What is more effective for weight loss ? Long distance jogging ? Or short distance sprinting ?
Posted by adminI've been switching between both. I'm not sure what is more effective in weight loss, numerous short distance sprints, or long distance jogging.
Short distance sprints. It takes about 15 minutes for your body to start tapping into fat storages for energy. Prior to that your body uses energy from glycogen (excess sugar) storages in the muscles and liver for energy. Glycogen is your body's quick energy; fat is stored energy.
This doesn't mean that you need to workout for more than 15 minutes. If the exercise is performed at a high intensity (such as short distance sprinting) for only 15 minutes you will burn more fat than exercise done for an hour at a low intensity (such as long distance running).
You're probably wondering why since the fat storages weren't reached yet. High intensity exercise causes the metabolism to speed up efficiently post-workout, while low intensity exercise does not.
So after 15 minutes of high intensity exercise, although only glycogen storages were utilized, the speeded up metabolism will metabolize more free fatty acids than would have been used as energy with lower intensity exercise, resulting in greater fat loss.
Long distance, getting your heart rate up for a longer time burns more calories, means more weight lost.
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Short distance sprints. It takes about 15 minutes for your body to start tapping into fat storages for energy. Prior to that your body uses energy from glycogen (excess sugar) storages in the muscles and liver for energy. Glycogen is your body's quick energy; fat is stored energy.
This doesn't mean that you need to workout for more than 15 minutes. If the exercise is performed at a high intensity (such as short distance sprinting) for only 15 minutes you will burn more fat than exercise done for an hour at a low intensity (such as long distance running).
You're probably wondering why since the fat storages weren't reached yet. High intensity exercise causes the metabolism to speed up efficiently post-workout, while low intensity exercise does not.
So after 15 minutes of high intensity exercise, although only glycogen storages were utilized, the speeded up metabolism will metabolize more free fatty acids than would have been used as energy with lower intensity exercise, resulting in greater fat loss.
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Long distance jogging - or any aerobic exercise (more than 15 minutes straight). Sprinting is great though for minimizing muscle loss. I wish I had time to work out… i just take energy pills. lol. 8 hour energy is amaaaziiinnnngg.
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The above answers are all good - but just a point i wanted to add which was to make sure that you are eating healthy at the same time. Excercise is only one part of it all.
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