Fitness

The key to any long term fitness routine is to keep your body moving, doing a wide variety of different exercises. Different activities challenge your body in many ways, such as coordination, balance, stamina, and max calories and fat burning.

When you’re ready to take your Heart Smart Minute fitness outdoors, here’s a list of the Top 10 calorie burning exercises. Calories burned are based on the average number for a healthy male/female with average BMI and fitness level.

Heart Smart Minute Fitness Tips:

1) CROSS COUNTRY SKIING: Mod intensity-545cal/hour Max Intensity-1,125 per hour

2) BIKING: Moderate Intensity-570cal/hour Max intensity-850cal/hour

3) RUNNING: 850cal/hour for an average 8 minute mile pace

4) JUMP ROPE: Mod intensity-680cal/hour Max Intensity-815cal/hour

5) BOXING: Mod Intensity-615cal/hour Max Intensity-815 cal/hour

6) ROWING: Mod Intensity-580cal/hour Max Intensity- 650cal/hour

7) SQUASH: 820cal/hour

8) SWIMMING: Mod Intensity-545 cal/hour Max Intensity-680cal/hour

9) ROCK WALL CLIMBING: Mod Intensity- 540cal/hour Max Intensity-750cal/hour

10) RUGBY: Mod Intensity-680cal/hour Max Intensity-715cal/hour

**For a Complete List of Activities and Calories Burned CLICK HERE  

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