Intervals

When it comes to exercise I know most people are not to keen on cardio exercise. That’s the type that get your heart rate up. Cardio workouts are important because they can, if done correctly, increase your metabolism for 4-24 hours or more after the exercise!

This means you are not as likely to store excess calories as body fat because they are more likely to be burnt up because of your elevated metabolism. Plus, you are also more likely to burn off some excess body fat that you already have.

It’s not good enough to just go for a brisk walk every day however. The best form of cardio exercise workouts are short, hard cardio workouts. The best for increasing your metabolism are intervals.
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An example interval workout that can be done with just about any activity, walking, bicycling, swimming, stair climbing, etc., might go like this:

Warm up at easy pace 2-5 minutes then perform 30 seconds of hard work (almost as hard as possible). Then ease off and perform 1 minute of moderate work (recovery time and catch your breath).

Repeat this process 6-10 times. Cool down at an easy pace for 2-5 minutes. While it is intense, you sweat and breathe hard, it goes by pretty quickly and you feel great afterwards. Try it 2-3 times a week.