After doing weight lifting or short bursts of intense cardio, your body keeps burning more calories for hours afterward than it does after a long, slow jog—even if you burned the same total calories...

In physically trained men, performing intense exercise for 90 minutes a day over three days while maintaining normal calorie intake is linked to a higher resting metabolic rate compared to days without exercise, even when calorie intake is unchanged.

After a hard weight workout, your body burns more total calories during your next cardio session than if you did light weights or no weights first.

When young guys with obesity do a tough workout with short bursts of fast running, their bodies burn more extra calories after the workout than if they jog steadily for the same total energy cost.

In people who train regularly, a higher resting metabolic rate is not due to long-term changes from exercise, but rather to temporary increases in energy use during and after intense activity. When those high-energy conditions are removed, the metabolic rate difference between trained and untrained individuals disappears.

Doing a tough weight workout before jogging or cycling helps your body burn more fat while you're doing the cardio.