There is no denying the fact that men and women are not built the same way. Also true is the fact that both men and women gain weight as the years pass. With the ever worsening global obesity epidemic coupled with today’s busy but somewhat sedentary lifestyle, the average weight gain for adult men between the ages of eighteen and thirty-four has now risen to about 2.7 pounds from an earlier figure of 1.7 per year while that of women of the same age has risen to 2.2 from 1.4.
Posts Tagged ‘weight loss exercise’
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January 5th, 2012
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December 23rd, 2011
Are you tired of slogging miles upon miles on the gym treadmill? Working out to lose some extra pounds doesn’t necessarily have to be boring or tortuous. You can still get in great shape and look good if you can explore your environment and find some creative and exciting new ways to get in shape while still having some fun. Becoming creative and having some fun with your weight loss effort gives you a far better chance of succeeding.
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December 21st, 2011
If you are in search of a weight loss method that can help you reduce weight and get into your desired shape in the shortest possible time with lasting long-term results, then it will be in your best interest to have a go at high intensity interval training – HIIT for short.
HIIT is a proven, time-efficient and safe interval training technique that to a great extent out-performs your traditional low intensity aerobic exercise techniques. Read more…
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December 21st, 2011
There was a time when the best advice from fitness experts was that you spend hours in the gym doing aerobic workouts in order to improve your cardio fitness, build better muscles and lose your stubborn extra belly fat. Well, there is a complete new twist to this and that is the use of high intensity interval training (HIIT).
Unlike other quick weight loss advices that most people consider ‘too good to be true‘, the beauty of short-term high intensity interval training is that it is Read more…
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December 20th, 2011
From whatever angle you may want to look at the plethora of quick weight loss fixes flying all over the place, the truth remains that healthy dieting and exercising remain the surest way to long term weight loss.
However, while both are very important to losing weight, of the two, certain concepts about exercising have over the years been somewhat misleading. In particular, there has been this general view that cardiovascular exercises such as aerobics, jogging, swimming, treadmills or biking were the quickest and most effective ways of shedding unwanted body weight. Read more…
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December 13th, 2011
For years the general norm of the fitness world has been that the best method to burn off extra body fat was through the adoption of low-intensity aerobic exercise. New studies have however proven that while you do burn some fat through this method, it is still not the most optimized and most effective method to get the best results from your weight loss efforts.
Majority of these studies have proven that High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a safe and far more Read more…
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December 13th, 2011
We have over the years been made to think that low-intensity cardiovascular exercises were the best methods to shed extra body fat. So, naturally the first thing that comes to most people’s mind when they want to start losing weight is whether to go power walking, jogging, cycling, skipping or even swimming to mention but a few.
There are actually studies which indicate that the lower the intensity of the exercise, the more the "percentage" of Read more…