Aerobic Exercise: Treadmill Weight Loss
Doing exercise on the treadmill is a wonderful way to lose weight. However, you need to combine it with something else if you want you weight loss on the treadmill to be effective.
Of all the aerobic exercises, the treadmill is probably the most popular. These are the machines that are always occupied in the gym and are the best sellers for home gym equipment.
Many do their aerobic exercise on their treadmills every day. When you see them after a month there is very little change, if any.
Why is this?
It is because many folks do not realize that they have to adapt their eating habits as well.
It will help very little if you sweat on the treadmill and continue to eat the way you did when you gained the weight you want to lose.
At best you are going to stay at the same weight, or you are still going to gain weight.
For aerobic exercise on the treadmill to be effective with helping you burn fat and lose weight, you also need to increase your metabolism and lower your calorie intake.
To increase your metabolism you need to eat more… frequently.
What, I hear you say; I can eat more and lose weight? Well, yes and no. I didn’t say you should eat more, I said you should eat more frequently.
The more frequently you eat, the faster your body metabolism becomes. That means your body becomes more efficient at turning your food into energy.
By combining smaller and more frequent meals throughout the day with aerobic exercise on the treadmill, you essentially fool your body into believing that it does not need to store fat. It “thinks” that way because it is getting fed every two to three hours.
Eat small low to medium calorie meals every two to three hours, then spend between 20 and 40 minutes on the treadmill with your aerobic exercise.
Stay away from the scale for the first three to four weeks. You will only begin to notice the difference in your weight after that amount of time.
By sticking to your aerobic exercise routine on the treadmill, and combining it with increasing your metabolism, you can have the lasting weight loss that escapes so many people.
Tisha Diaz
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May 12, 2009 - 12:57 pm
is aerobic exercise better for weight loss compared with anaerobic?
I'm so over constantly switching the speeds on the treadmill for High Intensity Interval Training and I don't want to bulk my legs up.
Will running at pretty much the same speed for a long period of time be just as effective for weight loss?
May 12, 2009 - 5:59 pm
no. high intensity intervals are actually more effective for burning fat and developing a lean body. Plus they are less time consuming than long slow distance cardio(aerobic exercise).
this type of training causes an effect known as EPOC…Excess Post(exercise) Oxygen Consumption. the EPOC phenomenon causes an increased rate of oxygen intake, an elevated consumption of fat for fuel and increases your metabolism up to 48 hours AFTER you exercise! burning fat while you rest!
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May 12, 2009 - 6:01 pm
Listen to wellness consultant and also consider that you dont HAVE to run to do intervals. You can use a heavy bag, you could jump rope, think of others, you can change it up so it doesnt get boring.
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May 12, 2009 - 6:03 pm
I found that when I did aerobics (treadmill, walking) I lost weight because I was burning calories and therefore fat. Don't worry about bulking up, look at marathon runners. They are lean and trim.
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