Running: Get Fit, Burn Fat
Fitness and Fat-Burning Combined
Running as a workout is a reasonable way to boost fitness and burn stored body fat. Running increases the number of calories burned, and - if combined with a calorie-controlled eating plan - will cause the body to burn fat-tissue - including abdominal fat. In addition, running helps to develop the lower body muscles, so you get improve fitness and reshape your body.
Running Improves Fat Percentage
About 45 minutes of running burns about 810 calories. In one year, this daily fitness routine burns a total of 295,650 calories per year - about 84 pounds of stored body fat. This fat-burning improves the body's fat-percent - the muscle-to-fat
ratio.
Running: Fat-Burning Health Benefits
Because it helps to burn body-fat, a regular fitness workout (like running) contributes to improved health in several ways. It helps reduce stomach fat, associated with serious illness; it assists weight control, thus maintaining normal cholesterol levels and blood pressure. Finally, it releases endorphins the happiness chemicals that improve mood. These health benefits are further boosted by a balanced eating-plan.
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