Jun 30 2008
Making more of your time at the gym
I made a discovery today. It might be working-out 101 knowledge but for me it was a eureka moment. When I go to the gym and jump on the treadmill, I usually set it for 30 minutes on a weight loss program. The program basically builds up from a small resistance to a larger one. It burns about 150-170 calories which isn’t bad. However I drink a lot of water and usually have to pause it to go to the bathroom and I lose momentum. So today I decided I would do 3 sets of 10 minute intervals of the same program, in case I needed a bathroom break. By doing this I varied the resistance so it moved up and down for the 30 minutes and, unknowingly, boosted my metabolism. I burned 250 calories in the same half hour. So I guess this should work for anyone working out, if they didn’t know about this secret already.
Good for you! Work smarter; Not harder!