To lose weight and gain muscle, or definition if you are not
interested in building muscle, there really aren't a lot of things you
need to consider.
1. What you eat: Not surprising really but how many different ways of eating and good food/bad food advice is there for you take in! There is no simple answer but eating fresh food and avoiding processed foods has to be the easiest answer there is. Why eat processed foods when the choice of fresh food is so great nowadays. Yes pre-packed processed foods may save 10 minutes of your time as opposed to cooking something from fresh, but I bet that 10 minutes is doubled by the amount of time you have to work out to make up for it!
2. How often and how hard you train: again a no brainer, you would think. If you are spending your valuable time at the gym or at home doing cardio then make it count. Don't sit on the bike whilst reading a paper or book because if you can do that you are almost certainly wasting your time and not working hard enough, unless you are doing 20 miles and are sitting there for hours! Make every minute count, warm up first then exercise intensely for 15 minutes, then cool down i.e. do it properly and don't give yourself an injury!
3. How often and how hard you train: this time weights rather than cardio. This won't really help with the losing weight bit BUT it is the only way you are going to gain muscle or achieve better definition. Around 3 times a week and with a weight that you can lift without straining/injuring yourself. Again as with diet there are lots and lots of exercises and opinions on what is best for what body part, the answer is try them and find out which ones work best for you. It is helpful to have weights to train with but there are exercises for which you need nothing but yourself and your own body weight, such as press ups. There really is no excuse as you already have what you need to start weight training.
4. Drink - Water, drink it! About 75-80% of our bodies are made up of water so make sure you drink it. It has been proven to significantly improve peoples performance and achievements during exercise so remember and stay hydrated.
So not hard really but a few things to consider and look further into. There's lots of advise out there as to which food / exercise is best, the best thing to do is look at the different programs, pick one that has been proven to work and give it a go now.
1. What you eat: Not surprising really but how many different ways of eating and good food/bad food advice is there for you take in! There is no simple answer but eating fresh food and avoiding processed foods has to be the easiest answer there is. Why eat processed foods when the choice of fresh food is so great nowadays. Yes pre-packed processed foods may save 10 minutes of your time as opposed to cooking something from fresh, but I bet that 10 minutes is doubled by the amount of time you have to work out to make up for it!
2. How often and how hard you train: again a no brainer, you would think. If you are spending your valuable time at the gym or at home doing cardio then make it count. Don't sit on the bike whilst reading a paper or book because if you can do that you are almost certainly wasting your time and not working hard enough, unless you are doing 20 miles and are sitting there for hours! Make every minute count, warm up first then exercise intensely for 15 minutes, then cool down i.e. do it properly and don't give yourself an injury!
3. How often and how hard you train: this time weights rather than cardio. This won't really help with the losing weight bit BUT it is the only way you are going to gain muscle or achieve better definition. Around 3 times a week and with a weight that you can lift without straining/injuring yourself. Again as with diet there are lots and lots of exercises and opinions on what is best for what body part, the answer is try them and find out which ones work best for you. It is helpful to have weights to train with but there are exercises for which you need nothing but yourself and your own body weight, such as press ups. There really is no excuse as you already have what you need to start weight training.
4. Drink - Water, drink it! About 75-80% of our bodies are made up of water so make sure you drink it. It has been proven to significantly improve peoples performance and achievements during exercise so remember and stay hydrated.
So not hard really but a few things to consider and look further into. There's lots of advise out there as to which food / exercise is best, the best thing to do is look at the different programs, pick one that has been proven to work and give it a go now.
Don't waste any more, the sooner you start the sooner you will
start seeing results and achieve the weight loss and body you are
looking for.
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Author: Thomas Heaton
Visit the site below now and start finding information that will support you in your weight loss campaign.
The very best of luck!
[http://www.effectiveweightlossonline.com]
Author: Thomas Heaton
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