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Weight Loss Methods
Exercise for Weight Loss
By Carma Haley Shoemaker
It is important to add strength training to a workout routine because strength training adds muscle mass. When you have more muscle mass, you burn calories 24 hours a day. "Adding strength training into their exercise routine will help to shape their body as well as burn the extra weight," says Komer. "If strength training is incorporated in addition to a cardio work out, the results will be visible and people will feel good as well as look good."
Strength training is done with resistance, such as with steppers, rowing machines, elastic exercise bands and a low or moderate amount of weight. "It is not necessary to furnish your house with exercise machines in order to incorporate strength training into their exercise routine," says Komer. "Using exercise tubing or wrist and ankle weights can help immensely -- and for a lot less money."
One mistake people often make when using exercise as a means of weight loss is when they set goals. Setting a goal to lose weight is a good idea and will add motivation and determination – as long as that goal is realistic and attainable. "A good realistic goal for weight loss is losing about a pound a week," says Komer. "If someone has ten extra pounds, then taking two months to lose that weight is absolutely normal. Setting little goals such as doing 10-minute exercise sessions each day and then moving up to ten minutes twice a day will make the goals more attainable but still offer the results that are wanted."