What is better if you want to lose weight:an hour of running at a leisurely pace or training for half an hour where you rotate for a few minutes?
Let's just say that both are good. After a solid training, maybe next time a gentle recovery run is on the schedule.
But sometimes working up a sweat while running is a good idea. If you add short sprints to your training, you will not only burn a lot of calories during training but also after exercise. It is a myth that you have to walk slowly to lose weight. When running slowly, your body uses fats as an energy source, but you burn fewer calories than when you run a little faster. It is smarter to occasionally take a few sprints of, for example, thirty seconds during your training. This way you use more energy while walking and the afterburner is also greater.
Try to add a little bit of exercise every week. For example, do you walk five kilometers? Then go for a five-minute walk before or after. Or run an extra mile. Do you have time left? Then add strength training, with which you develop more muscle mass and therefore use more energy, even at rest.
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Santé April 2016, text:Babette Dessing
