How to Increase Your Metabolism

Your metabolism rate is based on several factors, including age, gender, amount of muscle versus fat, and activity level.

Things You'll Need

• Exercise Mats
• Exercise Equipments
• Exercise Weights

Instructions

1. Get into a regular exercise program. Exercise at least 30 minutes a day, five days a week.

2. Do aerobic exercise such as walking, biking or using a stair-climbing machine for at least 30 minutes.

3. Incorporate weight lifting or other muscle-building or maintenance programs. The more muscle mass you have, the faster your metabolism.

4. Exercise twice a day if possible. Do your vigorous workout in the morning, and then take a walk after dinner. This way you will continue to burn calories at a higher pace for almost the entire 24 hours.

Tips & Warnings

• Growth hormone can speed up your metabolism, but is available only by prescription and should only be used under a doctor's supervision. It is also extremely expensive.

• Burning calories after exercise is another benefit to exercise. Studies show that you continue to burn calories for as much as 12 hours after exercising. If your workout was intense and lasted longer than 30 minutes, you may continue to burn up to 50 percent of the calories you burned during the exercise itself.

• Be wary of products that claim to speed up your metabolism.

• Avoid crash weight-loss programs. You tend to put the weight right back on, and the programs may be unsafe.