Three workout mistakes that slow down your metabolism

Exercise is the most effective way to burn calories. Make sure that these errors did not detract from your workout.
Error # 1: You're in a rutWhen you do the same activity day after day, week after week, your mind is not the only one who gets bored, your muscles as well. Whether you take the same route on your walk or do the same reps with the weights, after a while your body ceases to be challenged and you stuck in your progress.
Improved Go and weekend excursions, look for another series of moves to train with weights, try a new activity with the help of a DVD or online program. The changes do not have to be drastic, alternate adding new moves or disciplines. Keep your routine interesting for both you and your body will benefit.
Mistake # 2: You're slave to cardioWhile aerobic exercise is good for body and spirit, if not strengthening exercises are ignoring a very important component. Resistance training with weight lifting, are the best way to build muscle and lose those love handles. This is especially important as the years add up.
When you reach 30, women lose 1 / 2 pound of muscle per year, men are usually fare better, but muscle loss dramatically accelerates them at 60. Since muscles burn calories even at rest, the muscles will not develop your metabolism slower.
A Skidmore College study found that people with a combined cardio strengthening routine lost more than half of their body fat in 12 weeks, compared with those who only followed a regimen of cardio.
Improvement: Replace a few sessions of cardio endurance and strength exercises. Lift weights at least twice a week, try to exercise all major muscle groups of your body.
Mistake # 3: In the gym the treadmills, ellipticals and stair climbing have the option to 'burn fat' or 'fat burning zone'. The idea is that the body uses less intensity a greater percentage of stored fat for strength. The idea sounds great, do not work as hard to burn fat.
But it's not as easy as it looks. At a lower level of intensity, the body will burn a higher percentage of fat instead of carbohydrates, but fewer calories overall. For example, a 150 pound woman walking on the treadmill at 3 miles per hour (20 minute mile) burns 112 calories in 30 minutes. With this moderate, half of those calories are from fat, about 56. If you were to increase your pace to 4 miles per hour (15 minute mile), calories from fat would be 40%, but it'll burn about 170 calories total in the same half hour, which translates to about 68 calories from fat .
Improved: Burn more calories and uses those calories from fat to increase your overall effort. A good way to accomplish this is with intervals, periods of high intensity, followed by a slower pace of recovery.