In case you are using the traditional aerobic cardio to lose weight, you must be spending around 30 minutes on the machine to burn certain amount of calories. It is believed that in order to lose 1 pound fat every week, you must lose 500 calories every day or every session. 

This is basically a myth that people has been brain washed with. Also, whether this weight loss can be achieved through aerobic cardio is also not clear. 

Calorie counting monitor installed on elliptical machines, stairmasters and treadmills is probably one of the worst inventions made ever. You may be one of those persons who have been worried by the slow pace with which the monitor creeps up at your slow cardio-sessions.

Shortcomings in the belief that losing 300-500 calories per session is necessary to lose fat 

After the invention of these calorie-counting monitors, people who have been obsessed to lose around 300-500 calories every session needs to understand the loopholes in this approach. 

1.    Accuracy of calorie counters – Accuracy of calorie counters is something that cannot be commented upon as a CBS news story presented that cardio counters overestimate the calories lost by an individual by around 20%. 

2.    Slow cardio inefficient for advanced loss of fat – This is because, a study proved that men who depended only on slow cardio for weight loss, has a reduced metabolism. On the other hand, men who combined strength training with slow cardio didn’t face any such problem. 

Solution to lose fat 
Hence, it is better to burn less calories in less time for exercising by doing interval and strength training with a little intense kind of exercising. The afterburn effect will persist with this kind of exercising. For intervals, you can run for around half a minute, rest for around one minute and repeat this at least 6 times. You can use bike or treadmill if you are acquainted with it. 

In these short times of intervals, the metabolic turbulence will cause a lot of calories to be burnt after the exercising so that the body is back to its normal form. Therefore, you will burn more calories and fat after exercising. 

You may want to count your calories when consuming your food and it is undoubtedly important as it does make a difference. Consuming junk food would simply nullify your entire workout session of half an hour in a minute. 

So, if you do not discipline yourself in terms of nutrition, even these tips would not do any good to you. Hence, interval training and keeping a check on your nutrition habits are the two methods of anti-calorie counting that helps you to reduce fat and thereby get into that perfect shape.

Working on treadmills is one of the best ways of exercising on machines, both to burn calories and for the ease of exercising. It has been proven in a study conducted by the VA Medical Center in Milwaukee and the Medical College of Wisconsin that calories that are burned on a treadmill are around 865-705 on an average. 

Therefore, it proved to be better than stationary cycle, stair machine, rowing machine and ski machines. But, how is it possible to burn more calories in less time if you cannot take out much time for your workout?  

Tips for better outcome on a treadmill  
There are basically three tips given by our trainers who write for this website to super boost the calories burnt on the treadmill in lesser time:  

1.    Walk uphill – when you work on your treadmill incline, more of your muscles are made to work that burns more calories. This loss of calories can be doubled or even tripled depending upon your stamina. 

But, if you cannot afford to take out 20 minutes for this workout on an incline at a stretch, you can try incline intervals. That is to say, work on a steep incline for around 1-2 minutes, and then switch for 5 minutes to the normal incline and so on.  

The crux is not to allow your body to get used to a particular workout routine, which increases the amount of calories burnt even when the workout is over. 

2.    Do not hold onto handrails – Try to avoid to grip the handrails as this will reduce the efforts put on by your legs and reduce the calories burnt. As long as it is to maintain balance, it is fine. 

It is better to restrict your intensity until you are not holding onto handrails for any support. It is advisable to swing your arms and carry some weight if possible, so that the whole body gets involved into it. 

3.    Speed intervals – This is similar to incline interval and increase the calories but even after the workout is over. In this, you can walk at whatever you normal pace is for around 3 minutes followed by one minute of walk at a faster pace and repeating this. This way you will definitely feel a difference in yourself after the workout.  
 
Do not force yourself 
However, make sure that you do not push yourself for such hard exercises that you start feeling aches in your body. 

If you do, immediately consult a physician and slow down your pace at which you used to workout earlier. 

These are the three tips that can help you burn moiré calories by investing in les time on your treadmill. It is always better t consult a doctor before starting any exercise regime. 

Always be guided by the requirements of your body than what is being advised by others as everyone’s body is different.