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Weight Loss Exercise Principles

If you have read the article called Exercise: Essential, then
you can skip down to the next section, called How to do Interval
Training. Read on if you need a reminder of the basic principles
of exercise for weight loss.

Aerobic exercise is fat burning exercise. As you do some
activity using large muscles (legs, especially) that raises your
heart rate but still allows you to breathe normally, your body
will burn fat with the oxygen you’re breathing. However, your
body will only burn blood-sugar at first, because it’s easily
available. So, to get to the fat-burning stage, you have to
exercise for at least 20 minutes, preferably 30 minutes or more.
Walking and bicycling at a gentle pace are aerobic activities.

Anaerobic exercises are high-intensity exercises that get your
muscles working hard, and you will have trouble breathing. The
word “anaerobic” means “without air”, meaning that you will be
breathing fast, but still not getting enough oxygen to properly
fuel your muscles. This leads to muscle strengthening, but it
also means that you’re burning blood-sugar only, not fat, and
you end up with lactic acid that will make your muscles feel
like they’re burning. weight training and sprinting are
anaerobic activities.

You can keep doing aerobic exercise longer than anaerobic
exercise, and you’ll burn about equal amounts of calories
overall doing either. Aerobic exercise burns those calories from
fat during the exercise. Anaerobic exercise only burns
blood-sugar, but burns a lot of fat later (the rest of the day)
to replace the energy. Is it possible to combine the two, so
that you can burn fat while exercising, and keep burning the
rest of the day? Yes, with Interval Training.

Exercise for weight loss works best with a proper diet: consult
the Weight Loss Diet for Men.

How to do Interval Training

The “intervals” in Interval Training are alternating periods of
high-intensity exercise with low-intensity rest periods. This
allows a person to keep exercising for at least 30 minutes to
kick in the effects of aerobic activity, but it is also intense
enough to strengthen the heart and provide the long-term fat
burning of high-intensity exercise. The idea is simple, but
ingenious, and amazingly effective.

You can do interval training using a time-measure or a
distance-measure. If you prefer to run indoors in a gym’s track,
then there is probably a clock to watch while running, so time
would be more convenient to keep track. If you prefer to train
outdoors, it may be inconvenient to look at your watch every few
seconds, so going by distance will probably be easier. If you
use time, you should run as fast as you can for one full minute,
then walk for two minutes. After that, run again for one more
minute and rest by walking for two minutes. Keep repeating this
three-minute cycle until 30 minutes have elapsed overall. If you
prefer to chart distance, you will want to run about a
half-mile, then walk for one-quarter mile, and keep alternating
that.

Benefits of Interval Training

World-class athletes already know that Interval Training is the
best way to improve almost every aspect of running performance.
The fist effect is that high-intensity leg exercise, like
running, will make your legs stronger. That means more muscle
mass, and each gram of new muscle will burn that much more fat
every minute of every day. The second effect of high-intensity
training is what people call “cardio”. That’s short for
cardio-vascular training, meaning that your heart as a muscle
will grow stronger. This will prevent many forms of heart
disease, as well as improving circulation, which has benefits
for many aspects of life.

The most important benefit of Interval Training is that it is
the single best way to improve your VO2-Max. That is the volume
(V) of oxygen (O2) that you take with your deepest breath (max).
VO2-max is the best measure of fitness and endurance. Increasing
your VO2-max with interval training will give you greater
endurance for everything you do, and the higher your VO2-max,
the less you will feel that heat or pressure on your lungs when
you exercise. Believe me, after interval training for a week,
you will know without a fancy test that your VO2-max is
improving, and soon you’ll feel the improvement with every
training session. It’s a great feeling.

Improving Intervals

Using the time method is better than distance to keep yourself
honest, because as you get faster, your half-mile will turn out
to take less and less time. So, to keep improving your
performance, and keep losing weight, you should either get a
stopwatch, or else keep making your running intervals farther
and farther (to make sure they still last a whole minute).

As your VO2-max increases, you may be tempted to make your
workouts last longer overall, or to make the high-intensity
periods last longer. You should do neither of these things. Your
goal should be to keep intervals of 1-minute of running
separated by 2-minutes of walking, and keep increasing the
intensity of each running interval. If you make every interval a
sprint for one full minute, and keep that up for 40 minutes, you
are already a superhero. Longer workouts risk breakdown of
tissues and a high burden on your kidneys and other organs. And
if you make each interval longer, you may not be pushing your
speed the most you can, which is where the benefits are.

At the other end of the scale, if you’re just starting interval
training, go easy. Too many men start off too fast and burn
themselves out within 10 minutes. That will not benefit you.
Warm up with a fast walk or a gentle jog for 10 minutes or so.
Then, try your first interval. It should be for one full minute,
but just try for a pace a little faster than a jog. Then walk
for two minutes. For your next interval, just try to maintain
that fast jog pace for another full minute. Then walk again for
two minutes. Don’t sit down or stop if you can avoid it, keep
walking to recover. On your third interval, try just a little
faster. If you can’t make it for the full minute, you have just
found out where your zone is. The key isn’t to try to sprint
right away and only be able to go for 20 seconds. You have to do
the full minute at a constant pace, as fast as you can sustain
for one whole minute. I guarantee that it will be pretty slow
your first time. But try it again the next day, and you will be
better. By the end of two weeks, you’ll be amazed how much more
fit you’ve become. I promise.

If you don’t think you’re up for Interval Training yet, read my
article on Exercise: Essential.

Exercise is an important part of your weight-loss equation. But
the most important part you can’t find in a gym, it’s the Best Diet Plan for Men</a

David Mccormick
http://www.articlesbase.com/weight-loss-articles/interval-training-the-best-weight-loss-exercise-2917.html

Can there be anything that has a greater impact on our happiness than how well we feel physically? Exercise and proper nutrition can play a vital role in our mood and our sense of well-being.

Exercise is all about keeping your body-well tuned. A well-tuned body can handle everything better, including everything that is happening in your body at a microscopic level. When one’s body is happy, so is one’s countenance.

Nutrition is about getting the right ingredients to your body to cook up optimum health. If money can’t buy happiness, health can…or at least, it can help you avoid unhappiness.

Both exercise and good nutrition help you feel energized, which is an important component in motivation, in extroversion, it feeling optimistic and in so many other key indicators of happiness. Happiness is about much more than fitness, but fitness should not be overlooked.

I asked Atlanta-based personal trainer Corey Ritter to provide a few fitness tips for increased energy and reduced stress, that I could share with my Daily Dose of Happiness newsletter subscribers:

Personal Trainer Fitness Tip #1:

Eat lean protein every three hours! Proteins main function: Help build and maintain healthy muscle. Which in-turn will help increase your metabolic rate to assist in burning body fat. Good sources: Egg Whites, Chicken Breast, Sirloin Lean Steak, Lean Ground Turkey, Fresh Fish, Protein Shakes.

Personal Trainer Fitness Tip #2:

Walk around the block. There are many benefits to be gained from walking. These can include more energy, deeper and more satisfying sleep, stronger leg muscles, lower body fat, higher metabolic rate, and reduce stress! Everyday for 20-30 minutes at a brisk walk. Preferably first thing in the morning!

Personal Trainer Fitness Tip #3:

Stretch, Stretch, Stretch. Anytime, but at least once a day one week before the wedding. Increases flexibility, reduces stress, improve coordination, increase circulation and it feels good, just to name a few benefits. Hold each stretch for a minimum of 10-30 seconds, repeat 2-3 times.

Personal Trainer Fitness Tip #4:

Avoid simple carbs! Their rapid absorption increases the chances of sugar converting to fat! Stay away from foods like: Bagels, pies, cakes, potato chips, many ready-to-eat cereals, white pasta, white bread, juice drinks with added sugar, alcohol, candy, soda pop, and syrup!

Personal Trainer Fitness Tip #5:

Drink plenty of fresh, clean water. Yes, I know that you have probably heard this one over and over again. But there’s a reason for that – it’s that important! It aids in fat loss, detoxifies the liver and kidneys, and carries away waste from the body. It is recommended for best results to consume 8 10-ounce glasses of water per day.

There you have it, five top fitness tips from one of North America’s top personal trainers. Following these tips should help you become both healthier and happier. Are they easy? No, especially not with billions of dollars of advertising telling us we can eat chips and soda pop, and pressure from all sides to cram more things into the hours some of us might otherwise be exercising. Do what you can. Any improvement is better than none, right?

Happy fitness.

David Leonhardt
http://www.articlesbase.com/fitness-articles/personal-trainer-fitness-tips-138209.html

There has been an increasing number of enthusiasts and apprentices all around the world. Body building is popular with men as young as 15 up to those who are more than 50 years of age. More women are also becoming bodybuilders. Learning body building is quite easy. Doing it is the harder part.

There is no definite age to start body building, especially if you just intend to make a hobby out of it. Beginners can start by following the steps provided here so that they can be well on their way to become bodybuilder certified.

Before starting each bodybuilding session, always remember to focus on one part of your body at a time. Since you are just feeling your way with bodybuilding, it is important that you start slow and concentrate on a single body part per week. Don’t be too eager and over-train yourself. You might lose muscles instead of gaining it. Train your body part in the order of largest down to the smallest.

1. Crunches, 3 sets, 10-20 repetitions. This will work your upper abdominals section.

Lie flatly on an exercise mat with knees bent and feet together. Cup your hand behind your ears and without moving from the hips down, curl up toward your knees. Make sure you use your shoulder blades to lift, and not your back. Do it for 10 to 20 times, depending on how much you can do.

2. Incline press, 3 sets, 12-15 repetitions. This workout is for your upper chest, as well as the shoulders and the triceps.

To do it, lie on an incline press. Make sure your back is flat against the bench. Hold the barbell and lift it off the rack. This is the starting position. Lower the barbell until it touches your chest. Raise the barbell again to starting position.

3. Barbell Squat, 3 sets, 12- 15 repetitions. The primary muscles worked by this exercise are the quadriceps. The hamstrings and the buttocks are benefited as well.

Grasp a barbell palms down. Stand before a rack as high as your chest. Lift the barbell below your neck and across your shoulders. Straight your back and point your toes forward. Knees should be bent slightly. Squat down until your thighs are parallel to the ground. Then stand up again to the starting position.

4. Lying leg curl, 3 sets, 10-12 repetitions. With this exercise, your hamstrings are being worked out.

Lie facing down on a leg curl device. Knees should be below the bench. Your heels should also be placed behind the roller pads. With toes pointing down, extend your legs at the knees. Keep your hips flat on the bench. Bring up your heels toward the buttocks. Slowly go back to starting position.

5. Standing calf raise, 1 set, 12-15 repetitions. Your calves will be worked out with this routine.

With a dumbbell on the left hand hanging down on your side, stretch down to let your heel extend off. Keep your back straight. Put your face up and lock your legs. Get on your toes, rising up as high as you can get and hold for a second. Flex your calf muscle while doing it.

Do these routines from Monday to Friday. Assign Saturdays and Sundays as your work-out day offs. It is also possible to take Wednesdays off your workout schedule. That should still be fine. You can also add in a variety of different exercises so as not to make each day the same as the day preceding it. Variation is also important.

It is also important to do some type of cardiovascular workouts for about 10 to 15 minutes before proceeding to a more rigid set. You can run in place, use the treadmill, or jump on the rope to put your body in good condition before a scheduled workout.

Dieting is also important. Take in protein-rich food and cut on cholesterol and calories. Protein-rich foods are dairy products, meat, fish, tofu, and dried beans like peanuts. The general nutrition guidelines should also be followed.

Bodybuilding requires having a positive mindset to succeed. Beginners should have the right amount of commitment before going ahead with it. There is a lot of work to do. There are a lot of steps to undergo. It will be a long process but the results will all be worth it. Start today. Go on and build that body.

Steve Hudson
http://www.articlesbase.com/non-fiction-articles/a-beginners-guide-to-body-building-93728.html

Need a good womens’ weight training regimen to increase running speed, bat speed, hitting distance.

Squat, leg curl, torso twist, flye, wrist curl, cable row, and cable internal rotation.