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Does slow and steady or fast and furious win the exercise race?

To keep fit, your flat mate swears by lunchtime runs, while a colleague reckons that it’s walking everywhere that keeps her in shape. Here’s how to decide what will suit you.

For Weight Loss

You can lose weight whether you walk or run. Any cardio exercise will improve your body’s efficiency.

Running

For optimum fitness, do three 15-minute runs a week at 75% of your maximum heart rate. To work out yours, subtract your age from 220 (beats per minute). Exercising at your ‘fat-burning pace’ (50% of your maximum heart rate) will burn more fat than carbs, but working out more intensely will burn more of both.

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With the concept of staying fit and healthy dominating the society
today, how hard you should be pushing yourself depends on your level of
fitness and your health history. You can kick off with your doctor’s
recommendation regarding optimal heart rate target for working out
based on these factors.

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