The benefit of a metcon workout is that, by placing large demands on your body’s energy systems, they burn calories at a high rate. That can often mean altering body composition in a big way. Even after you leave the gym, metcon workouts burn calories through a process called excess post-exercise oxygen consumption or EPOC.

Basically, when you tap your body’s metabolic pathways (not to mention muscles and heart) at a high level, you force the body to do overtime as you recover and get everything back down to baseline. Research suggests that basal metabolic rate (the number of calories you burn before factoring in activity) may stay elevated for 16 to 24 hours following certain high-intensity and circuit workouts.

Fitness Worx run a MET-CON class every Monday (18:45pm) at the Warwick Gym. Come along, get fit and keep burning fat for upto 24hours at the popular MET CON session!

Visit the timetable for further information or email enquiries@fitness-worx.com