Lose weight more easily

Achieve your dream figure faster with the “afterburn effect”

A hard workout always pays off twice over.

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After training is during training: the afterburn effect burns more calories after physical exercise. A Viennese sports scientist explains what is behind this phenomenon, how to use it correctly and which sports programs are particularly suitable for this.

If you want to fight stubborn fat deposits, there is no getting around regular exercise. The good news for all "couch potatoes": training pays off twice over. Because if you make yourself comfortable after physical activity, you burn calories for up to three more days. What almost sounds like a dream is based on the so-called afterburn effect, also known as EPOC (excess post exercise oxygen consumption) or afterburn effect. And so you too can use it to achieve your summer figure in time: