3 types of exercise: essential

In any weight loss program, you are told to exercise, but what type of exercise is better?... Some types of exercises yield more results than other so let me summarize for you the most important factors to take into consideration when exercising.

In order to be healthy and in great shape, you must work on three types of exercises on a weekly basis: cardio-vascular exercises, strengthening exercises, and flexibility exercises. There is no secret, in order to to be in shape and healthy, one must master and continuously practice these three types.

Cardio exercises will make your hart beat faster, and that on a continuous basis, involving major muscle groups for at least 20 minutes. Walking, running, lap swimming, biking are all good cardio exercises. You should practice them at a pace where you can't maintain a conversation, you get out of breath quickly. This type of exercise makes you burn calories faster, get rid of excess fats.

Strenghtening exercises allows you to overload muscles, to make them rebuild stronger. Therefore, anytime you are doing a strenghtening exercise and you are not feeling a burn, you are not overloading your muscle so you won't see significant results. If this is the case for you, then choose heavier weights or more repetitions or a different exercise.

Then you have your often forgotten stretching exercises. They are good to do mild ones before exercising but more importantly after your run, soccer game or muscle strenghtning session. You have to hold the stretch for at least 10-15 seconds without bouncing, this is your strict minimum. If you really want to see your flexibility increase and get rid of very tensed muscles, keep the stretch for 30 -90 seconds. You will feel progressive release.

Now you have the formula to get ready to really sink in the exercise routine!

Enjoy and make sure that you never feel pain (burning, and stretch is OK but not PAIN).

MM
P.S. As soon as I get everyone's results I will post the updated results for this week.