A new half marathon workout that burns fat and builds endurance and speed.

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

I have been using a long run workout the last two weeks that I feel is helping me burn more calories on my run, thus losing weight quicker. It is also increasing my endurance and speed at the same time.

I do this workout twice a week. I start out at around a 6 MPH pace on the treadmill and increase the speed by .1 MPH every 15seconds until I reach 10 MPH. Then I drop the speed back down to 6 MPH and start the process over again until I reach the 30 minute mark. Once 30 minutes is reached, I just run the next 30 minutes based on how I feel, but keep it at a comfortable pace.

Does Running Burn Fat? Here’s What You Need to Know

Monday, November 10th, 2008

By Ian Jones

Before you ever try to burn fat there are a few things you must know. For example, if you want to burn one pound of fat, you need to burn 3500 calories! So to burn one pound of fat a week, you’ll need to burn an extra 500 calories per day, or eat 500 calories less per day. To burn two pounds of fat per week you’d need to do both or increase each figure. Here’s where running comes in…

So does running burn fat?