what exercise is best for burning calories?

Question

I am top heavy so jogging and walking kinda hurts after a while my shoulders and lower back ive been told that the recumbent bike was good being so very top heavy and all

Answer 1

Walking is good if you are really heavy, just pick out 5 days a week and walk for about 30 minutes a day. Try to make it brisk. If you have access to any place with a lot of stairs, do some stair climbers, those are great at burning calories. And of course, you burn calories from just living through your basal metabolic rate. You can probably start off taking a lot of weight off by just eating healthy. Eat plenty of protein and fiber. Try to avoid excessive simple carbs such as regular sugars. Don't drink pop. Drink skim milk. Avoid anything fatty or deep fried. Start look at nutrition labels and judging what you eat. Try eating 500 calories less than what you usually do, if you do that, then you could lose up to 1-2lbs per week. Also, make sure to drink plenty of water. I hope this helps, and good luck!

Answer 2

What exercise is best for burning calories?
Running.
You said your shoulder and lower back hurts - meaning your upper body is weak. So you need to build your strength up there. Any exercise you do have to be complimented with a good upper strength training workout. Start with 1 or 2 pounds (8 reps in 1 or 2 sets.) In about a year, you should be able to lift 8 or 10 pounds and do about 15 reps.
Since you can't run now, yeah cycling is good. As you gain strength in your upper body, slowly start to ease to walking, then jogging because this burns more calories. Also buy a good yoga or Pilates tape/dvd to compliment with your strength training.

Answer 3

Anything that gets your heart rate up is good for burning calories. Riding a bike, walking, swimming, etc.

Invest in a really good sports bra, those help the "top heavy" not be quite so uncomfortable during exercises.

Answer 4

rollerblading! its easy on the joints, not sure if it will help with the top heavy thing. Its equal to the amount of calories burned running but with the side to side motion rather then pounding up and down on the hard pavement.. I love it, been doing it since highschool and 10 years later im still the same weight

Answer 5

Brisk walking burns about the same calories as slow jogging and way less impact, or use an eliptical trainer or bike (any type) for the same effect.

Answer 6

If you are healthy....stick to walking the stairs (up and down)..

for the first 1-2 months, stick to 4 floors.
3-4 months, 10 floors..

walking stairs is low impact, high burn cardio rate, keeps the shoulders and lower back straight

Answer 7

Try Pilates, it's low impact and no moving around too fast, i'm the same as you and it's helped me get stronger and build muscle and I lost 13 lbs in the last couple of months :)

Answer 8

Crunches

50 a day


and by the end of the summer youll look thin

Answer 9

have you tried weight lifting, you don't need much weight, but the more muscle you have the more calories you burn when just sitting around doing nothing.for breaking into a sweat i love doing tae-bo

Answer 10

running burns about 100 calories per mile. The heavier you are the more calories you'll burn.