Our government guidelines suggest a minimum of 150 minutes of exercise per week. That is 30-minutes four times a week.
Remember this is a minimum. Try to make sure you meet it this week. Then try again next week, and try again the week after.
If you woke up this morning and didn’t feel like working out, perhaps this might change your mind:
Scientists found breast cancer risk is approximately 25% lower for the most physically active women than for the least active women.
Remember to keep hydrated.
It’s bound to happen. Some days just don’t get started on the right foot and seem to get worse by the minute. Next time you feel tension from a day that just isn’t going your way, try to calm yourself with the following tips:
1) Ask yourself whether what’s bothering you is really important? Will you care tomorrow? A month from now?
2) Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and imaging yourself somewhere you love–the beach, a hammock in your back yard, in bed.
The fat burning zone doesn’t exist. When you see “fat burning zone” listed on an elliptical or have a trainer tell you that you should be working in the “fat burning zone,” it’s not true. It is all about calories in, calories out. It really is that simple.
The so-called “fat burning zone” is usually a lower heart rate than the cardiovascular zone. Working at this zone actually does burn fat while working at a higher intensity burns carbs, but that is deceptive. More calories are usually burned by increasing the intensity level. And more calories burned, ultimately (if you don’t replenish them) means more fat loss.
And research has show that working out at a higher intensity maintains higher level of metabolic rate (fat burning) throughout the day than lower levels.
Working out in the fat burning zone is fine if that is where you feel challenged, but don’t hang out there simply because you think you’ll burn more fat there. You won’t. It’s a fallacy.