A “No-Sweat” Exercise Program that Really Works!

Uh-oh! A “no-sweat” exercise program? That gives great results? What planet am I living on? Well, planet Earth of course and the equipment you need to do this exercise program is all around you. It’s water! Let’s take a look into the reasons why water-aerobics is the “no sweat” exercise program that will bring you great results.

First, and most obvious, you don’t sweat when you do water aerobics. Your heart rate increases and your muscles get stronger but you don’t sweat while you’re doing it. You still need to keep yourself hydrated as you do it so keep a bottle of water nearby.

Second, you get the better results in less time because you are combining the benefits of cardio and strength-training in one exercise session. You can alternate water jogging that increases your heart rate (cardio) with the resistance that the water gives you as you move in the water. The result is you burn more calories and build up your muscle while you’re doing it so that afterward, you’ll continue to burn fat.

Third, you won’t experience the muscle pain that comes with “land-based” strength-training sessions. The water cushions your muscles but still allows them to work hard enough to be strengthened. No muscle pain afterward means less chance of injury and a greater chance that you will keep exercising consistently.

Fourth, if the reason you are not exercising is because you are embarrassed at how out of shape and overweight you are, think up another reason. Water aerobics is great for beginners because you are underwater most of the time so no one can really see how overweight and out of shape you are. Also, it will be an easier transition into more movement for you if the exercise is low impact.

The best reason for adding water aerobics into your fitness routine is because it’s fun. Everyone knows that exercise has to be fun for you to stick with it. With water aerobics you get to use equipment that floats and it’s performed in a weight-less environment so it’s easier for you to do the movement with the proper form.

Most communities have a public pool or a YMCA with a pool that offers a water aerobic exercise class so there’s no excuse now to not take the plunge into water aerobics!

Eunice Coughlin is the founder of http://www.healthy-living-for-moms.com, a resource for moms of all ages and stages who seek spiritual and physical health and wellness.

Why Aerobics Are Worthless For Losing Weight

Ask just about anyone what is the best way to lose weight or burn body fat, and 99% will answer “Cardio!”.

Well, I hate to bust your bubble, but I’m here to tell you that cardio is downright worthless for weight loss.

That’s right, all these years you’ve been led to believe one of the biggest misconceptions in regards to an efficient weight loss workout plan.

Everyone seems to think that cardio / aerobics is the best way to quickly melt off fat from the body, and as a result, some even neglect or give cardio the preference over weight training.

All you have to do is go to the gym.

Guaranteed that you’ll see more people filling up the cardio machines and stepping classes than the hardcore weight equipment.

Take a good look at the aerobics instructors themselves.

Most of them are straight up overweight. No definition whatsoever to be found.

Yet, they step and dance away for sometimes hours a day, but there’s not an ab in site!

Why is this?

First, when I say that cardio is worthless, I’m referring to not being efficient for burning / losing body fat.

I’m not referring to strengthening the cardiovascular system or increasing endurance.

But keep in mind that there is a big difference between building endurance and burning fat.

Again, that’s why you see these overweight aerobics instructors that can probably do well in a triathlon (because of excellent endurance), but don’t lose any fat weight.

And even when it does come down to training to building cardiovascular endurance cardio still isn’t as good as intense weight training, which I have gone into detail in several articles I have written on this subject.

Here’s just one of the many reasons why cardio is worthless for burning body fat and losing weight:

Cardio uses very few muscular fibers, meaning it requires a much lower amount of calories to perform in comparison to weight training.

As a matter of fact, did you know that just 1 pound of body fat can give your body enough energy to perform up to 12 hours of cardio???!!!

Stating it another way…you have to do 12 hours of cardio to burn just 1 pound of fat.

So, all that time that you stepped away on the cardio machine or aerobics class for an hour, working up a good sweat, and feeling good about yourself, you didn’t even burn 1/4 of a pound.

As I’ve stated over and over in my articles, there’s 2 and only 2 decisive factors in truly burning body fat:

1) intense weight training

2) eating less calories than your body needs

If you do these 2 things correctly, you’ll blow away all of those poor souls stomping away on the treadmill.

Copyright (c) 2006 Jonathan Perez

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