Losing weight with exercise at home
Exercising at home to lose weight has always thought to be too great a challenge, and that it was essential to have a gym membership. This does not have to be the case, especially if you have a plan to guide you and the right mix of good nutrition and exercise. To increase your success at losing those kilos, take some of (if not all of) the specific tips related to components of your plan, put them in place, and get on the right track.
Cardiovascular exercise. This is the exercise that improves heart health and burns those soft spots off while you are working. Some key points that will help are:
- Slow and steady is good to begin with but you need to be looking at raising the intensity to higher levels for greater results, especially if you are time poor.
- Starting with lower impact exercise is great (cross trainers, rowers, bikes or walking) to begin with as you adapt to a regular pattern of exercise. Incorporating higher impact (treadmill or outside running, skipping and boxing bag punching) will be harder but will illicit changes faster and have added health benefits for bone density.
Resistance exercise is like building the motor up to make it burn more fuel. To make your weight loss happen faster and be longer lasting it, is essential that you resistance train. The following tips can help:
- Working slower will increase muscle activation and the building of that lean muscle.
- Use exercises move like your body does day to day (compound exercises) and use a greater amount of muscle. They will keep a balance between all the muscles and burn more calories.
Next week I will cover some general tips for weight loss exercise at home and a few great nutrition tips.