Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

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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Does exercising help

bluefin
bluefin
Posts: 11
Joined: 2005/08/13
India
2005/10/13, 07:28 AM
i was wondering whether exercises really help in reducing excess weight
i want to know more about it
the other day i was discussing with my friend on http://www.imsickofbeingfat.com/ how to lose weight by doing which type of exercises and he suggested cardio exercises to me ?
What are cardio exercises
thanks
Flip-Mode
Flip-Mode
Posts: 38
Joined: 2005/09/26
Israel
2005/10/13, 08:29 AM
First of all, you loose weight by spending more calories (also referred as energy) then you intake. Now, normal day today activities "burn" (burn is used when saying 'spending calories') around 2000 calories and your goal is to get that number higher.
Cardio is short for Cardio Vascular, it includes running, biking, walking, swimming and all the sports that include those activities.
Spending more calories isn't easy, an hour of running only spends around 300-400 cals.
Another thing is a good nutrition plan,you need to check the sites nutrition plan and see whats your recommended calorie intake.
Thats about it.