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Exercise
18 Exercise Tips, 7/15/2007
18 Exercise Tips
- Go backpacking. Carrying a heavy pack and walking around a lot will help you shed a lot of pounds.
- Exercise 3 times per week.
- Exercise: any kind any time. Sure there are better times and
better exercises for fat burning, but they all beat sitting on the
couch.
- Cardiovascular training in the morning before you eat breakfast.
This forces your body to utilize stored body fat for energy rather than
carbohydrates, since you are in a carb-depleted state after having not
eaten for 8-10 hours.
- Regular aerobic exercise helps, for a period of at least 40 minutes.
- If you can't run, start slow by walking for 9 minutes and jog for
1 minute. Do that a couple of times and then slowly exchange the
minutes walking for minutes running.
- Buy a pedometer and try to get 10,000 steps per day in. That's about 5 miles +/- depending on your stride length.
- Walk everywhere (carrying a baby while you walk also helps a lot).
- Swim, swim, swim.
- Find fun exercise. Join a softball team, commute to work on a
bike, whatever. Your strategy should be time-sensitive - only make
choices you can see yourself committing to for years, be it gym,
dieting, whatever - temporary won't work.
- If you are resistant to exercising, consider volunteer labor.
Walk dogs at the animal shelter. (Find a shelter at Petfiinder.com. Do
beach or riverside clean-ups with a local environmental group.
Volunteer on building and repair projects.)
- Replace your least favorite TV show with mild calisthenics for 30 or so minutes.
- Get an active dog! They will force you to get outside every day, and they make the best exercise companions.
- Make friends (if you haven't already) with very physically active
people. If you have very active friends, you will be exercising without
even noticing it because you will be having fun with friends.
- Do squats while brushing the back sides of your teeth and calf
rises while brushing the fronts. Then you get in at lease some exercise
and also brush long enough.)
- Take the stairs. Walk or bike ride that short distance instead of driving.
- Use those multi-colored stars on the calendar for each day you've
achieved your goal — exercise, diet, whatever it is. Gives you
something, small as it may be, to look forward to.
- Start walking outside to get fresh air, which translates into
better mood. If rains, use treadmill. But walk fast, no sissy stuff.
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