How exercising for weight loss can be helpful for you?

There are many different ways to lose weight. Exercising is one way to reduce weight. But if one intends to lose weight through exercise, it is to be remembered that exercising requires commitment to it. You cannot do exercise for a day or two or even for a week and expect to see changes in your weight right away. This isn’t something that can happen overnight, but requires patience and commitment to it. 

There are many different ways to exercise. Different types of exercises can give you different kinds of effects.

Cardio Exercises

Cardio exercises is not only an effective way to lose weight, but also the one which you can do in your day to day life as a hobby, or as a lifestyle, and which is also very fun to do. Cardio exercises can take the shape of any of the following 

• Aerobics 
• Walking 
• Running or jogging 
• Cycling 
• Swimming 

In addition to its great benefits regarding weight loss, the above mentioned cardio exercises are also very enjoyable to do. You can choose any of these exercises which you enjoy the most and it will help you stay committed to it for a long period of time. Cardio exercises are especially known to be an effective way to burn calories especially the harmful belly fat that is also the risk factor of many problems like diabetes and heart related problems.

Resistance Training 

Resistance exercises are those that involve lifting heavy weights and other techniques such as calisthenics, isometrics, and plyometric. Losing fat, weakens your metabolic system. Resistance exercises helps prevent that too. In addition to burning calories, resistance exercises increase your metabolism, strengthen your bones and tone your muscles and keeps you fit and healthy in the long run. Doing resistance exercises 2-3 days every week is seen to provide great effect regarding weight. 

High Intensity Interval Training 

High intensity interval training (HIIT) involves bursts of intense exercise and workout with short breaks in between the intense bursts. This intense workout burst is usually 10-20 minutes long with brief interval before the next burst. All you have to do is decide any type of exercise like running, cycling, jumping, and then do it intensely for 30 seconds following a period to rest for 1-2 minutes. Continue this cycle for 10-20 minutes. 

HIIT is a highly effective way to reduce weight as it involves the benefits of both, cardio exercises as well as of resistance exercises. It is a very effective as well as fast way to burn fat and to strengthen and tone muscles. Moreover, it helps reduce waist with great effect. In short high intensity interval training provides almost the same effect but with half the time than that required by cardio and resistance training. 

Due to its highly intense nature, HIIT can be dangerous for people having a weak heart. So even though HIIT does not require the time commitment which other exercises demand, it can be dangerous for some people and so before you plan to start doing HIIT, you should properly consult with a health specialist and an exercise trainer. 

Losing weight is a subjective experience and different people respond to various exercises differently. Most exercises provide immediate effect to one person and not to the other. Moreover, people have different body weight and type, and require different exercises to burn fat in different places. Having an exercise trainer can help prepare a customized exercise regime regarding which exercises will work best for you according to your body and weight. 

Yoga 

Yoga is known to be a practice that has a number of benefits. It not only helps lose weight, but also helps keep ease stress levels and depression. It teaches you mindfulness and helps you stay fit. It enhances the flexibility of a person and reduces waist circumference. Yoga provides mental as well as physical benefits and so should be incorporated as a regular practice in everyone’s lifestyle regardless of weight concerns. 

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Healthy Diet Plan 

In order to effectively lose weight it is essential to consume a healthy diet in addition to exercising. Most people complain about not getting anywhere with their weight concerns even after regular exercising. One possible reason for this is that after doing exercise, people feel hungry than they normally would, and when they feel hungry, they go on and eat anything they desire, let it be unhealthy junk or fast food with excessively high calories. People think that since they are regularly doing exercises, they can eat anything in the world and their exercise routine will cover up for it. But that is certainly not the case. What use is it to exercise when you are consuming what you are burning?

It kind of cancels the sweat. Consulting a dietician can help prepare a customized diet plan for you. Exercising with patience and commitment does wonders, but it is important to maintain a balanced healthy diet side by side to enhance and speed the process of weight loss and fitness.