about exercise

[Guest guest]

wat r cardio exercise??? n wat r d excercises to reduce belly.

[Guest guest]

Cardio exercises are motion exercises with the purpose of raising your heart

rate to burn fat. Walking, running, dancing are some examples.

 

Specifically a great form of exercise for reducing fat on the belly (and

everywhere else) is belly dance. Belly dance also tones your body from head to

toe. If you are interested, I can recommend some belly dance fitness DVDs (I

have quite a few of them and have reviewed them on places like Amazon and on my

that I set up on the subject.) Belly dancing helped me get rid of

my back pain.

 

In order for cardio exercise to be effective, you must keep your heart rated

elevated for at least 20-30 minutes, depending on the level of fitness you wish

to achieve.

 

3 ten minute segments/sessions at different times of the day are just as

effective as one 30 minute segment/session. Don't fall into the trap of

thinking that you have to do it all at once and then get overwhelmed.

 

Start of slowly and for a short amount of time and then work your way up to the

30 minutes. So if you are really out of shape, I would aim for your target to

be 10 minutes. Do that for a few days (or even a week) and then increase to 15,

and so on and increase a bit each time you increase it until you are up to 30

minutes per workout day.

 

3-5 times per week is the goal. So start off small, with your goal to be 2-3

sessions per week and go from there. If you suddenly just go 'gang busters'

into working out, you can really do a number on your heart. You never want to

be breathless, optimal is to be able to have a conversation while you are

exercising.

 

If you are breathless, SLOW DOWN, you are putting way too much pressure on your

heart and lungs and that is not good! Start slowly, and GRADUALLY work your way

up to the 30 minutes. If all you can do is 5 minutes at the beginning,

wonderful - set that as your goal and then increase to 10 minutes when 5 minutes

isn't a challenge.

 

Slow and steady wins the race! Start off slowly and gradually work your way

into your new routine. You didn't get out of shape overnight and you won't get

back into shape overnight either so don't put that pressure on yourself. That

will set you up for failing and quitting.

 

Remember, even if you do just 5-10 minutes of exercise, that is 5-10 of moving

closer to you becoming more fit! You can do it!

 

Sue