A personalized weight loss program will outline a diet or meal plan as well as an exercise plan. This type of weight loss program is more of a guide to help you stay on track and stay motivated. No matter which weight loss plan, keep in mind that exercise should be incorporated.
Exercise is important to any weight loss program. This is because you need to create a calorie deficit in order to lose weight. This means expending more calories than you consume. Some people think it is a good idea to create this deficit by abstaining from eating, altogether. But this can be dangerous. The better way is to increase this deficit through exercise.
This is where the benefits of exercise lie; more calories are burned while you are exercising. This is how you naturally create the calorie deficit and maybe even have fun at the same time. Use exercises that you find fun while helping you lose weight. I’ll describe a few of them below including; hiking, kick-boxing and jumping on a trampoline.
An exercise that is fun and gaining momentum is rebounding. This is exercise done by jumping on a small trampoline for ten, twenty or even thirty minutes a day. It is performed on a small trampoline, called a rebounder, that is designed to absorb the impact so your ankles, knees and back don’t have to. Some units come with a bar to hold onto so you can use other exercise moves in your routine.
According to the Townsend Letter for Doctors, rebounding tones muscles all throughout your body including facial muscles and those that hold your organs in place. It also aids in oxygenizing your entire body, stimulates circulation and your lymphatic system.
Kick boxing and karate moves are being incorporated to make exercise fun as well as effective. These types of classes can be found at your local gym or recreation center or a dvd you buy online. These types of exercises are not really training in the martial arts, but use similar moves. This creates a workout that both tones and stretches at the same time.
If you love the outdoors and live in a rural area that has wilderness, trails or parks, hiking might be your weight loss exercise of choice. Hiking trails are excellent to develop leg, hip and butt toning as trails usually go uphill or downhill at some point. Taking long steps, or strides, helps to stretch during your hike.
If you prefer resistance training, you can purchase small dumbbells or other inexpensive home equipment. There are stepping units and various other units that fold and fit under the bed. Other resistance exercise may be done on an all-inclusive exercise machine.
Be sure you use appropriate shoes for any exercise you do. Also, stretching before and after any and all exercise warms your muscles, thereby limiting soreness or pulled muscles.
No matter which type of exercise you choose, do not overdo it. The jury is still out on if extremely strenuous exercise does more harm than good. Also, making it too hard on yourself may ruin your motivation to stick with your weight loss program. Think about it, when you are sleepy in the morning or after work and it is your time to exercise, fifteen minutes of jumping on a trampoline may be more doable than forty minutes of running.
Use exercise to enhance any weight loss program. Choose which exercise you like and do it, or choose two and alternate them. As you see progress, you become more motivated and as you get healthier you’ll get more energy. As Nike says; just do it.
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