Weight Loss Exercise Plan – What To Consider?

Choosing the right Weight Loss Exercise Plan?

If you are feeling the side-effects of overeating and lack of physical activity, namely extra weight, you may be thinking of how to slim back down to a healthier, happier you. Some of the standard go-to weight loss options are to exercise, eat less, and eat nutritious food.

Let’s take a look at what to consider when forming your weight loss exercise plan to get the best out of your new healthy lifestyle and build a regime that works for you.

Enjoy Exercising

The exercise you choose should be fun! After all, you’re much more likely to stick with an exercise plan you like and look forward to, as opposed to something you dread. To begin with, it’s a good idea to think about the type of exercises and sports that you enjoy. For instance, if you prefer getting physically active while dancing to workout videos at home, then add it to your regime. Or, if you prefer jogging in the park with your dogs by your side, then make it happen!

Exercise Outcome

It’s also beneficial to consider what physical activity will help reach your goal quicker, as different forms of exercise offer mixed results. For example, weight training is mainly for people who want to build muscle. Whereas dance classes like Zumba mean you can learn to dance, socialize, and sculpt your body at the same time. While shopping around for a new exercise regime, ensure the workout you choose will help you to achieve your primary goal of losing weight.

Low and High-Intensity Workouts

While making your decision about what exercise you enjoy, take care to assess whether low intensity or high intensity will work best for your physique, current fitness levels, and lifestyle. For example, for those with sensitive joints, running can be quite a harsh activity to endure. However, an exercise such as swimming, means the water has little to no impact on your joints and supports your body while you get active. 

The intensity of the exercise you choose is entirely up to you. However, you should know that for some people low-intensity exercise can work much better as part of your weight loss and diet plan. The reason being, high-intensity exercise boosts your appetite, leading you to overeat and add extra pounds rather than burn them. In contrast, low-intensity activity enables you to burn calories without building an excessive appetite. Our diet system uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ensure your body consumes the right food to support your weight loss plan while giving you the nutrients you need to thrive.

Some low-intensity workouts to pair with a healthy diet and worth considering are:

Yoga

Yoga for beginners is relaxing, easy on the joints, and its intensity can be stepped up or down depending on how physically fit you are, and how much you want to push yourself. Controlled breathing, stretching, controlled poses, balance, and relaxation are all a part of this low-intensity exercise, which poses significant benefits for your physique and wellbeing. There are many different types of Yoga, so try a few and stick to the one which suits you best. Expect to burn between 200 – 500 calories per hour depending on the type you choose and your current weight.  

Tai-Chi

Tai Chi Chuan (also written as Taijiquan) is An Ancient Form of Exercise which combines breathing and relaxing with flowing movements. It was originally used as a fighting art in China and dates back over 700 years. These days Tai Chi has become known for its beneficial impact on arthritis as many report pain relief. Tai-Chi can be practiced at any age but is extremely popular with seniors as it improves balance and can help prevent fails. An hour’s practice each day can burn around 280 calories depending on the individual, which is a significant amount each week and the health benefits quickly add up. Tai-Chi can be performed outside, with minimum room required, or indoors if you prefer, and so is very adaptable and convenient.

Cycling

Another form of low-intensity exercise that is less likely to cause an injury to you and help you to lose weight is the aerobic activity cycling. By cycling, you will raise your heart rate, get your weight under control, accelerate your metabolism, and burn body fat. Cycling is an exceptionally good exercise to do and can burn between 450 – 750 calories per hour depending on the intensity and the terrain. That is a massive bang for your buck and as this is low impact you should be able to do this every day.

However, as with the above-recommended activities, a healthy diet must be partnered with your new fitness regime if you want to get the most out of your weight loss plan.