How Much Cardio Do You Need to Lose 10 Pounds?

Say you want to lose 10 pounds for an event, a renunion, or just for your health and looks. The best way to get this done is to do some workouts. Exercising certainly burns more calories than simply sitting around so being active is the key to a fast weight loss. Cardio workouts are an excellent way to lose weight. But you don't want this process to take forever. So, how much cardio do you need to lose 10 pounds?

This is a difficult question to answer because your weight loss rate depends on a number of factors:

• Your age
• Your genetics
• Your current weight and how much you need to lose
• Your diet
• And more

This is why it's virtually impossible to say, in advance and without knowing you, how much cardio you need to do to lose 10 lbs. The biggest factor is your diet. You can do all the cardio that you want but if you don't eat right, you will not lose weight. In fact, you can be working out like crazy, but if you also eat too much, you can actually gain weight instead of losing it.

In addition, the type and intensity of cardio that you do is also a major factor in how fast you will lose 10 lbs. You need to do intensive workouts to burn the fat faster. For instance, walking will burn calories more slowly than running. The elliptical machine will usually not be as effective as a rowing machine or a kickboxing lesson. The more intensive the workout, the faster you will shed pounds.

Another factor is the intensity of your workouts themselves. If you do a medium intensity workout like running at a slow pace, you're not going to be burning a lot of calories. If you push yourself you will get faster results.

One way to burn more weight with cardio is to do HIIT cardio (High Intensity Interval Training), a form of workout which involves changing the pace of your workout every few minutes to train your body in a variety of intensities. It has been found that HIIT workouts tend to burn more calories in a shorter period of time so you can get faster fat burning results.

If you choose intensive workouts and do HIIT you won't need too much cardio to lose 10 pounds. It can be a matter of weeks. Just do your workouts, eat right, and it can be done.

To see how you can lose weight fast, visit: Lose 10 Pounds Quickly. For the best workouts, visit Effective Cardio Workouts to Lose Weight. John Davenport lost over 30 pounds in his twenties after being overweight most of his life. He now runs a weight loss forum and publishes a diet and fitness newsletter.

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