Which Exercise Burns the Most Fat?

The exercise that burns the most fat is the one which uses the most energy during and after exercise. Some may claim that certain types of exercise are best for fat burning while other types just burn carbohydrate, but that is a bit misleading. It's true that the most vigorous exercise needs so much energy so fast that there is simply not time for the body to take the energy from the 'long-term' fat stores.However, the human body is a wonderful self-regulating machine. If a blast of exercise burns through the short-term carbohydrate and protein energy stores, the body will set about re-attaining equilibrium in the following minutes and hours. Fat will be taken from its store area, maybe around the hips or tummy, metabolised and used to replenish the short-term carbohydrate and protein energy sources.

Therefore, the short-term energy source is irrelevant. The important thing is to burn the maximum amount of energy - the body will make the necessary adjustments to the various energy stores afterwards.

So how do you burn the most energy? Well that isn't as simple as it seems either. It should be - you just want to burn the most amount of energy. However, the highest rate of energy burn comes from the most vigorous exercise. But if the exercise is too vigorous endurance is likely to be limited. So the total energy burn may be higher for a longer, but less vigorous burst of activity.

7As if that isn't complicated enough, you also have to consider what happens after the exercise is over. Lower intensity exercises tend to lead to the metabolism slowing down afterwards. Higher levels create what's known as an 'after-burn', where the metabolism remains above the normal resting rate for some time after exercising has finished. This may range from one hour to 24 hours, depending on the intensity level. Building lean muscle mass also helps to keep the metabolism burning energy whilst at rest.

Overall, the exercise to burn the most fat is a combination:

• Vigorous cardio like running, cycling or swimming to burn as many calories as possible for a reasonable amount of time - ideally more than 30 minutes per day.
• Building lean muscle mass also helps to burn through fat by keeping the metabolism higher even when resting.
• Most of all it must be fun. To achieve long-term fat loss it is necessary to do the required amount of exercise on a regular basis for a long period of time. Regular means 5 days per week. And 'long-period of time' means as long as you want to remain thin,For the rest of your life? You decide!
  
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