RIO Fitness Chicago® Exercise & Nutrition Blog

RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:

When burning calories, there's calories from fat (the ones we want to burn to see results) & there's calories from energy (glycogen). The intensity & duration of the exercise determines which one is more. For example, when we do 30-60 minutes of cardio, afterward we feel completely drained; thinking we accomplished a lot, but it's majority energy calories burned, and minimal fat calories loss.


HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING is the answer to losing majority body fat calories. We have to get our heart rate high by doing an intense exercise for one to two minutes, then bring down the intensity for one to two minutes so that the heart comes down, and keep repeating that high/low interval. Doing this will make our resting heart rate during exercise approximately 125-145bpm, and when it's there, it's burning more fat calories.