Spinning Is Easy To Love

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So it's back to the gym. The added weight is starting to bother you again. Spinners walk by with spinning shoes in tow. A few groups are headed to the step aerobic area hoping to burn off several hundred calories today. The elliptical crowd, a very dedicated crowd in general, is headed over to the elliptical or treadmill to do the exact same workout they have done for weeks and months at a time. Their workouts hardly vary from one day to the next. What makes sense? Who has the right answer to losing weight?

In reality, everyone does. Burning calories is burning calories whether you are walking, running, doing aerobics, spinning, etc. But, some exercises are definitely more efficient at burning calories than others. Due to exertion for starters, but the nature of the exercise has a lot to do with how well you burn calories.

Your body is very smart. It gets used to routine after a short period of time. The treadmill walkers doing the same speed and the same length of time day after day start to see diminishing results. Their body gets used to the routine ...
... and adjusts. Interval training would help or moving to a different exercise all together would solve the problem.

Weight lifters have the same issues. If you bench press on the same machine with the same reps and do it routinely 3 times each week, you will hit a wall. The only way to get past that is to start different types of exercises that work that muscle group. Create muscle confusion.

Back to the original question however - which exercise provides the greatest benefits. Purely looking at calories per hour, here are several exercises and the calories they burn: Gardening - 295, Racquetball - 630, Running - 810, Shopping - 270, Sitting doing nothing - 75, Sleeping - 75, Basketball - 710, Cycling - 450, Spinning - 780, Dance - 710, Jump Rope - 740, Cross Country Skiing - 640, Soccer - 645, Volleyball - 250.
This list certainly isn't all inclusive of everything you can do. It also isn't intended to apply to everyone. It should give you a general idea of how different activities compare to each other.

One of the activities with the highest hourly rate of burning calories is spinning. Overall, your smartest choice is spinning. Spinning allows you accurate control of your heart rate and good spinning instructors vary the routines each day so your body will not see routine and start compensating.

Step aerobics are very good in terms of calories burned each hour. In fact, step aerobics compare to spinning in terms of purely looking at calories burned per hour. Where spinning separates itself is the accurate heart rate control you can attain in a spinning class. Training in different heart rate zones allows you to tailor your workout to meet your specific goals. Some heart rate zones burn more calories from fat while other heart rate zones burn more carbohydrates. Spinning allows you to hit these zones with precision.

Almost every serious workout fanatic will tell you spinning allowed them to lose the extra pounds that were previously impossible. Spinning shoes and a heart rate monitor are all you need. You can get good quality shoes for around $75 and a heart rate monitor around that price as well.

Give spinning a try. The benefits are amazing. As with any exercise routine, not going regularly is where most people fail. It is easy and fun to get hooked on spinning.
John P is the writer for a site dedicated to information concerning spinning shoes and all things spinning, The web page covers all topics related to Spinning. http://www.healthandspinning.com can help you get familiar with spinning and discusses many other topics related to spinning.