Which Fitness Exercise Do You Find Effective?
October 20, 2008 by nctrower
Filed under Fit Exercise
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Losing fats is not an easy thing to do. You will have to make sacrifices with the food you eat or the food that you do not have to eat. You will also have to make changes in your lifestyle. However, following a food plan doesn’t have to be as hard as most plans. There is a computerized plan that allows you choose from a number of items that you buy from your local grocery store. The plan encourages you to follow the plan for 11 days with 3 days of anything goes within portion moderation. Then you can choose another plan of different items for your next 11 days. I personally have been losing weight at surprising rates so far. I lost 7 lbs my 1st week and 5 lbs the 2nd week.
You also need to work hard with the exercises you have to go through to lose all the unwanted fats you have in your body. In 1999, Billy Blanks, a former tae kwon do jin, developed Tae Bo, which is now regarded as one of the most effective fat loss exercises. Tae Bo is actually a combination of two sports, tae kwon do and boxing. Blanks has also made an acronym about this exercise which went, Total Awareness Excellence Body Obedience (a little cheesy, but it is what you will get as you get into this program). Movements in Tae Bo involve most of the movements you will see in other martial arts such as throwing and grappling. Although it took inspiration from two combative sports, tae bo should not be mistaken as something you can use during a fight. It is purely for exercise and fitness purposes. Tae Bo is a fantastic cardiovascular exercise and it tones your muscles. You sweat a lot while doing the moves in this exercise and you burn your fats. Shaquille O’Neal, Goldie Hawn, and Paula Abdul have attributed their great bodies partly to tae bo. And well we all know how great they look.
Another one of the better-known fat loss exercises is resistance training, which makes up most my workouts. You can do this with the help of friction machines, hydraulic machines, and most importantly, weights. Weights are very essential in this exercise and they should also correspond to your own body weight. As you do resistance training, you develop more muscles, you sweat a lot, and you burn calories and unwanted fats. You also develop better metabolism since you have more muscles in your body now. If you are a female, you do not have to worry about looking like some bodybuilder because of doing resistance training. You will drop the fats, gain some muscles, but the muscles will not be exaggerated in your appearance. Aside from building muscles resistance training has other benefits including lowering blood pressure and build bones, and saving you from osteoporosis.
Definitely one of the most popular exercises is aerobics. Dr. Kenneth Cooper of the San Antonio Air Force Hospital is regarded as the father of aerobics. He developed this exercise to tackle coronary artery disease. He even published a book on this exercise and it became an instant success. It is a fun workout to do, and is enjoyed by a number of people all around the world. It has even become a pop culture phenom as different media like television, movies, and music videos have drawn inspiration from this activity. It has also developed into other forms like dance aerobics, step aerobics, water aerobics, and the most recent, hip-hop aerobics which is my personal favorite. There are even aerobic competitions that are held annually. Which fitness exercise program has worked the best for you?

















