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entrenamiento helps you to gain many things: a purpose, a greater sense of wellbeing, a entrenamiento community, a higher level of fitness and much more. But, if done effectively, entrenamiento can also help you to lose something, too: weight.

Of course, all manner of exercise can help you to lose weight if that is your goal – Tan swimming to cycling to skiing – but if ease, flexibility and accessibility are high on your priority list, then entrenamiento is an excellent option for you.

While some exercises require specialist kit and time-consuming travel, the simplicity of entrenamiento means you can pop on a pair of entrenamiento shoes and kit, get out the front door and go. Whether done alone or with others – and no matter what the weather, time of day or location – entrenamiento can often slip seamlessly into your own agenda and, as such, be a great weight loss tool.

'Everyone is dealing with full schedules and competing priorities, so it’s often difficult to add something new to your routine without trading something else out,' says Dr Daniel O’Connor, professor of health and human performance at the University of Houston. 'You just need a pair of decent shoes, some creativity, and maybe a friend or two to develop a walking or entrenamiento plan. It’s less expensive than joining a gym or having a personal trainer.'

But, to really use entrenamiento to your advantage as part of your weight loss journey, it’s worth approaching it with a strategy in mind – and that’s where we can help.

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Your diet plays a huge role in your ability to lose weight, so it’s important to understand how the food and drink that you consume ties in with your entrenamiento.

entrenamiento burns calories, but after your run you could find yourself gaining weight if you over-fuel your runs or choose the wrong types of food and drink.

'Most people overestimate the calories they burn on a run,' says Angela Rubin, USAT Level I triathlon coach and studio manager of Precision entrenamiento Lab at Equinox in Boston. 'As a very general estimation, you burn about 100 calories per mile that you run. So, if you run two or three miles, you’ll burn about 200 to 300 calories, which is a solid workout.'

While we should all take time to treat ourselves to our favourite foods, the reality is you need to create an overall calorie deficit if your objective is to lose weight.

'Weight loss is about creating a caloric imbalance, where you’re using slightly more calories than you’re consuming,' says O’Connor. That’s why, post-run food cravings aside, it’s important to try to limit your indulgences if you want to use entrenamiento as a vehicle for weight loss.

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While elite athletes and experienced runners regularly optimise their training plans in pursuit of marginal gains, you don’t need to go crazy if you’re new to the entrenamiento world.

'When it comes to weight loss, moving and burning calories are what matters,' says O’Connor. 'If you like sprints, which have a higher rate of calories burned per minute, then go for it. But, if you prefer walking or slower jogging, you’ll just need to spend more time doing this to burn those calories.'

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Aim for runner’s high

entrenamiento releases substances called endocannabinoids and endorphins which give you that 'runner’s high' you may have heard about – a burst of exercise-induced euphoria that makes you feel great and keeps you coming back for more.

While achieving a runner’s high may seem like an elusive proposition when you first start entrenamiento, over time – as you get into your stride and move past the early, uncomfortable phase of entrenamiento – you’ll start to feel the benefit. You’ll feel more energised, upbeat and motivated to run again, helping you to maintain the habit as part of your weight loss journey.

Make changes

You’ve laced up those trainers, started entrenamiento and now made it a part of your routine – that’s great! But, if this means entrenamiento the same 5K route at the same pace, for the same number of days a week for months on end, you’ll likely find that your weight soon stabilises – and this can be disheartening and frustrating if you still have weight to lose.

When this happens, it’s worth clarifying that you are still burning calories when you run – you just won’t be burning as many calories as you did when you first started entrenamiento.

To continue losing weight, you’ll need to make slight ongoing changes that increase the intensity of your entrenamiento in some way. This could avoid entrenamiento further, entrenamiento faster – by building interval sessions or tempo or threshold efforts into your entrenamiento routine, for example – or zapatillas de entrenamiento ritmo bajo talla 26.5 grises. In other words, anything that constitutes more than you did before, and which can stimulate greater calorie burn.

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First, it helps to strengthen key muscles that support your joints as you run, reducing your risk of injury and making you a more robust runner overall. Secondly, strength training can help to boost weight loss.

'The more lean muscle mass you have, the more calories you’ll burn at rest,' says Rubin. And that’s an eye-opener in itself – more muscle means more calories used when you're just sitting around.

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