When you're working out, you'll always want to have the best results for your body. After all, you don't go through a whole lot of effort to not see any improvement in your physique at all. One of the most common goals with working out is to lose weight through enhanced metabolism.
Metabolic rate is another term used to refer to metabolism. This is an all-encompassing term used to describe the body's chemical reactions. These reactions are also necessary, as they keep your body alive and functioning well. But, human beings don't have the same metabolic rate due to individual variations.
A faster metabolism can help you burn fat faster, thereby also speeding up your process of losing weight. If your interest lies along those lines, here are some tips to help you boost your body's metabolism:
1. Fill Your Diet To Include Omega-3
If you wish to speed up your metabolism, working out isn't the only way to go about it. While you work out, you can also take it up a notch and give yourself a workout boost by switching up your diet as well. One of the healthiest ways to do so is to include Omega-3 Fatty Acids in your diet. Omega 3 is packed with heart-healthy fatty acids and Vitamin D. When appropriately incorporated into your diet, this can help speed up your metabolism and lose weight faster.
Here are the two types of Omega-3 Fats that increase your metabolism:
● Long-Chain Omega-3 Fatty Acids. This type is mostly found in algae and algae oil, seafood, fish oil, and fatty fish.
● Essential Omega-3 Fatty Acids. This is found in a wide variety of plant sources. Of all, however, the richest seem to come from chia seeds, flax seeds, walnuts, and hemp seeds.
2. Incorporate Planks In Your Exercise
Planks are an excellent exercise to incorporate into your routine. First of all, they're effortless and straightforward to do. You can even perform your planks anywhere. With planking, there are also many different variations that you can try out. Though it may look simple, however, it's still one of the most effective exercises to do.
Apart from increasing your metabolism, planks are a good exercise for the following reasons:
● It's a bodyweight exercise, which means that you use nothing else except your body.
● It's a cheap exercise to do, as you don't even need equipment.
● It's a good exercise for your core.
3. Have Plenty Of Protein In Every Meal
There are particular foods that can help increase your metabolism for a couple of hours. Apart from those with Omega-3 fatty acids as enumerated above, protein is also an excellent choice. This is referred to as the thermic effect of food, which occurs because of the extra calories needed by the body to digest, absorb, and process the nutrients in your food.
Protein is one of the critical nutrients that can help increase the thermic effect of food. Additionally, with protein in every meal, it also has the effect of keeping and making you feel fuller, thus also preventing you from overeating.
That said, when your body takes in protein, it can help increase your metabolism and thereby also prevent you from overeating.
4. Do Reverse Lunges In Your Workout
Lunges are also another excellent exercise for you to incorporate in your routine. They may look simple, but after only a few reps, you'll start to feel the burning effect in your body. Once you get the hang of it, there are many benefits that you can gain from regularly performing lunges. Some of these include:
● Increasing your metabolism, thereby aiding in faster weight loss
● Helping you stand taller and correcting your posture
● Enhancing your body's balance and stability
With reverse lunges, in particular, your core, glutes, and hamstrings are activated. With lesser stress on your joints, reverse lunges help you to create better stability in your leg.
5. Drink A Lot Of Cold Water
Rather than immersing yourself in too many sugary drinks, choose cold water instead to hydrate yourself. Yes, not even the energy drinks that you think might help you as you work out are actually useful. People who drink more water than drinks laden with sugar are more successful in losing weight.
Water can also help temporarily speed up your metabolism. For instance, individuals who drink 0.5 liters of water increase their rate of metabolism from around 10% to 30% in that hour. This value is heightened with cold water, as the body will need more energy to heat the water to body temperature.
Even more importantly, water has a very filling effect. This can help control your food intake as you feel full. Thus, the efficacy of cold water has been proven in helping you lose weight and increasing your metabolism.
Conclusion
Kickstarting your metabolism is one of the most foolproof ways to burn more calories, and in turn, ultimately lose weight. In terms of working out, this refers to the process of breaking down more molecules. This way, you can access all the energy that you need to work out, allowing your body to efficiently process utilized and stored energy.
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