Exercise and Weight
Exercise Burns Calories to Lose Weight
The key to weight control is maintaining
a balance between "calories-in" and "calories-out".
It means keeping energy intake (food) and energy output (physical activity)
in balance. Regular exercise plays an important role in weight loss by
increasing energy output, causing the body to burn stored calories (stored
body fat) for extra fuel. For fitness tips to lose weight, see Weight
Loss Exercise Program
Exercise Raises Metabolism and Boosts Weight
Loss
Studies show that not only does regular exercise
burn extra calories (which helps reduce weight), it also raises
metabolic rate during a workout, AND causes your metabolism to stay
raised for a period of time after exercising. This is good for weight
reduction, because the faster the metabolic rate the more calories you
burn throughout the day and while asleep.
How to Exercise to Lose Weight?
The key to exercise for weight loss purposes
is regularity. If your exercise program burns 100 calories a day more
than your body needs, you will lose approximately 10 pounds in year. To
achieve this, all you need to do is take 30 minutes of moderate exercise
daily. That said, a combination of regular exercise and diet offers the
most flexible and effective approach to weight control.
What's the Best Exercise to Lose Weight?
Regular aerobic exercise is best for weight
loss. This type of exercise includes brisk
walking (outdoors/treadmill),
swimming, cycling
(outdoors/gym bike)
and elliptical training.
Strength-Training is Also Good Exercise
for Weight Loss
Strength
training helps to build
muscle, which benefits weight reduction. Point is, muscle tissue is
more metabolically-active than fat tissue. Meaning, muscle burns more
calories than fat does. So the better your muscle-to-fat ratio, the more
calories you burn and the easier it is to lose weight.
Sources include:
- President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
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