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General Fitness & Exercise

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Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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jnellie Posts: 924 Joined: 2002/02/24	2002/04/09, 06:20 PM if i walk 2 miles 5 days a week will this burn fat..............

rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2002/04/09, 06:31 PM Yes...as long the walks are rather brisk. However, you will need to increase the intensity at some point down the road. You have to continually increase your heart rate to really maximize the fat loss... -------------- _Robert_
ltroisi Posts: 764 Joined: 2001/11/06	2002/04/09, 10:57 PM and add "hills if you can"... also break out into a jog once in awhile if you can (no injuries). Eventually you will need to increase intensity as Robert mentioned. Short intense sessions are good to burn fat too. Maybe over time you can add brief periods of running to your walks too boost the heart rate. Try wearing a heart monitor, this is helpful in monitoring if you are keeping your heart rate up enough to burn fat. -------------- What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?.........Leslie
Philia2 Posts: 4,078 Joined: 2001/10/19	2002/04/10, 02:35 AM Jnellie you now know how much I like HIIT. Try to (as Leslie says) put in some small hills or jog once in a while to make it into a faster fat burning (interval) work out. Take it slowly in the beginning and then you'll get stronger and faster every time. Good luck! -------------- - Nina :o) La vie est toujours aussi belle.....