The thing with dieting is that it definitely helps out on the way of losing weight, but isn’t really effective if your not working out. See, when you start dieting, you could end up losing some muscle mass and that is why we need to exercise in order to build the muscle mass back up. Your muscles are responsible for burning your fat so you definitely want to keep them in mind when starting a new diet plan.
Exercise not only helps build up muscle; it also helps burn off excess fat when you sweat. Exercise combined with a healthy diet to go a long with it can result in a quick, painless weight loss plan. Another benefit of exercising is that it speeds up your metabolism and will keep it going all day even when you’re not exercising.
If you really want to get on a good exercise routine you really need to choose one that you think you will stick with. Choosing which exercise to do everyday must be something that you will look forward to doing and something you will fall in love with. When you are done choosing which exercise you want to do make sure that you tell yourself that you will be doing it in order to have long term success.
Exercise is very crucial to even fight off certain diseases. Exercise has been proven to help or completely eliminate heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and a few others. It will also benefit in the resistance to getting sick and also better joint flexibility.
Here are a few of the best exercises you can get started with:
1. Walking
Walking is the best exercise to start with. Walking gets your heart pumping and also gives your leg muscles an awesome workout.
2. Running
You may want to first start out by walking and then gradually start running. This exercise is really god for your heart and also helps burn the fat off a lot quicker then walking.
3. Exercise Video
If you don’t like the outdoors because it’s too hot or cold then this is a perfect idea for you. I believe this is the best option for someone to have over getting a gym membership. This is because you can pop in the video on your own schedule and not have to worry about running into the 5 o’clock traffic at the gym.
So, there you have it. Now you know how important exercise is to have in your diet.
Find out why I don't think much of this study, or the conclusions drawn by the researchers. Needless to say, I'm still unconvinced that long cardio should be a part of your fat loss program.
Anyways, here is the study.
Researchers compared... The subjects did an hour bike ride and then rested for an hour. In another case, subjects did a half hour bike, rested for twenty, and then another half hour, before resting for an hour. (both rides at 60% max effort).
The results showed...
i) The total calories burned between the workouts did not differ.
ii) more fat was burned during the recovery for the split workout (77% vs 56%).
What does this mean?
Jack squat. Nothing.
Intervals work better than any cardio program you can think of?
Second, who is going to do this?
Third, look at the actual numbers of fat calories burned...at most, it could be 50 extra calories.
Again, useless in all practical terms. But... Look for health clubs to be full of people sitting around for 20 minutes between cardio bouts...Next thing you know, people will be taking 4 hours just to do a single workout.
Why am I so hard on cardio? Because its a waste of time... and now these researchers and the authors of these "news reports" want to waste even MORE of your life...
As I wrote recently... A recent study published by the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, subjects aged 40 to 75 were instructed to do 60 minutes of aerobic exercise per day for 6 days per week for an entire year.
(Reference... Obesity 15:1496-1512 (2007). Exercise Effect on Weight and Body Fat in Men and Women. Anne McTiernan*, et al.)
Given the amount of exercise, you'd expect weight losses of 20, 30 pounds, or more, right?
Well, the surprise findings showed the average fat loss for female subjects was was only 4 pounds for the entire year, while men lost 6.6 pounds of fat over the year.
That's over 300 hours of aerobic exercise just to lose a measly 6 pounds of blubber. Not time well spent, in my opinion.
Listen, you give me 300 hours a year, and you'll lose a lot more than 6.6 pounds of fat...trust me on that.
Heck, give me 300 hours a year and I could probably turn you into a Ninja, commercial airline pilot, and accomplished mime, and still help you burn more fat than you would with 300 hours of cardio.
Here's the best advice I can give you... Forget about what these researchers say from their ivory towers. Make them get out and train someone in the real world. I keep my ear to the ground and I promise you, if there is a breakthrough in fat loss, you'll be among the first to know.
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