Fat Burning Exercises

Are you wondering what the best aerobic fat burning exercises are?  Believe me you are not alone.  The answer is that there is no one perfect aerobic exercise that is best.  They are all an effective exercise to burn fat. Any exercise that gets your heart pumping within your target heart rate zone is considered an aerobic exercise.

Low to Moderate Intensity Some will state that longer, less intense workouts are best.  The reason for this belief is that during a low to moderate aerobic exercise, your body uses a higher percentage of fat, about 60%, for fuel.   Whereas during a high intense workout your body uses only about 35% - 45% of fat for fuel, depending on how high the intensity is.   The reason for this is that during a high intense aerobic exercise, your body switches to using more carbohydrates for fuel and less fat.  But before you pick a low aerobic workout for your maximum fat burn, keep reading. High Intensity The fact is that while a low to moderate aerobic exercise routines use a higher percentage of fat for fuel, it is also burning fewer calories overall. For example, a woman weighing 145 pounds walking at 3 mph for 30 minutes will burn approximately 130 calories.  If 60% of this was from fat, then she would have only burned 79 fat calories during her aerobic exercise routine. However, if this same woman ran for 30 minutes at 6 mph (a high intense aerobic exercise for many of us), her calories burned during exercise would be approximately 348 calories and if 35% of that was from fat, her total fat calories burned would be about 122 fat calories.

However, if this same woman ran for 30 minutes at 6 mph (a high intense aerobic exercise for many of us), her calories burned during exercise would be approximately 348 calories and if 35% of that was from fat, her total fat calories burned would be about 122 fat calories.