21
Nov
2008
Weekly Fitness Tip: Burn More Calories When You are Not Exercising
Burn More Calories When You are Not Exercising
You want your body to burn calories at the highest possible rate even when you’re NOT exercising when you’re at sitting at your desk, relaxing at home, even sleeping.
It’s called your resting metabolic rate (RMR), and you CAN increase it.
One of the surest ways is by building more muscle mass through strength training. Muscle can burn 3-5 times more calories than fat does. So the more muscle you have, the more calories you’ll burn. Even when you’re staying perfectly still.
And you don’t need to invest much time. Working with weights for as little as 20 minutes two to three days a week can be enough to crank up your RMR over time.
Fitness Solutions:
- Include Aerobic Exercise in your Routine: Swimming, Group Ex, Tennis
- Take advantage of the guidance Personal Training provides.
- Get Kids Moving with Encore Dance, Saw MIll Basketball or Soccer.
