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" So, all exercise is good exercise (walking, bowling, cleaning the house--anything that gets your body moving counts), but researchers say that there&amp;#x27;s one kind that really pays off--even after take off your gym shoes and set your iPod down. In fact, it helps you keep burning calories and fat for hours later. The secret revealed after the jump ...**** Running! Well--all &amp;quot;endurance&amp;quot; exercise (AKA intense cardio) will give you a similar effect. Here&amp;#x27;s why: According to this FitSugar post, which examined recent research by Yale University scientists, &amp;quot;endurance athletes have a higher resting metabolism than their unfit counter parts (read couch potatoes). This means that runners, even when they are not exercising, burn energy faster than sedentary people.&amp;quot; How much do you have to run to reap the rewards? The study looked at people who ran at least 4 hours a week. Sounds like a lot, but it breaks out to being just about 30 minutes a day, which is actually pretty manageable, don&amp;#x27;t you think? Want to try? Grab your running shoes at lunch today and kick your metabolism into gear. I&amp;#x27;ll be joining you in a few weeks (after the baby is born, and after I&amp;#x27;m cleared for exercise by my doc!). Photo: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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