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Use aerobic exercise for weight loss
No area of exercise science has been more studied than the benefits of aerobic exercise. There is a mountain of evidence to prove that regular aerobic exercise will improve your health, your fitness, and much more. Besides helping to fight diseases like cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease and depression, one of the best benefits of aerobic exercise is weight loss.
Obesity and weight control
Aerobic exercise is believed by many scientists to be the single best predictor of weight maintenance. You can lose weight without exercise by reducing your caloric intake enough so that you burn more calories than you consume, but it takes a regular dose of exercise to keep your weight off.
How much is not clear, but somewhere between 40 minutes of vigorous exercise several times per week to 75 minutes of moderate intensity exercise five or more days per week is probably about right. It will vary for each person, so once you get to the weight that you want to be at you'll need to experiment with different amounts of exercise until you find the one that works for you.
The American College of Sports Medicine recommends that overweight and obese individuals progressively increase to a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity per week, but for long-term weight loss, overweight and obese adults should eventually progress to 200 to 300 minutes per week of moderate-intensity physical activity.
More on aerobic exercise and the types of exercises to come. Stay tuned tomorrow for: How much aerobic exercise should you do
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