[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]We all know that exercise burns calories. But how many calories do you burn during exercise?

“What exercise burns the most calories?”

I get this question a lot. And the answer is:

It doesn’t matter.

That’s right, it doesn’t make any difference what exercise you do to burn calories. What determines the number of calories you burn is not the exercise selection, but the exercise intensity (how hard you’re working).

When you work harder, you burn more calories, whether you’re using an elliptical machine, riding a bicycle, or doing Turkish getups.

To burn the most calories, you should exercise at the highest level of difficulty that you can do safely. For some, that’s walking at a slight incline. For others, it may be a high-intensity kettlebell circuit.

Something else that makes a big difference in your calorie burn:

How much muscle you have. Muscle is what burns fat. A muscular person will burn more calories ALL DAY than a non-muscular person, even if they’re both just sitting in a chair.

The reason that strength training is such a potent fat-burning exercise is not the calorie burn during the workout, but the extra calorie burn your muscles give you 24 hours a day.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”40″][image_with_animation image_url=”9603″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”40″][vc_column_text]So if you can only do one type of exercise, pick strength training with weights. You get the increased all-day calorie burn, plus a host of other benefits:

• Tone and strengthen your muscles
• Increase your metabolism
• Improve your posture
• Reduce aches and pains
• Improve bone density
• Increase immunity and health
• Help regulate hormones and sleep
• Increase energy
• Reduce depression and anxiety
• Improve diabetes

If you want to put together a structured exercise program to burn calories, lose weight, and get in great shape, contact Basics and Beyond fitness & nutrition to talk about what will work best for you.

Calories Burned During Exercise

The number of calories burned during exercise depends on the type of exercise, how much muscle you have, and the intensity of the exercise (how hard you’re working). To get an exact number of calories burned, you have to have precise metabolic measurements in a lab. Since that’s not practical, here is a chart that shows the approximate number of calories burned with 30 minutes of a particular kind of activity:

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