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Exercise: what really works?
On a daily basis, I meet patients who have actually set dates for the resumption of exercise, especially after they took a break during the Christmas and the New Year season. Taking a break from healthy lifestyles does not have to be the case, but that is what happens.
When it comes to exercise, people have so many schools of thought as to what works best. Just go onto the internet and see the exercise plans that promise results. There are so many of them; some are very easy to do while others are just hard to do. Some work and others do not work. Some are out there and accessible for free; in fact, many of them are free. There are some that are also for sale as well.
Gyms also offer a wide range of exercise regimes that help their patrons achieve their weight loss and health goals; kudos to the hardworking and highly skilled gym instructors.
While exercise is seen as a hard and difficult activity, one can actually get so used to it and then see it as a very easy activity. Such people do not feel good if they happen to miss their exercise routines. This should be the desire of all.
When choosing an exercise regime, go for the one that you can do most days of the week without much stress. What you are able to do easily will give you that necessary satisfaction and enjoyment which will get you addicted. Apply this principle to your choice of exercise as well.
In this regard, one can then say that there is no specific exercise regime that can be described as the best. The exercise that works, or delivers the desired result, is the one that is done judiciously and consistently. So if it is a gym activity, you reap benefits if your attendance to the gym is continuous and also if you do what your instructor says all the time. If you choose to swim, you get results by visiting the swimming pool frequently.
So the higher the frequency of your exercise regime, the better your chances of getting the results you want. A lot of times, the duration of exercise just has to be moderate, not so long like up to hours. Keep it around 30 minutes and 45 minutes and repeat it daily or most days of the week for best results.
I have posited in earlier paragraphs that there may not be any best exercise to cling onto, but from my experience over the years, I can recommend a certain type that has worked for many people under my care. This exercise is called “walking”.
Once you can walk, do so as your exercise. Walk up to 30 minutes daily. This should be the minimum for many young people. The older folks may have to do just a few minutes as far as their strength can permit them.
Like I mentioned earlier, walking most days of the week is what will make you get the results; try it and reduction in pot belly is assured, reduction in weight is assured, reduction in blood sugar is assured, reduction in blood pressure is assured; and the list can go on and on. Do not say I did not tell you!!!
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The writer is a DIETICIAN at the Trust Hospital and AUTHOR of the following books:
1. Be your own dietician – Vol. 1
2. Eating to prevent and manage lifestyle diseases.
3. LIVE LONG by eating well – Vol. 1
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