Your Fat-Burning Questions Answered!
Q.
I have been recently sidelined with an
running injury that limits my weight bearing cardio.
Any suggestions on ways to
keep metabolism high?
A.
If you are limited to cardio machines with an injury
some options you have are the bike which allows you
to take a break from putting any of your own body weight.
Depending on the severity of your injury you could also do
the eliptical machine. This will take pressure off of your knees
as well.
If cardio movements are out of the question, make sure that
you keep your weight training in regardless and this will keep
you metabolism high. I think many women confuse what really
raises their metabolism and the truth is that your metabolism
is increased more through weight training as opposed to cardio.
When you are doing cardio your metabolism is only elevated for
about 1 or 2 hours after you're done. Whereas, weight training
your metabolism is going all throughout the day after your done!
You also want to make sure that you're taking in enough protein
and calories even if your exercising a little less. If your calories are
too low is won't be able to hold on to muscle and your metabolism
will slow down as a result. Keep your meals frequent throughout
the day.
With these tips you're sure to keep your metabolism high!