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7 Easy Ways to Kickstart Your Metabolism
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FEBRUARY 13, 2013
Kate Ashford, Health.com

"Your metabolism isn't fixed," says exercise physiologist Gary Ditsch. "You can impact it significantly with your daily activity and diet."
Adopt a few of these strategies to get the metabolism you crave -- in the time you have.
1. Think: strong. What you may not realize is that the calorie burn continues long after your last rep. In a study at Southern Illinois University, exercisers who did a 15-minute resistance routine burned 100 extra calories a day for three days afterward.
2. Include intervals. Cyclists who pedaled at an all-out effort with high resistance for a total of five 30-second sprints (that's just 2.5 minutes!) burned a whopping 200 calories, according to recent Colorado State University research.
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