Calorie burn

[CatsandCukes]

Hi! 

I burn on average 2200 calories a day and consume 1600 a day, I go to the gym for an hour and half a day as well as continuously take my dogs out for walks. What are some quick calorie burning ideas? 

[Dominique]

Energy expenditure (the fancy name for "burning calories") is affected by time and intensity. If you want to burn a lot of calories in as little time as possible (if it’s what you consider to be "quick calorie burning"), you need to pick up a very intense activity (e.g. rope skipping). If, OTOH, you have plenty of time at your disposal, you can pick up a low-intensity activity (e.g. walking) and do it for a long period of time. The Compendium of Physical Activities lists many activities of various intensity. Use the number in the METS column to determine how intense any given activity is. For instance, rope skipping is 12.3, while walking at 2.5 mph is 3.0, so 5 minutes of rope skipping would burn about as much as 20 minutes of walking. Now you see how low-intensity activities are usually better for burning calories: many people can walk for one hour at 2.5 mph (even if they carry extra weight and aren’t particularly fit), while few people can sustain rope skipping for 15 minutes straight (or even in a HIIT fashion, with pauses in-between). For cardio fitness, it’s an entirely different discussion. Here, I’m talking about burning calories.

[emili]

running for me is the quickest way to burn calories. I also walk my pups and go to the gym- but mostly for weight training. Any cardio activity will burn through calories and the more intense the activity the faster they will burn. 

[JuanJoFitbit]

@CatsandCukes As my friends mentioned above, there are many ways to burn calories quicker. Running has worked for me incredibly as well as doing squats. If you have access to a pool and swim for 10-15 minutes, this can be an excellent idea as well.