High-intensity exercise leads to a greater percentage of fat being burned during the post-exercise oxygen consumption period.

“for high intensity training yeah there does seem to be you know you're burning a lot of fat during exercise there's this quote unquote after burn effect that I know Dr Martin gabala talked about where you know maybe several hours after exercise you kind of have this higher caloric burn or this higher fat burn so if you're interest in you know improving body composition you know you kind of want to be you become a better fat burner and burn more fat during exercise to help you improve your body composition”