Muscle is muscle. A pound of muscle burns about 35-50 calories a day, so the more muscle you have, the more calories you burn. If you're looking to put on muscle in order to burn more calories in your diet, then you should work your entire body to allow each body part to grow, and give each part a few days rest in order to recover and rebuild.
All body mass requires some amount of energy to remain functioning and fueled. With more muscle mass, more energy is required to maintain levels of oxygen and glucose.
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tennis burns off the most calories
Muscles in you leg area burns the most!
It really isn't the activity so much as the effort you put into it.For Example:Weightlifting= Less calories, but more muscle, evidently more weight loss overall, but better for muscle growthRunning= More calories burned, but not much muscle gained, better for pure weight loss
The Marathon.
Zoomba.
Arena football.
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I would say swimming.
Hip hop or pole dancing. Many articles say Zumba is most effective in burning calories. I know yoga isn't a dance but it burns almost as many calories as Zumba which worked great for me.
It is speed skating.The skater has to go as fast as they can .It is unknown which burns the most calories.