How many calories must be burnt off to lose one pound?
One pound equals 3500 calories, so you would need to burn off 3500 calories to lose one pound. This means that in order to lose a pound a week by exercise alone, you would need to burn off 500 calories per day. This means you would probably end up doing 45 minutes to one hour of vigorous exercise. If you want to know exactly how many calories specific exercises burn per minute, I suggest you visit this link: http://primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/jumpsite/calculat.htm After visiting the above site, you might conclude that losing weight by exercise alone seems too difficult. Most people find that a combo of cutting calories and exercising is the most effective way to lose weight.
