{"id":2772,"date":"2016-11-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/the-best-calorie-burning-exercises\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T16:25:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T14:25:12","slug":"the-best-calorie-burning-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/personal-fitness-training-blog\/the-best-calorie-burning-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"12 calorie-burning exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If it\u2019s your mission to burn away fat, then you should be signing up for calorie-burning exercises.<br \/>\nHere\u2019s a roundup of the 12 exercises that yield the highest burn. Incorporate them into your workouts and you\u2019ll soon see the results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.\u00a0Kettlebells<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason why the original Russian kettlebell swingers boasted a very low body fat percentage: <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/course\/group-exercise-courses\/kettle-bell-certificate\/\">kettlebell training <\/a>burns about 400 calories in just 20 minutes so\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0one of those super duper calorie-burning exercises.\u00a0The combination of weight training, plus compound movements means you get an incredible workout.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TTx-Zgpt_2k\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0Running<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jogging will burn between 800 and 900 calories per hour. Running burns between 900 and 1500 calories. Need another excuse to lace up your <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/blog\/blog-articles\/running-shoes\/\">running shoes <\/a>today and take part in one of the world&#8217;s best calorie-burning exercises?<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\u00a0Skipping<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an excellent reason to <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/blog\/blog-articles\/7-benefits-skipping\/\">borrow <\/a>your daughter\u2019s skipping rope: You\u2019ll burn around 800 calories in an hour! It\u2019s easy to incorporate skipping into your daily schedule since you get a fabulous workout in just 20 minutes with the rope.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.\u00a0Soccer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ever seen a chunky soccer player? That\u2019s because an hour on the pitch fries anywhere between 900 and 1400 calories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.\u00a0High intensity interval training (HIIT)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll burn around 300 calories in just 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.\u00a0Plyometrics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Box jumps, burpees and rabbit hops. Do these for half an hour, and you\u2019ll feel the burn.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2cK_u1cmeHY\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>7.\u00a0Zumba<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If dancing\u2019s your passion, then zumba is a fabulous choice \u2013 it burns between 400 and 700 calories per hour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8.\u00a0Superset weight training<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The resistance training element of supersets ramps up your heart rate and burns more calories than regular weight training sets. Add some skipping in between sets and you\u2019ll be on the money.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9.\u00a0Cycling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just the lycra shorts that make cyclists look lean. Their sport burns about 800 calories an hour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.\u00a0Climbing stairs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rocky Balboa knew it. Running up and down stairs burns anywhere between 650 and 900 calories an hour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11.\u00a0Racket sports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tennis and squash are excellent calorie-burning exercises, at between 600 and 900 calories burned in an hour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12.\u00a0Swimming<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to sweat to burn calories! Get into the pool and you could burn between 700 and 850 calories in an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that when you\u2019re trying to lose weight, burning calories at the gym is just one half of the effort. Your diet must encourage the calorie burn too!<\/p>\n<p>If you already lead a physically active, healthy lifestyle, then you\u2019re already achieving something amazing. But maybe it\u2019s not enough? Maybe you want to inspire others to do the same, to be their best? Sign up today for a Comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/course\/specialised-courses\/personal-training-certificate\/\">Personal Training Certification <\/a>from Trifocus Fitness Academy, and realise your dreams.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X2-aWAHWDqs\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If it\u2019s your mission to burn away fat, then you should be signing up for calorie-burning exercises. Here\u2019s a roundup of the 12 exercises that yield the highest burn. Incorporate them into your workouts and you\u2019ll soon see the results. 1.\u00a0Kettlebells There\u2019s a reason why the original Russian kettlebell swingers boasted a very low body&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2116],"tags":[603,604,98,605,606,607,608,609,610,611,408,37,185,381,61,472,534,612,601,63,116,613,614,487,189,615,616,617,618,45,202,277,46,467,619],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}