Use Various and Moderate Exercises to Lose Weight


When a person gains a few extra pounds he/she starts thinking of the best way to lose them and go back to the previous good shape. There are different approaches, opinions and ideas about the best way to become slimmer: you can stay on a strict diet, eat only low calorie food, have a fat-removing surgery, add special pills to the daily supplement or start exercising. If you are one of those who think hard work and sweat can help to burn extra weight, this article is a good source of information for you.

Ben Quist, physical therapist and strength and conditioning specialist, PhD, NSCA, says “The two things that stop people from losing weight with exercise are either boredom or injury.” So, if you are ready to loose some pounds, let’s figure out a plan of actions.

No matter what kind of exercise you do: weight lifting, jogging or aerobics, the best one for YOUR weight loss will be the one you actually DO. It is all right if one person is not a runner, because he/she might enjoy spending time at a swimming pool. The other person cannot imagine doing crazy jumping at a aerobics class, but he/she would gladly spend an evening or two playing basketball with friends. The main thing here is – a person should not give up the idea of exercising just because he/she thinks it is hard to do a certain kind of sport.

It is also recommended to do various kinds of exercises during a workout: try to jog a little bit, then do the sit-ups, play volleyball and finish all this with some exercises that stretch your muscle. Or it is good to change the kinds of sports from one workout to the other: go to a swimming pool on Mondays, play soccer with friends on Tuesdays, go on a bike ride on Wednesdays and lift weights on Thursdays.

The variety in your training does not only make this time you spend more interesting and helps you avoid boredom during sport activities, it also reduces the chances to develop an injury because the constant pressure on the same group of muscles creates wear patterns in the joints. Another good part in the variety of exercises besides losing weight is that it works different kinds of muscles making them stronger.

One of the most important keys to weight loss is not the intensity of the exercises, but the length of the workouts. In other words it is better to walk for a mile than to lift 20 pound weights for 5 minutes. The intense exercises require rest: it is usually a day or two of work and a day of rest. With mild or moderate workouts a person doesn’t get as tired and muscle pain occurs not as often, so it is possible to work for 30-60 minutes every day five-six days a week.

If you decided to do exercises and lose some weight, the following tips can help to achieve the best results and keep with the program you scheduled in the beginning:

Rebecca Valentine

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Posted on January 21, 2009 
Filed Under Fitness and Exercise, Weight Loss

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