Before you burn calories, you need to know how many calories your body needs in order to function properly. You can find this out by calculating your basal metabolic rate, or BMR. There are many detailed BMR calculators online, but…
Your calorie burning doesn’t have to be limited to workout sessions. In fact, you can burn calories all day long while you go about your daily tasks. Think about it: How much time do you spend sitting in traffic, standing…
As any new parent will tell you, kids are a full-time job unto themselves. But many moms and dads regard the birth of a child as a new phase in life, and they want to take the opportunity to shed…
Chiseled abs are a dream for many dieters. While they’re not a realistic goal for everyone (your genetics plays a part in whether or not you can develop visible ab muscles), most people can get them by losing enough body…
When you’re not giving your arms a workout, you can focus on building stronger legs. Like the arms, the legs can benefit from a host of classic exercises that don’t require any special equipment to do. Try these favorites: Squats;…
Working your arms will give you more than just sexy sculpted biceps: it will help you burn more calories, too! The effect is two-fold. First, you’ll actively burn calories while you do the strength-building exercises. Then, you’ll passively burn more…
If you work the same muscle group over and over, you start to get diminishing rewards. Your body grows accustomed to the exercises, and stops working as hard as it should. You can avoid this by using muscle confusion to…
Do you ever wake up in the morning feeling stiff and sore? Regularly stretching can help you loosen up. If you do yoga, you’ll even kick-start your metabolism for the day and burn extra calories. To start, stretch your neck,…
Walking and running can both have seriously positive effects on your health, but you can burn even more calories by combining the two. Running at 8 mph burns nearly a thousand calories for an individual weighing 160 pounds, but you…
Some people really enjoy sweating off the pounds. For the rest of us, exercise can get boring. We’d like to spend less time burning more calories! Well, we’re in luck. According to the Mayo Clinic website, these are some of…