What are the Best Do-at-Home Exercises to Lose Weight Quickly, Part 1

Choosing the right exercises to lose weight quickly depends a lot upon the individual. It maybe the case that some of us are built for certain types of exercise better than others or it may just come down to pure preferences. This article highlights the exercises that are of most benefit to someone looking to lose weight.

Needless to say though that exercise, irrespective of what form it takes is vitally important when it comes to a weight loss program. There are two types of exercise that are generally used with weight loss programs: Aerobics and Anaerobics; and this article will highlight how each type of exercise benefits weight loss and also ways in which you can effectively practice these methods at home:

Aerobics:

By definition aerobic exercises are designed to improve the oxygen consumption of the body and are generally endurance exercises that burn calories steadily and over the duration of the activity. Aerobic exercises are vast and range from fast walking to swimming and skiing, basically any energetic activity that involves a level of endurance would fall under the banner of aerobic exercise.
Some of the best aerobic exercises you could perform at home in order to facilitate quick weight lose would be;

Step aerobics:

Step aerobics has become very popular over the past 10 to 15 years and is extremely effective at burning calories. Although it is advisable to buy a custom made step that is usually accompanied by a specifically designed workout program. The obvious budget replacement is to use your stairs at home. Play some of your favorite up beat music and start stepping up and down in time to the music, nothing could be simpler. Not only is this effective at burning off calories it will also strengthen and help tone your leg and buttock muscles.

Skipping:

Skipping has been a favorite exercise of the boxers for years because it can be performed indoors with a very inexpensive piece of equipment and it is superb for increasing endurance and strengthening lower leg muscles hence why boxers still use this method of training today even with all the advancements in training methods and equipment.

Walking:

Not just normal walking but forced walking, or fast walking. Walking is an aerobic exercise that we all do everyday and it is very good at burning fat especially when walking at a fast pace.

Aerobics is by far the most common form of exercise as it encompasses practically everything we physically do. To have a better idea as to how certain types of exercise benefit you over another just search the internet for aerobic exercises and I'm sure you will find a table somewhere that will list the calorific loss per exercise.

In part two of this article; anaerobic exercises will be explained; what they are, their benefits and how you can utilize basic exercise techniques that will achieve excellent weight loss results.

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