| If you are going to be on a weight loss routine, then | | | | obese. |
| exercise must be a major part of your regiment. | | | | Aerobics is a great way of starting off in an exercise |
| Exercise is not only good for losing weight but it also | | | | routine, aerobics is very beneficial to the cardiovascular |
| helps increase energy levels, speed up and improved | | | | health of the human body. Simple cardiovascular or |
| elimination of waste and toxins from the body, boost | | | | aerobics exercise includes walking, jogging, swimming, |
| immune system to fight off diseases, increase | | | | biking cross-country skiing, climbing and jumping rope. |
| circulation and improve joint and ligament health and | | | | The goal here is to increase your heart rate by at |
| the list goes on and on. | | | | least 70% of the difference between 220 and your |
| Exercise, both aerobics and weight training or | | | | age whatever that may be. This targeted heart rate |
| resistance training will have a profound impact on your | | | | should be maintained for about 30 minutes or so. Doing |
| weight loss, but not only that you can use exercise the | | | | this on regular basis will not only burn fat but increase |
| sculpt the body that you have always wanted. | | | | your endurance while boosting your energy levels. |
| Aerobic exercise stimulates and improves perspiration | | | | Aerobics exercise naturally speeds up your metabolic |
| and the circulation of lymph and blood to the body. This | | | | rate and this in turn will burn calories. Burning off |
| is vital for the body because proper circulation will lead | | | | excess calories is a sure way of burning fat and losing |
| to a better elimination of toxic waste from the body. | | | | weight. To make this work, it is important to be |
| Along with proper nutrition and wholesome foods for | | | | consistent with your exercise routine. If you're just |
| weight loss, exercise is vital if you want to maintain a | | | | getting started then you can do 30 minutes of walking |
| healthy lifestyle. You know the old saying, "Food fuels | | | | three times a week. Once you have built up your |
| the furnace of metabolism while exercise strokes its | | | | endurance then you can move on to a brisk walk for |
| fire". | | | | 45 minutes four times a week. The idea here is to build |
| When proper nutrition and exercise are combined in | | | | up to 45 minutes to an hour of brisk pace walking 5 to |
| the correct proportion and the right consistency you | | | | 6 times a week. |
| can expect to burn more fat and increase your | | | | If you have not exercise for a while and you are not |
| energy level. | | | | sure if you are ready to do that much, the best thing |
| As we get older or basal metabolic rate, (that is the | | | | to do is to start small and build up from there. A 10 -15 |
| rate at which calories are burnt for fuel by the body | | | | minute walk around the house, then around the block, |
| for its basic functions) decreases, and unfortunately | | | | and go from there. Do not push it at first as you want |
| this decrease is about 2 to 3% every 10 years after | | | | to avoid injury or setbacks. |
| the age of 20. Added on top of this is the fact that as | | | | No matter what the age it is really never to late to |
| we get older we tend to eat more, and are less active. | | | | start exercising. |
| So the result is loss of muscle mass, gaining of fat, the | | | | It is important if you are just getting started on any |
| slowing down of metabolism and the risk of becoming | | | | exercise routine to consult your doctor first. |