Weight loss experts unanimously agree that one should place a great deal of importance on dieting to lose weight followed by exercising on a regular basis to create a calorie deficit to accelerate the weight loss process. When it comes to exercise, certain workouts have an upper hand over others because they continue to torch calories long after you have finished the routine. Additionally, these exercises revv up the metabolism and keep it high for a considerable amount of time, ensuring there are no extra calories getting stored as fat. The “afterburn” effect or EPOC (excess post-exercise oxygen consumption) is the quantity of oxygen that the body would require to restore the body’s parameters to its pre-workout state. Elaborating further, EPOC (excess post-exercise oxygen consumption), also called the ?afterburn effect? is a state where your body continues to burn calories long after you have finished exercising – to replenish oxygen in the body, to remove lactic acid buildup, repair muscles, and to refill ATP (adenosine triphosphate ? that is required to provide energy to the body). When we do an intense activity or exercise, the muscles in the body run out of oxygen and normal breathing is unable to meet the oxygen demand from muscles. This creates an ?oxygen debt? which the body settles over the next few hours, and uses up energy (in the form of calories) to do this. So, what kind of exercises get you into the “afterburn” period&quo...