Sports are a proven way to get rid of excess body fat and speed up metabolism. What kind of activities help burn the most calories? Answer to this question in our list!
To burn as many calories as possible during one workout you need to be in good shape. Therefore, people who are just beginning their adventure with sport should focus on slightly less intense activities and gradually increase their endurance. It is also a good idea to divide your training into several smaller parts at intervals of several hours. An intensive workout should also be preceded by a solid warm-up to avoid painful injuries. Below we present sports that allow you to burn the most calories.
Kick-boxing is a sport in which one fights using kicks and boxing punches with fist. It develops the body in a holistic way. Key roles are played by flexibility, punching power and speed of movement. Kick-boxing involves the arms, legs and torso very strongly. It takes time to develop good kicks and punches. You can burn 582 calories during an hour-long workout.
Running is a popular sport that is ideal for people who want to burn calories in an efficient way. You can get even better results by running on stairs or hills. This is a fully comprehensive form of running training, which significantly contributes to improving fitness, static and dynamic muscle strength, as well as hip, ankle and knee joint stability. Running in this way for an hour will burn about 639 calories.
Skipping is an exercise involving the whole body to work. Jumping on it requires a lot of endurance. In order to diversify such training, we can use different techniques. We can choose between jumping on one leg, from side to side, alternating with simultaneous lifting of knees or jumping with crossing of skipping rope. During an hour of skipping you can burn about 660 calories. In order to make such training even more effective, it is worth to get a slightly heavier skipping rope, which will engage your hands and arms to a greater extent.
Road cycling is a sport which has been growing in popularity in recent years. It’s hardly surprising – a road bike allows you to cover long distances in a short time. On average, you can burn about 704 calories during one hour of riding a road bike.
Martial arts is a term referring to types of hand-to-hand combat or combat with the use of white weapons, such as clubs, sabres or swords. The most popular activities of this type include judo, ju-jitsu, kung-fu, aikido, and tai-chi. You can burn up to about 740 calories during a single martial arts workout. It also provides an excellent way to build and model muscle.
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Published by Grzegorz “Gary” Garczarczyk Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Skateboarding is an activity that consists of performing various tricks on a skateboard. It can be practiced both in skateparks and bowling alleys, which are special concrete depressions. During one hour of skateboarding you can burn up to 800 calories.
Climbing on a rock or in the mountains is a proven way to increase muscle strength, strengthen bones and joints and improve efficiency of the body, body balance, motor coordination and physical endurance. One hour of climbing allows you to burn about 818 calories.
Butterfly style is one of the most difficult swimming methods to master. However, it has a number of benefits, engaging all the muscles of our body. Butterfly requires both good motor coordination and great strength. Swimming for an hour in this way, we can burn up to 900 calories.
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