Exercise is important for everyone, regardless of whether you have a lot of weight to lose, or a little. Even if you are already a healthy weight, regular exercise can help you to maintain the weight you are at. It can also strengthen the heart and protect against a variety of diseases.What is Your Aim?
In order to find the exercise program that is right for you, you first need to determine what you wish to accomplish. For example, the program that you choose for yourself if you wish to lose 20 pounds will be different than the one you choose if you wish to relieve stress in your life or tone up.
Lose Weight
If losing weight and/or controlling your present weight is your goal then it is best to start out slow. In other words, choose a low-impact (or no-impact) aerobic activity. Start out doing the activity for a minimum of time every day and work up to 30 minutes on a daily basis.
Muscle Strength
If you wish to strengthen your muscles then what you need to do is to choose a variety of strengthen-conditioning programs. These programs need to include calisthenics, exercise tubing, weight machines and the use of free weights.
Flexibility
If you want to improve the flexibility of your body, that is simple to accomplish as well. Design for yourself a simple stretching routine that takes into account all of the major muscle groups of the body. Yoga would also fit into this category. Yoga also addresses the mind-body connection. This means that it can make the body more flexible and can help to calm and relax the mind.
The kind of exercise program you devise for yourself also has to do with your age and state of health, although it is important to note that everyone needs to get some form of exercise to remain healthy. The exercise that works best for your mother or your sister might not be best for you and vice versa.
Aerobic Exercises
Aerobic exercises include walking, running, cycling, and swimming. When doing aerobic exercises there is a rhythmic contraction and then relaxation of the flexor and extensor muscle groups. When this happens, it causes blood to flow faster on its way to and from the heart. When you find a pace that is suitable for you, such as walking for example, it can be done for relatively long periods of time.
Isometric Exercises
Isometric exercises, such as weight lifting, are ones in which muscles need to be contracted for long stretches of time. In this case, the sustained muscle contractions cause the blood to be limited because the small arteries are being compressed. This means that the blood has a more difficult time making it back to the heart.
Isometric exercises can cause the blood pressure to rise. For this reason, these types of exercises are not safe for individuals who have high blood pressure or heart disease.
Make it a great day!
Chris Walker is the founder of Chris Walker's Fitness located in Kitchener, Ontario. Chris manages several certified trainers, (CFT) within his organization and actively works with medical doctors and health care professionals in helping their patients to reduce bodyfat restore musculoskeletal strength and gain control over their blood sugar readings, good and bad blood fats and blood pressure readings, among other critical fitness issues. Chris has helped people to get in shape for their wedding day as well as people battling severe obesity. Chris likes to focus on functional training and likes to incorporate his martial arts background into his programs. Chris is a firm believer of a strong mind and guarantees results for those who don't mind a little hard work. Chris is a member of International Sports Sciences Association, (ISSA) and Canfitpro Organization. Chris has made media appearances on Global Television, Rogers Daytime, The Record News Paper and is a published author of many health and fitness related articles and books.
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