How Many Calories Should You Burn In Each Session?

Ever wondered how many calories you should burn in a gym session? According to HIF Fitness guru, Brian Killian – using just exercise as a tool for losing weight can be demoralising and is the primary reason why 90{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} of people who try to lose weight this way fail. In this post, Brian explains why the paradigm of losing weight by controlling calories in versus calories out is slightly flawed and explains the reasons why you need to be aware of your physical, mental and emotional signals.

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