You Need To Do What To Burn Off 7 Pineapple Tarts?!?
Fun and unusual workouts to burn off those nasty CNY calories.
How many calories are there in 7 pineapple tarts and how do you demolish those calories? We tell you what you need to do to burn off that yu sheng, bak kwa and the other things you probably ate too much of this past week, via 7 fun and unusual workouts. It's payback time!
7 pineapple tarts = 1 hour of a ballet-pilates fusion workout
Those pesky pineapple tarts — so good, and sooooo fattening. Each tart is 82 calories, and seeing how it's impossible to eat just one, it's all downhill once you open that tub. 7 tarts would give you a whopping 574 calories.
To burn it, try this: 1 hour of Xtend Barre Stick; burns 450-650 calories
A fast-paced workout which uses a Pilates Stick (a dowel-type apparatus with a spring-based resistance) attached to a ballet bar to add resistance and condition the body, this new workout is an extension of the Xtend Barre classes, and fuses the principles of traditional ballet with Pilates, while combining isometric exercises and orthopedic stretches together with weight training to sculpt your body and condition your core.
Upside Motion, #02-03, 36 Armenian Street (opp. Substation, access by Lift Lobby 2), Tel: 6636-6859 and #04-05 Orchard Shopping Centre, 321 Orchard Road (next to H&M and 313 Orchard),Tel: 6737-2979.
http://www.upsidemotion.com
6 love letters = 30 mins of a metabolism-boosting HIIT session
Those innocent-looking love letters — it's like eating nothing. Yet, those 336 calories for a mere 6 love letters are very real.
To burn it, try this: 30 mins of FaMA Quickfit; burns up to 350 calories
This half-hour fitness blitz at new fitness and martial arts gym FaMA is perfect for time-strapped office rats who only get 60 precious lunch minutes. The QuickFit session is a mix of HIIT (high intensity interval training) and bodyweight exercises that pushes the muscles to work within a shorter interval, eventually increasing muscle mass and upping the Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) — the total number of calories the body uses each day at resting rate. This translates into a metabolism boost for up to 48 hours.
FaMA (Fitness and Martial Arts), #02-03 Clarke Quay, 3A River Valley Road. Tel: 6352-0992.
http://www.famafit.com
1 serving of yu sheng = 1 hour of hot Vinyasa yoga
Yu sheng — it's mostly vegetables, right? Well, the oil and plum sauce in this dish up the calorie count considerably, boo hoo. Each serving is about 560 calories.
To burn it, try this: 1 hour of Freedom Flow hot yoga; burns 600 calories
Vinyasa is one of the most dynamic yoga practices. The faster the flow, the more you burn. Try it at this new airy and bright yoga studio in the CBD.
Freedom Yoga, #12–01 Heng Da Building, 137 Cecil Street. Tel: 6222-6096.
http://www.freedomyoga.sg
5 pieces of kueh lapis + 1 packet of chrysanthemum tea = 45 mins of high-intensity bouncing
Oh kueh lapis, we can feel the fat on our tummies increasing layer by layer with each delicious, oil-coated strip. Doesn't 785 calories for 5 pieces of kueh sound scary? Wash it down with a soft drink packet of Chrysanthemum tea (80 calories) and you'd have almost halfway-busted your calorie quota for the day.
To burn it, try this: 45 mins of BounceFit; burns 900 calories
It's a high-intensity, low-impact cardio workout that works your core, improves all-over muscle tone and lifts your heart rate. Fun and zaps the cals big-time — where do we sign up?
Bounce Singapore, #09-01 Cathay Cineleisure Orchard. Tel: 6816-2879
http://www.bounceinc.com.sg
5 mandarin oranges = 45 mins of a dance-y pilates workout
It's a fruit, and the least sinful of the things we stuff our faces with at CNY, but it still contains calories, 250 calories for 5 oranges, to be exact.
To burn it, try this: 45 mins of POP Pilates; burns between 200-400 calories
A high energy class that combines classic Pilates exercises with choreographed moves set to the latest Top 40 pop hits, this intense, mat-based workout is fun and easy to learn, and will help you build abs, a solid core and lean, strong muscles.
Virgin Active, Level 6, Tower 2, One Raffles Place, Tel: 6908-7878 and Tanjong Pagar Centre, 7 Wallich Street, #06-01, Tel: 6908-8920.
http://www.virginactive.com.sg
2.5 pieces of bak kwa = 20 mins of gym training wearing a high-tech bodysuit
Bak Kwa is basically the most evil of Chinese New Year snacks. One slice of that slick, sweet, tasty goodness equals hours of workout hell. Put away 2.5 slices and you're looking at a jaw-dropping, artery-clogging 925 calories.
To burn it, try this: 20 mins of a workout session wearing the VisionBody Powersuit; burns 600 to 1,000 calories
Oh Em Gee, can you really burn 1,000 calories in 20 minutes?!? (Okay, so they say 1,000 calories is including the post-workout period — due to the afterburn effect, your body’s metabolic rate stays elevated for up to 48 hours) The VisionBody is a wireless Electric Muscle Stimulation (EMS) training system featuring the ‘Powersuit’ — an intelligent body toning suit designed to sculpt, shape and tone the body quickly and effectively, and condenses four hours of conventional gym training into a 20 minute session, led by an instructor at the new VisionGym.
VisionGym, 146 Robinson Road #01-01. Tel: 6221-8557
http://visionbodyasia.com
5 almond cookies + 4 sugee cookies = 45 mins of almost-real cycling
5 almond cookies here, 4 sugee cookies there — no one's watching what they're eating during CNY, and before you know it, you've consumed — gasp — 572 calories on 9 small biscuits.
To burn it, try this: 45 mins of RealRyder; burns 600 calories
Unlike stationary indoor bikes, the RealRyder mimicks outdoor motion for a more tactile and dynamic experience that also burns approximately 20 per cent more calories as compared to a conventional stationary bike. The bike frame allows side to side motion similar to an outdoor bike, and involves steering, weaving and turning across a series of workouts, synchronised to music.
Pure Fitness, Ocean Financial Centre, Level 4, 10 Collyer Quay, Tel: 6100-8868 and Asia Square Tower 1, Level 6, 8 Marina View, Tel: 6100-2233.
http://www.pure-fitness.com
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