Aerobic vs anaerobic, Which form of workout is most beneficial for fat loss?



The above mentioned topic is a topic of vast debate. Till the date different people have different claims on aerobic and anaerobic exercises.

Aerobic exercise generally include walking, bike riding, running. Basic principle behind these exercises is to move your body, breathe faster, and increase the rate of blood flow. On the other hand, anaerobic exercises include weight lifting, sprinting for a short period of time. It focuses majorly on intense activity to its maximum levels and quick fatigue. This form doesn't last for long.

• Know which one is better for fat loss.

Aerobic exercises, generally called steady state cardio are performed in a moderate steady pace. These type of exercises will utilise slow twitch off muscle fibres. Although aerobic exercises are quite good for improving and conditioning cardiac muscles.

As mentioned above, it they are low intensity cardio exercises. This is the main reason that they can create only optimal fat loss. Even the amount of calories burned during high sessions of cardio, will be less than a small anaerobic intense workout session.

Anaerobic exercises are generally performed in high intensity interval training. This training method generally revolves around rotating high intensity intervals with recovery intervals.

One will be able to burn more calories and in less time too. High intensity training will help you to extend your calorie expenditure then running, cycling or walking.

Other benefits of anaerobic workouts on fat loss programme.

• Requires almost less time.

High intensity workout sessions can be done in a fraction of time. Time is a limitation for various people with busy schedules and lifestyle. If you are one of them then anaerobic sessions are great options for you.

These will help you to exhaust your muscles and burn more calories as compared to a time consuming long cardio session.

• Will surely increase metabolism.

Any aerobic forms of workout are known for increasing muscle mass and metabolic rate of the body. High intensity workouts require fast twitching of muscle fibres to engage in exercises. This causes muscle rupturing and subsequently gain in size.

It is a scientifically proven fact that if you increase muscle mass, in turn you will speed up your metabolism. The reason behind this is, muscle burns more calories than fat.

• Anaerobic workout feels great after burn effects.

Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption (EPOC) or generally called as after burn effect is the speciality of anaerobic workouts. It is basically the amount of oxygen required to return the body to its resting stage. High intensity workout session stimulate a higher after burn. Because one consumes much more amount of oxygen during session. This subsequently creates a larger defect to replace post workout.

So it clearly means that you will continue to burn calories even after one hour of high intensity anaerobic workout session.

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