Exercise Tips on Losing Weight

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Are you having trouble getting motivated to exercise? Wondering if your workout is the best one to help you lose pounds fast? I decided to put together these exercise tips on losing weight to help you get the most out of your workout – and hopefully help you see the results you want.

By now you probably know that the really only healthy way to lose weight is through a healthy, well balanced diet and exercise. While dieting can be a challenge for some, for many actually getting the level of fitness they need to burn calories might even be more difficult. There’s a sweet balance between calories in and calories out – you have to eat the right amount and you have to burn the right amount.

For most people, I don’t really recommend counting calories all day. (See How many calories should I eat to lose weight?) If you eat well balanced meals from all of the food groups and stay away from sugars and sweets, you’re not going to need to worry too much. What you do need to worry about is how you are going to burn those calories – and that is where these tips to exercise for losing weight come in.

Getting the Most Out of Your Workout

If you want to get the most out of your workout, here are some tips:

1. Do Aerobic Exercise: Aerobic exercise is the kind you do that gets your lungs and heart working out the same time as the rest of your body. Examples include walking briskly, jogging, swimming, or even doing dance aerobics. Our article on best exercises to lose weight will give you a good overview of the ones you should be starting out with.

2. Do Some Strength Training: While you can see great results with aerobics alone, chances are eventually you’re going to get to a point where that gets boring or you still have a few “trouble spots” where you can’t get the weight to fall off. This is where strength training comes into play. Examples of these types of exercise include weight lifting, kettle bell exercises, resistance bands, and more. Not only do these exercises help with building muscle, but some believe they can help speed up your metabolism as well.

3. Routine, Routine: It doesn’t really matter what time you exercise each and every time – what matters is that it is the same time. If you get your schedule to a point where working out is as automatic as getting out of bed in the morning, you’re going to find it is much easier.

4. Push Yourself: We have a tendency to not really want to go out of our comfort zones. You might be exercising for 10 or 15 minutes and then start to get tired and so either slow down or take a break. Unfortunately, this isn’t going to help you lose weight! While I don’t feel that it is necessary to go to extreme lengths where you may injure or hurt yourself, it is important that you go beyond your comfort level.

5. Hire a Trainer: You’re going to see a lot better results if you work with a trainer than in you work on your own. A lot of people think it’s ridiculously expensive or it needs to be a long term commitment – but sometimes some gyms provide them as part of your plan, or you can hire one for a couple of weeks to help you get on the right track. While I don’t think you should spend money on diet plans, I do think hiring a trainer is a worthwhile investment. In fact, here’s a coupon code you can use: Three, 50-minute personal training sessions at 24 Hour Fitness for only $119! Use coupon code 8AFZGH6J8Y – for less than $40 a session you can get in the right direction. Though, you may want to check out some of their other plans too – they’ve got a few good deals if you think working out at the gym is something you want to do on a regular basis.

6. Increase How Often You Exercise: Three times a week is a good start, especially if you are really out of shape and have a crazy schedule. But after two or three weeks you might want to step it up to four times a week or even five times a week. As long as you’re eating enough, this should also help you lose weight more efficiently.

7. Bring a Friend: Sometimes having a friend along will help motivate you to not give up and to keep going. You’re more likely to blow off going to the gym by yourself than you would if you are supposed to meet a friend there.

Do you have any other exercise tips on losing weight to share? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.