Your metabolic rate refers to how much fat is burned in your body, which is why monitoring it is so vital to weight loss. If you boost your metabolism, you’ll increase the amount of calories and fat you burn each day. Below are some tips to follow to make this happen.

How To Increase Your Metabolism

1. Be As Active As Possible All Day

The more active you are, the more calories you burn, and the higher your metabolism rate will be. It increases during your workouts, but sitting at a desk or doing minimal activity the rest of the day will slow it down. To optimize your weight loss results, stay busy throughout the day. Walk, take the stairs, or do a quick cardio exercise (like one set of lunges or a few pushups) every hour or two to keep your metabolism up.

2. Make Sure You’re Eating Enough

You’ve probably been cutting calories in an effort to lose more weight, but how sharply are you reducing them? Consuming less than your recommended calorie intake per day starves your body of nutrition and fuel. As a result, it goes into survival mode and actually drops your metabolism to conserve energy, even feeding on muscle tissue instead of burning fat. Be sure you’re eating enough calories from nutritious foods, or your metabolism could actually hinder your efforts.

3. Build More Muscle

Having a high muscle mass will increase your resting metabolic weight, boosting your fat-burning even when you’re inactive. Focus on activities like weight lifting, and eat enough protein to fuel muscle building. Rotate what fitness routines you do each day to target all muscle groups and evenly build muscle.

4. Incorporate Exercises That Boost Metabolism

Aerobic exercises also boost metabolism, both during them and for a limited window of time afterward. Be sure to do a few different types of intense bodyweight exercises each day, such as lunges, squats, planks, burpees, sprints, and even swimming. You can incorporate them for supplemental cardio in between weight lifting, or designate a couple of days a week to doing a higher volume of aerobic exercises.

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