Why Exercise Is Important For Health & Losing Weight?

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Exercise And Weight Loss:

Getting Active:

Please don’t get anxious when you hear you have to exercise. I am not asking you to run a marathon or spend hours in a gym. You need just enough exercise to push you to the 500 calorie deficit and that’s all. Common sense goes a long way when it comes to exercise. important

Without exercise, your body can’t burn the calories needed to lose weight. Without exercise, calories turn into fat and that is what we are trying to avoid.

Make It Part Of Your Life:

There are those who firmly believe that going to get a snack from the fridge during a commercial qualifies as exercise. I’m sorry to have to tell those people that they are wrong. For an activity to qualify as exercise your heart rate must be raised for a period of time and your muscles must work so that the calories you consumed will be burned off in your muscles.

Some people don’t think that a leisurely stroll around the block, or walking up a flight of stairs is exercise. It is exercise and if this is all you can fit into your day then keep doing it. But if you were to sit down and think about exercise what pops into your head, maybe a long walk or playing with your kids? Exercise is any activity that makes you exert yourself.

Here’re Several Benefits of Exercise:

Exercise is fundamental to losing weight. Without exercise, your body cannot burn calories but that isn’t the only benefit we get from exercise. Here are several benefits of exercise you may not have thought of:

• Exercise gets our hearts pumping and that keeps us healthy. Our heart is a muscle and needs exercise on a regular basis to stay in shape.
• Exercise, when done consistently, has been proven to reduce the stress levels in our bodies. When you exercise your brain releases chemicals that make you feel good and that is a powerful tool to help you reach your goals.
• Exercise is responsible for benefits we are not even aware of such as improving memory, increasing bone density, increased flexibility and a general increase in the quality of your life.
• Exercise has been linked to a longer life so exercise and enjoy every day.
• Exercise strengthens your immune system. Exercise promotes a good night’s sleep. It has been proven that sleeping undisturbed through the night is an important key to losing weight.
• Exercise will increase your strength and endurance. important

The benefits,

of exercise are numerous and exercise is an important part of a healthy life. Science and medicine now realize just how important exercise is in keeping us healthy and allowing us to live longer.

Take advantage of every opportunity to get out and move, go for a walk, rake your yard, or even do some stretching exercises. When you begin to exercise your body will respond because that is how it has learned to survive for millions of years. Your body wants to work efficiently so give it every opportunity to fulfill its mission, so exercise, eat right, and enjoy life.

Can I Do It At Home?

You can create an effective exercise plan to do at home and not have to go to a gym. It doesn’t have to be a world-class exercise workout because our goal is to burn 500 calories more than we consume. That being the case, what should the exercise plan be?

Believe it or not, household chores have actually been given a calorie-burning value. The following list is based on one hour of activity for a 190 lb. person.

• Working on your car – 259 calories.
• Do carpentry work around your home – 302.
• Heavy housework (vigorous) – 388.
• Light housework – 302.
• Laundry – 216.
• Preparing meals – 216.
• Working in your gardening – 431.
• Moving or rearranging furniture – 518.
• Yard work – 345.

 

You can see that everyday activities provide you with the opportunity to burn calories. Look at it this way, your yard will be immaculate, your house will be spotless, and you will be in great shape!

With The Activities Listed Above,

You could probably burn off some calories but not enough to make the 500 calorie deficit mark. That means you need to increase your activity level so that you can reach your calorie burning and weight loss goals. It is important that you gradually increase the amount and intensity of your exercise.

• If you haven’t done any exercise in years you have to start slow and take the time to let you and your body adjust to the new activities.
• If you have exercised in the recent past you still need to give your body time to adjust to an increase in your activity level.
• The worst outcome is that you rush your exercise level and injure yourself.
• That means you cannot do any activity and you are now in jeopardy of putting on weight while your injury heals.

 

Note: Before you begin any exercise program be sure to see your personal physician and get their approval and consent.

A list of activities you can do to increase the level of activity:

The calorie amounts are based on doing the activity for one hour.

1. Let’s Start With a Light Exercise:

• A bike ride – 345.
• Stretching – 345.
• Yard work – 474.
• Jumping rope (slow) – 690.
• Shoveling snow – 518.
• Treadmill – 518.

Light exercise is easy to incorporate into your life and you will see huge benefits from doing light exercise every day. After you have been doing light exercise and you feel you are in the better physical condition you can move onto the following moderate level exercises.

All the following exercises can be done in your home and the calorie numbers are based on one hour of activity:

• Low impact aerobics – 431.
• High impact aerobics – 604.
• Riding your bike (12-14 mph) – 690.
• Riding a stationary bike (moderate effort) – 604.
• Golfing and carrying your clubs – 474.
• Hiking over moderate terrain – 518.
• Jogging – 604.
• Jumping rope (moderate) – 863.
• Jogging (11-minute mile) – 776.
• Rollerblading – 604.
• Swimming – 518.
• Rowing machine (light effort) – 819.
• Basketball – 388.
• Push-ups and sit-ups – 690.
• One of the best casual activities is probably a brisk walk.
• You can burn 345 calories if you take a long walk.

 

Note: You should not attempt these exercises without the permission of your physician.

2. Heavy Exercise:

To take your exercise to the next level here are the heavy exercises. These exercises will get your heart pumping, your calorie burning through the roof and the pounds dropping off. Many of the activities are the same as the light and medium exercises but you just use a higher energy level. important

• Biking (16-19 mph steady pace for one hour). You burn over 1000 calories for every hour you ride your bike at a good speed.
• Canoeing (over 6 mph) – 1035.
• Running (6-minute mile) – 1380.
• Ice hockey – 690.
• Jumping rope (fast) – 1035.
• Cross-country skiing – between 600 and 1400 calories depending on effort.
• Squash – 1035.
• Swimming (from treading water to the butterfly stroke) – 500 to 950.

Finding An Exercise Program That Is Right For You:

This is where your lifestyle can collide with your new plan. You are so busy that you might find it difficult to find one hour of free time to exercise.

• The hard cold fact is that you will not be able to lose weight unless you are able to exercise.
• You must make the commitment to set aside the time and provide yourself with the opportunity to reach all your weight loss goals.
• Keep in mind that you don’t have to exercise to the point where you are gasping for breath, but the more intense the exertion the more calories you burn and the faster you reach your goals.

 

Everything you do during your day counts as calorie-burning activity. If you do these activities with a little more exertion and use more energy you will get closer and closer to your 500 calories deficit goal.

Suggestions to Help You Find The Time to Exercise Every Day:

I. Walk past the elevator and take the stairs:

• It will not be easy but after you do this for a week or two it will get easier.
• You will feel great and you will know you are burning those calories.
• You might even get to the point where you walk past your floor and then come back down, and then you know you have made enormous progress.

II. This one is definitely difficult but not for the reasons you think: 

Here it is,

• Get up one hour earlier and go for a long brisk walk.
• Because you got up earlier you will eat earlier.
• This means that your metabolism gets the fuel it needs and you are ready to burn calories.
• Just think, it is still early in the day and you are on your way to reaching your calorie deficit goals.

III. When you do housework,

• scrub a little harder and vacuum a little quicker.
• Try walking faster when you mow the lawn.
• Everything counts and everything adds up.

IV. Join a local sports club:

• Try basketball, or go to aerobics, try to find an activity you can do for several hours over the course of the week.
• If you do this you are heading straight to the winners’ circle for weight loss.

VI. buy or rent a piece of home exercise equipment:

• This might be too expensive, but buy or rent a piece of home exercise equipment.
• If you buy it to make sure you use it, you won’t lose any weight just watching the equipment gather dust.
• If you enjoy reading at night then get on your treadmill and read while you walk.

Remember that any exercise helps you reach your goals. Find the time in your schedule and try to exercise three times a week. Regular exercise will get you to your weight loss goals quicker.

The benefits of regular exercise go beyond losing weight. Anyone who had a sedentary lifestyle must begin to move and work up to an exercise routine. It is a matter of life or death.

Tips to Enhance Your Workout Routine:

Most people start a fitness program because they want to lose some weight. Your fitness is very important. If you are in top shape, you will lead a more fulfilling lifestyle.

Your average push-ups are excellent for fine-tuning your triceps:

• An ideal angle at roughly 45 degrees with your palms is a much better practice.
• By doing this, you can tone up the muscles you normally don’t work.

Spend no more than one hour at a time lifting weights:

Muscle wasting also becomes a problem if you exercise for more than an hour. For these reasons, you want to try to stick to under an hour with strength training.

Get started with the exercises you loathe the most:

• Generally, people avoid their weakest exercises.
• Practice your weak exercise.

You can maximize your workouts by controlling your breathing:

• Try to exhale hard as your shoulders come to their peak during situps.
• Because your muscles contract when you exhale, your abdominal muscles get a better workout than they would without the exhalation.
• If you want to eat healthy and exercise, it’s important to plan your day in advance.
• If you find yourself out and about or in the midst of an important meeting during lunch, you will be far more likely to choose fast food or unhealthy, sugary snacks in order to maintain your energy.
• Know your schedule and pack healthy snacks and meals when you know you’ll be out and about.

Box squats make your quadriceps gain bulk:

• Box squats can improve your regular squats.
• If you find a sturdy box to exercise with, you can do box squats.
• Then you do a normal squat, except that you include a pause where you let your weight rest on the box. Healthy & Fit

Exercise muscles lightly if you worked them out before:

• Make sure you exercise the muscles that are the most tired first.
• Work out the muscles in the front and back of your body equally.
• You’re going to hurt your back if you’re only working out your front.
• Make sure you exercise both regions to ensure that your back stays healthy.
• Avoid wrapping your thumb as you do lat pulldowns or pull-ups during your workout routine.
• Place your thumb next to the index finger, this will cause you to use your arm muscles less and put the focus on main back muscles.
• While it may feel weird at first, it is a more efficient way to target your muscles.

Getting yourself some rollerblades is a great way to get more physically fit:

• While rollerblading is not as popular as in the past, it remains an excellent method of burning calories.
• Rollerblade skates can still be found in many sporting good shops.

As mentioned before, working out and eating properly to gain fitness is necessary to help you live longer and more robustly. It’s crucial that you don’t take your own health for granted. Utilize the tips found above to be on the right track towards improving your well-being through fitness.

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Disclaimer: “Nothing in this article makes any claim to offer cures or treatment for any disease or illness. If you are sick please consult with your doctor.”

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