Which is the best fat burning exercise?

[keelyj]

I've been going to the gym for absolutely ages now and go through phases of which cardio machine I like best. Used to be the bike, then it was the crosstrainer, now it's the running machine, but I know it will change again. Anyway, I just want to know, which of the following is the best fat burning exercise:

Running at a slow/medium pace (6mph/8kph)

Walking up hill on the treadmill (as high up as it will go which is level 15, whatever that is) (4mph/6kph) - I do this holding on to the handles of the machine though as I would find it rather difficult to manage to walk up hill at that level without doing it.

Crosstrainer - Level 8. Again, I do this holding on.

(I have guessed what kph is as I'm not too sure, my gym machines go in mph).

 

[Ulter]

Windsprints hands down.

 

[Daisy_Girl]

Sprints plus clean diet.

Can't beat clean diet for fat burning.

 

[starlet]

Yup...sprints/intervals.

I prefer lap swimming because it's such a great total body workout (especially if you can at least do free and breast stroke...and fly is killer on your abs) and burns a ton of calories with no impact. I don't have a pool where I can swim on a regular basis at the moment, but I used to do intervals in the pool all the time. (I miss the days of competitive swimming when I could eat whatever the heck I wanted because I was in the pool 2.5 hrs/day and would just swim it off anyway.)

 

[OMEGA]

honestly l30-45 sessions of cardio in the am on an empty stomach

 

[*Bunny*]

Windsprints hands down.

^^

Sprints plus clean diet.

Can't beat clean diet for fat burning.

^^

 

[necia]

WTF are windsprints?

Necia

 

[Ulter]

They are best performed outside. You run as fast as you can for 45-60 sec and then slow to catch your breath and then repeat it.

 

[OMEGA]

WTF are windsprints?

Necia

they are not very good for your joints especially if you lift hard at the gym

cardio for fat burning is best at a low or mid intensity preferably in the AM or after an anerobic workout ( lifting) where the body will preferentially tap into fat reserves for fuel, where areas Sprints will tap into the bodies Anerobic systems and may burn glycogen more than fat ( not good)

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Yup...sprints/intervals.

I prefer lap swimming because it's such a great total body workout (especially if you can at least do free and breast stroke...and fly is killer on your abs) and burns a ton of calories with no impact. I don't have a pool where I can swim on a regular basis at the moment, but I used to do intervals in the pool all the time. (I miss the days of competitive swimming when I could eat whatever the heck I wanted because I was in the pool 2.5 hrs/day and would just swim it off anyway.)

Hate to burst your bubble but if you’re looking to reach a lower bf cold pool water is not going to help. Swimmers typically carry I higher bf to insolate them from the cold that is the body’s natural reaction to all that time in a cold pool.