Body for Life Day #6 Training: Aerobic

by Lisa P | More from this Blogger

03 Feb 2008 11:42 AM

Today's training is another 20-minute aerobic workout. Remember that when doing these workouts you really need to use the intensity scale. Doing 20 minutes of lackadaisical exercise without putting your mind, or body, to it will not pay off. Isn't it worth 20 minutes, three times a week for the fit and healthy body you've always wanted?

Too many people who are trying to lose weight depend solely upon aerobic exercise. We see them at the gym every day. They work like crazy and sweat like an air conditioner in Florida in the middle of July. But they never manage to lose any weight. That mindset belongs back in the 1980s! I may be dating myself here but many of you may remember that the 1980s were the heyday for aerobics classes and running. People who had no business putting on running shoes were heading off into the wee hours of the morning to drop from heart attacks a few hundred yards from home. No, this is not the kind of exercising we're doing in the new millennium!

Aerobic training has its place in an exercise regimen to help us lose weight and create a healthy body but it isn't the magic bullet. In fact, we know now that weight loss and a healthy body require a combination of proper nutrition, good sleep habits, aerobics and weight training. Half the battle against the bulge is knowing what needs to be done. The other half is showing up to do it.

Now take a look at today's workout worksheet. Twenty minutes of walking at varied rates (see the intensity scale) isn't a whole lot of time in the grand scheme of things. In fact, it is only 1.3% of your day. You have the other 98.7% of your day to do everything else that you want to do. Now put on your walking shoes and get the kids dressed for a walk. It is time to exercise!

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Lisa Pietsch is a regular Families.com Blogger on Weight Loss. You can read more of her blogs by clicking here.

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