Doing super intense workouts in short bursts burns more calories in less time than going easy on the exercise.
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The study shows that super-intense short workouts burn more calories per minute than easier, longer ones, which supports the idea that high-intensity exercise is more efficient for burning calories.
Energy expenditure and EPOC between water-based high-intensity interval training and moderate-intensity continuous training sessions in healthy women
The study looked at intense water workouts and found they burned more calories per minute than steady, moderate ones, which supports the idea that harder workouts burn more calories in less time.
The study tested a workout with short bursts of all-out effort and found it burned more calories per minute than easier, steady exercises. This supports the idea that harder workouts burn more calories in the same amount of time.
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