Best Aerobic Exercises for Weight Loss

Jun
2010

The best aerobic exercises for weight loss are listed and described here so you can consider the best path toward achieving your goals. If you want to burn those calories, these high-energy options are your best bet.

The best aerobic exercises are gathered and described here to help you find the fitness regimen that will work most effectively to help you achieve your weight loss goals. No matter what you choose, you’ll have to work hard and consistently to lose weight, and diet will be a factor. But you will definitely be a healthier individual, physically and mentally if you accomplish your goals and maintain a weight that is ideal for you.

Becoming familiar with your heart rate is going to be a key here because you won’t be able to burn that many calories unless you’re in your aerobic heart rate target zone, based on your age and weight. Some exercise equipment have heart rate monitors that activate when you hold them, but this isn’t always so reliable. The best thing to do would be to buy one and become intimately familiar with your heart and the gadget designed to measure it. Otherwise, the good old-fashioned method of knowing your heart is pumping fiercely because of how much you’re sweating and gasping for air, will always suffice.

Hiking

Hiking tops my list because when you do an extended half-day or all day hike, you’re not only burning a great deal of calories, but you’re helping yourself in so many other ways too. Hiking is vigorous, especially when you hit a trail anywhere that has a little elevation to it. The key to losing weight will be to consistently keep your heart rate in that target aerobic zone which means you’re working hard for it. Hiking takes you into nature and that can go a long way towards reducing your stress with exercise. Hiking new places and immersing yourself in nature will clear your mind and stimulate your body’s natural healing abilities. Hiking just generates both physical and mental well-being. Furthermore, if you invest in some trekking poles, your walks will be that much better since using trekking poles makes it more of a full body workout plus it takes pressure off all the joints in your legs (knees and ankles). I understand everyone isn’t a fan of the outdoors, but be advised that walking the streets or a treadmill (so long as you’re keeping that heart rate up for an hour or more) will help shed those pounds too. If you’re interested in buying some trekking poles, the Black Diamond Spire Elliptics are a good choice.

Running/Jogging

Running is simply one of the most effective fat burning exercises you can do because you get your heart rate up quickly and it will stay up; so long as you’re running at a reasonably fast pace depending upon your level of conditioning. For the same reason, many people hate it. Plus, it’s no secret that all that pounding can cause harm to your body so you have to approach it with a certain mind set or not engage at all if you have a history or risk to certain injuries in the knees and ankles especially. Still others are completely addicted to the endorphin high that jogging gives you at some point after 20 minutes of engaging in it. Once you see the results in terms of pounds lost, you might look at it in a different way. No matter what you do to lose weight, it’s good to live by the old credo that working hard for something makes it worth the effort. For a great bunch of advice for beginners, read how to start running to lose weight.

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