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Exercise Intensity Exercise is important for weight loss and critical for weight loss maintenance. cedarhurst It is cedarhurst well known that aerobic exercise is the best type of exercise for burning fat, but the question of intensity always comes up. Is high intensity, short duration exercise or low intensity, long duration exercise better for helping someone to lose weight? From the perspective of fat loss, the answer may be "it doesn't matter." Consider the following study by Maryann cedarhurst Grediagan, Ph.D. She assigned overweight women to either a high intensity (80% VO2 max) or a low intensity (50% VO2 max) exercise group. All the women exercised four times per week for 12 weeks with a duration sufficient to expend 300 calories. The duration of the low intensity workout was considerably longer than the high intensity workout.
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