Exercise Advice

Like I mentioned on the home page, I was a personal trainer for a good while and got to see first hand what worked and what didn't. The following is my Exercise Advice that is specific to weight loss. Coincidentally, it also happens to be the best thing for your health.

Aerobics - Very Low intensity! Low intensity burns fat. High intensity burns carbs. To know if you are exercising at the right intensity, measure your heart rate while on the treadmill or bike. Take 220 minus your age then multiply by 60% and 80%. Example:

220 - 70yrs old = 150.

150 X 60% = 90

150 X 80% = 120

So A 70 year old person would want to exercise with a heartbeat of between 90 and 120 to be in the optimal fat burning zone.

If you don't have a means to measure your HR then another way to know if you are at the right intensity or not is by your effort. You should be able to have a light conversation with someone at the aerobic level. If you are too out of breath, you are going too hard.

"BUT IT'S TOO EASY AT THAT LEVEL - AM I ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING?"

YES - The challenge is not to see how hard you can go in one session it is to see how long you can keep doing that day after day. Can you do that for 6 months? Of course, it is a nice EASY pace that burns fat and a nice easy pace that will keep you coming back to the gym!

Aim for 45 minutes like that for 4-6 days/week.

WEIGHTS & STRETCHING are necessary too. See the Blog for upcoming articles on those topics.

Remember:

In order for a DIET to work in the LONG-RUN it MUST satisfy 2 criteria:

1- It must be a diet that is healthy for you.