Fitness Tips

WHAT ARE THE BEST TYPES OF EXERCISES TO LOSE WEIGHT?
Everyone who needs to lose weight and chooses a plan realizes he or she needs to exercise. Not everyone exercises while on their diet and consequently the results you want take a bit longer to achieve if you can achieve them at all. By adding an exercise regimen that includes both anaerobic and aerobic exercises, you will increase your success rate by over 70 percent.

Both types of exercise will help you lose weight, but both exercises attack fat in two different ways. Aerobic exercises, such as running, jogging, elliptical trainer, and stationary bike burn 75 percent of the fat calories and only 25 percent of carbohydrate and/or sugar calories. Anaerobic exercises such as weight-lifting or sprinting or circuit training, where short, intense bursts are used, only burn 25 percent of the fat calories and 75 percent of the carbohydrate and/or sugar calories.

It is easy to see that if you couple these two types of exercises together you have the optimal weight-loss exercise program. Normally you would do the aerobic exercises as often as twice a day, time permitting. The workout should be at least 20 minutes and not to exceed 60 minutes. This might seem like a lot, but losing weight is not like the commercials, where if you do 20 minutes of work, you can, in a short period of time have a body-builder's body.

It took time to get the way you are and it will take time to lose the weight. Do not be afraid of working and putting in the time as the results and the way you feel will be worth the time and effort. When doing anaerobic exercises machines, free weights can be used. Do the anaerobic exercises after the aerobic and don't eat after the anaerobic exercises, as your body will replace the carbohydrates that you used with the food you are eating: the net loss will be negligible. Always try to wait at least a couple of hours before eating. This will allow your body to replenish its energy reserves from the body and not from the food you are eating.

Yes, you are investing more time than the books say. This won't look as glamorous as some of the commercials for diets and weight-lifting machines portray. However, this will work and will give you a body and a lifestyle that you only dreamed about. It will also increase your chances of a longer and more fruitful life.

The aerobic exercises will increase your circulation, the strength of your heart, and even reduce stress. Whereas, the anaerobic exercises will increase your strength, agility and your body's ability to use the cardiovascular system.

By combining both of these two types of exercises, you can get your body to even burn fat when you are relaxing, as every body function, including muscles at rest, need energy. Your body will begin to burn fat while you are just relaxing. So don't be afraid to exercise. Start out at a pace that is a little challenging and gradually increase the frequency, weight, or the time to help your body burn fat and get you in shape. Forget about dietary supplements that you see and read about. Instead, concentrate on what is scientifically proven to work. There is no magic pill to lose weight or burn fat. A balanced diet and exercise will allow you to lose the weight and keep it off!

Source: Body Fulfillment