Resolve To Exercise!

Make exercise a routine part of your life. Studies have shown that people who diet and exercise shed pounds more quickly than those who just diet or just exercise.*

Here are some tips on efficient exercise:

► Aerobic exercise is best for burning calories. While the recommended 30 minutes of moderate exercise most days helps lower the risk of heart and other diseases, you?ll have to push a little harder if you want to lose weight.

► Exercise harder. If you simply can?t devote 45 minutes a day, seven days a week to exercise, increase your intensity when you do exercise. People who exercise harder?between 75 and 85 percent of their maximum heart rate?for 20 minutes can burn as many calories as a person walking for 45 minutes.

► Lift weights. Resistance training builds bone density, which guards against osteoporosis and builds muscle. You don?t have to follow the old three-sets-per-machine formula. Studies consistently show that you can do one set of weight training as long as you progressively lift heavier weights.

*Talk to your doctor before starting any exercise program to find out which program is right for you.

Source: Ragan communications