The Skinny On Exercise And Weight Loss

The definition of FITNESS:.

Good health or physical condition, especially as the result of exercise and proper nutrition.

American Heritage Dictionary

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Any exercise that circulates the blood through the heart improves fitness. Any vigorous physical activity will make your heart stronger and pump more blood, delivering more oxygen to the body.

This in itself will enable you to feel a definite difference in the way you feel, with more energy and endurance, less stiff and agile, and able to participate in activities that didn’t even seem possible before.

Losing weight successfully means keeping the weight off, and exercise is a must if you plan on getting to the point where you are as healthy and fit as your bodytype and genetic background allows.

Choosing an exercise program should include activities you won’t get bored with and should include routines that will most effect the areas of concern. If you have a full body weight problem, then a robust full body workout is in order.

To lose weight in the beginning of your program you want to utilize more cardio than resistance training. In the beginning your resistance training will be kept to a minimum
so you can burn as many calories as possible with intense fat burning routines.(Always start out slow)

But once you’ve been diligently following your diet and exercise program, you’ll be noticing positive changes, sometimes significant. This is when the tables begin to turn.

In the beginning you may be at a 80% cardio workout and 20% resistance,but as time progresses and the pounds are coming off, it is time to move the scale to 70% cardio 30% resistance, until eventually you stabalize at your desired weight and shape.

Most people will probabably be at the level of 60% resistance and 40% cardio once you have gotten to your ideal weight. The majority of people simply want to look like they don’t need to workout. You now have achieved getting to the point of simply keeping in shape

If you are now at minimal body fat and are looking for the ripped effect, you might end up at 80% resistance and 20% cardio. If you have a one hour workout, you’ll use 48 minutes towards resistance and 12 minutes towards cardio. A lot of at home methods for bodybuilding can be utilized without any equipment.

To reap all the benefits for fat loss and heart and body strenghtening, your workouts must be vigorous enough, often enough and long enough, to have a fitness conditioning effect. Start slow and work your way up.

Some examples of cardio activities are brisk walking,running in place,jogging aerobics,rope jumping, swimming, bike riding, etc.

People of all ages can benefit from exercise. Research has shown that exercise can strenghten the muscles of frail people in nursing homes. Inactivity is the biggest culprit for the elderly’s physical incapabilities. Everyone needs some kind of regular physical activity to ensure your best chances of a healthy, fit aging process.

A continuous exercise program may very well be the closest thing to the fountain of youth.

Losing weight should only be part of your motivation to exercise and follow a good nutrition plan. Research also shows being physically active can reduce premature death by as much as 50%. and stimulate the growth of new brain cells in older adults.

Once you have been steadily involved in a program, you will not only notice physical positive changes but psychological as well. Exercise releases brain chemicals called endorphines that will give you a natural high.(runners high).

You must be steadfast in your diet and fitness program because if you decide to quit, the benefits are lost soon afterward. This includes heart strength, body strength, blood pressure, the level of (HDL) cholesterol-(the good kind) and you guessed it, body fat and all risks associated with inactivity and obesity will return.

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Also, keep a look out for a new fitness,strength training video and equipment that is being released in the near future, that haas kept me fit for the last 15 years.

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