Not exact matches
An
intense weightlifting
session may not burn quite as many calories as a high - intensity
cardio session, but it burns quite a bit
more than many people think (and definitely enough to noticeably speed up fat loss).
While the long
cardio session will burn
more calories, it is the short,
intense session that will have the most benefits for fat loss.
Believe it or not, but research shows that you can get a much
more effective workout in a shorter period of time if you are utilizing this type of
intense interval training than you would with a long
cardio session with less intensity.
My
cardio sessions are
more intense and longer than ever because I have the endurance and power to keep pushing the intensity.
EPOC studies are often cited as a means for supporting the idea that shorter,
more intense conditioning workouts can have the same (or greater) net caloric burn as longer
cardio sessions done with less intensity.