Best Ways to Burn Calories in Newcastle!
Weight can become an issue for us around this time of year, we’re in the midst of winter and our bodies have gone into hibernation mode. Now that we are beginning to think about summer time again we begin to stress a little about how were going to look on the beach after all of our winter munchings. Well, not to worry The Urban Insider has a few keep fit exercises and calorie burning facts just for you to help you get back into your chiseled physique by the warm season.
1 KG of body fat equates to around 7700 calories, so based on this number burning an extra 1100 calories per day will add up to burning around 1KG per week. There are many different ways to burn energy and calories are just another way of measuring the energy which is contained in the food we eat.
Rock Climbing is one of those things most of us at one point or another say we would love to do but never actually get around to trying. Rock climbing isn’t just for daredevils and tanned outdoorsmen, it’s for anyone and everyone who is willing to give it a try, and Newcastle’s Pulse indoor Climbing facility is the perfect place for you to get started. Rock Climbing is not only an amazing workout, it’s also a fantastic confidence building exercise. As far as being good for your, rock climbing is good for cardiovascular health, it’s good for muscle building and toning and it’s also a great way to lose weight while having fun at the same time. One hour of rock climbing is said to burn around 400 calories (according to fitday.com) so this can be a great way to combine exercise with having fun.
More info: Pulse Indoor Climbing
If you’re an early riser then boot camp may be more of your thing. Boot camp Australia run a workout class almost every day at 5:30am, 6am and 6:30am, it’s a very energetic way to start the day and will have you feeling more awake than any coffee could. Depending on how hard you push yourself during the classes, you easily burn upwards of 450 calories a session.
More info: Boot camp Australia
If it’s just fitness through running your looking to motivate yourself for then the Newcastle Veterans Athletic Club could have what you need. The club holds multiple races per month and what better motivation is there than training for a race? The races are split up into age groups and there are different distance events ranging from 600m to over 5km, so you’re sure to find a race that suits you. A 10min jog at a pace of around 10km/hr burns off over 100 calories! So it’s a great way to improve your fitness.
More info: Newcastle Veterans Athletic Club
If you’re happy just to run solo and work on your fitness at your own pace then maybe you should look at the walk/jog/run website and determine the perfect distance and area that you’d like to run. It has 1000’s of tracks all over the world with distances and times to help you judge what level you are starting at, for more info on Newcastle tracks see the Urban Insider Lifestyle page.
More info on Walk/jog/run
If you fancy yourself a little more of a water baby, then you may enjoy joining a swimming club. The Lambton swimming club opens for training in early October so there’s plenty of time to splash around and get used to the water before you start your training. Jumping into the water during the summer season is also one of the perks of joining the swimming team. A 30min recreational swim can burn off between 100 to 200 calories and a vigorous 30min swim – such as a race – can burn off over 500 calories! So it’s well worth a try.
More info: Lambton swimming club
With the summer only just a few months away now is the perfect time to jump out of hibernation and start training for those warm beach days, so give some of these activities a try and you never know, you might just have fun along the way.
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