr.

    You could do the same running outside or on a treadmill or biking on the roadway but I do not consider those methods convenient.

    Spin biking only provides you w/a lower body workout but erg rowing works both your upper and lower body.

    Arguably an airdyne will work both upper and lower too but, based on my experience, the upper body effort on an airdyne is not as good as on a rower.

    But, if you like biking better than rowing, in terms of cals burned, it really doesn't matter.

    Just choose the one you like best and you can easily burn 300-350 in 30-35mins and, if you have the strength and endurance, you might be able to push that up to 400 cals or more but that would require much greater effort.
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    sijomial wrote: »
    angelsja wrote: »
    HIIT

    Not true - the recovery periods between the bursts of maximal effort drag the average calorie burn right down.

    The maximum calorie burn would be from the cardio of your choice and going as hard as you can for the full time period available for you.
    For most that will be working at your aerobic threshold and then going for a flat out sprint finish right at the end.

    Pretty dreadful way to workout though and a bit of a sad goal for exercise IMHO.

    This. Running or rowing as hard as you can with enough left to finish the time you've selected. is the highest burn you'll get.

    Just make sure you've got the strength to finish. If your target time is 30 minutes and you go 33, that's a win. If you only go 18. that's a loss.
  • JBApplebee
    JBApplebee Posts: 481 Member
    This is why I love 9Rounds. I can burn 450-550 calories easy in 35 minutes or so. Since January 20th, I went from 235 to 198.4 this morning (36.6 pounds). If I'm going out for buffalo wings & some tasty beverages, I can go twice & burn 950 to over 1000 calories & it's fun, therapeutic & addictive.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Cardio burns more calories than most yoga, so swapping out the yoga for more cardio is the fastest way to burn more calories in your allotted 35 min.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Klmom123 wrote: »
    I try to fit in my workout in 30-35 minutes a day. I usually do a combination of 15 cardio, 20 min yoga. It doesn’t burn a lot of calories though. What is the quickest calorie burning exercise?

    I'd drop the yoga in lieu of additional cardio...but if you really like the yoga and you want to only do 30-35 minute workouts then I think you just need to live with the reality that you're not going to burn many calories with your chosen exercise routine.
  • Bocch
    Bocch Posts: 191 Member
    Did you ever try alternating days like 35 mins cardio-no yoga and then next day do yoga? Steady state cardio running 40 mins to one hour produces a big calorie burn
  • SonyaCele
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    Klmom123 wrote: »
    I try to fit in my workout in 30-35 minutes a day. I usually do a combination of 15 cardio, 20 min yoga. It doesn’t burn a lot of calories though. What is the quickest calorie burning exercise?

    If calorie burn is your main goal, you can try and cram as much calorie burn into your 35 minutes as you can, or you just can start to add more calorie burning activities into your daily routine and burn a whole lot more by the end of the day than you'd burn in those 35 minutes. Just by standing instead of sitting as often as possible, take stairs instead of elevator, park a few spaces extra spaces away at the grocery store, walk to the mail box, etc etc etc . Or do both and burn even more calories.
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