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Our body needs energy when it moves and the amount of energy burnt is called “calories”. The source of the energy or fuel is derived from either fat, glucose (carbs) or protein. Our body burns a mix of fat and carb to generate the energy necessitated for our each and everyday activities. But each source provides energy in a dissimilar manner. If you are doing intense actions that needs force, your body burns carb more as carb provides a quicker energy source. On the other hand, fat is burned when your body does low-intensity activities. But, at any one time, your body taps energy both from carb and fat. When it comes to losing weight effectively, the amount of calories burnt does play a major part. The more calories you burn, the better it is for you to lose weight. For example. If you are just sitting on your couch and observing TV, your body burns fat at a rate of one calorie per minute. Compare this with the amount of calories you take in a day (it is in thousands by the way), you would grasp why sitting on the couch and observing TV, even for hours would not help you to lose weight! High intensity cardio exercises helps you to burn more calories. Your body will tap into both carb and fat for the duration of the workout and you may see the results sooner. What is the idealisti amount of Cardio that you need then? This very much depends on your goals to lose weight, i.e. the amount of weight you want to lose and the time horizon you have set. For me to lose 35lbs in 10 weeks, I had to do intense and more intense cardio exercises. But this may vary according to individuals. The less cardio exercises you do, the lesser fat you will burn. For example, let’s say you burn when it comes to 200 to 300 calories per session of cardio exercises. To lose 1lbs of fat, it takes regarding 3,500 calories. Times this with the amount of weight you intend to lose and work out the math, you will recognise how galore sessions of cardio exercises you need to do. Having said that, this is not a hard and fast rule. Different person lose weight at a dissimilar rate so it is not wise to give up if you can not see the results right away. As a guideline, 60 minutes to 90 minutes of moderate intensity cardio exercises at least 5 days per week is commended to burn body fat fast. |
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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful.
Fun Cardio!
By Bianca
Denise Austin usually drives me nuts. I can’t handle the whole perky aerobics instructor thing. However, I took the plunge because I was drawn to the different styles of cardio offered on this DVD and because a lot of reviewers said Denise really toned it down in this one. Turns out, Denise really DID tone it down. She’s friendly, low-key, and very pleasant in this. The different cardio sections are very fun, especially the Retro aerobics. I don’t know why I got such a kick out of this one, but it just flowed smoothly with fun moves. The kickboxing was good, though a little fast moving if you’ve never done these moves before. In the interval section, there is a lot of jumping in the last few minutes so make sure to wear a good sports bra! I couldn’t get through the dance cardio, honestly. But that’s no fault of Denise and I knew when I bought the DVD that I probably wouldn’t like it. Dancey cardio is not my thing; I’m too clumsy. But, since the DVD is chaptered so beautifully, I don’t have to do it!
As far as intensity goes, don’t expect an over the top sweat fest. You get out what you put into it, of course, but I wouldn’t recommend this to people who are in good shape. You’ll probably be bored. I’m not in great shape, but not just starting out either and I got up a decent sweat. It would be a great workout to wear weighted gloves for an extra kick.
The only real negative to this DVD besides the mediocre intensity is that Denise’s cueing is horrible. She mostly tries to cue as she goes (which I don’t like…I need them to cue ahead) but a lot of times she’s on to the next move before saying anything. Even her back up exercisers stumble a bit several times. But, since the moves are simple for the most part I didn’t have too much trouble my first time through the DVD. And successive sessions were pretty much stumble free.
I would definitely recommend this to people who are trying to get into shape or for people who want a light cardio session for “off” days.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
fun cardio workout
By C. Martin
After having some health issues in 2007, I tried to get back to exercising with advanced dvds right away. I was becoming very frustrated and a friend suggested I try some Denise Austin to get back in the swing of things. I used to love Denise but had advanced beyond her workouts. This dvd is perfect and I am so glad I tried it! I can do all the segments or just one, depending on how I feel. Denise’s cueing leaves a bit to be desired, but if you like Denise you can look past that because this is really a lot of fun. She is lower key in this dvd than in some others but still friendly and motivating. Her personality and enthusiam is just what I needed at this time. I enjoy all the segments but am partial to the retro aerobics section…I love it!
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful.Good workout….
By Katrina Matthews
I bought this DVD yesterday and I was so excited to try it out. Denise Austin really toned it down for this one! She was still smiley and motivating, but she wasn’t over the top. I really like that the workout is broken down into 10 minute segments because it had enough variety to keep me interesed. She’s not the most convincing kick boxer, but she pulled it off. The dance section was MUCH better than her Cardio Dance & Sculpt DVD. I was sweating by the end of it. I really like that this DVD is purely cardio and doesn’t have weights section.
There are a couple things that other people might not like. For the high impact moves she would give you a modification for lower impact but no one actually did it (at least that I saw, but I might be wrong on that.)The modifications were really similar to what she was doing or a previous step as she increased the intensity, so she didn’t leave people completely in the dark. Her cuing was better, but especially in the beginning she cued as she was doing the move so it was a little hard to follow. The next time I do the DVD it won’t be a problem though.
All in all it was a good, fun workout with lots of variety.
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