Mar 11
7 Summer Exercise and Weight Loss Tips
Posted by Wilson | Posted in home gym exercise | Posted on 11-03-2010
As summer approaches, many people want to get in shape. Here are some exercise tips to help you lose weight during the summer months.
Tip #1: Walk and Talk
The summer months are great for being outdoors and walking is a great form of exercise for weight loss. Instead of sitting at Starbucks or your neighbor’s house chatting get outside and walk and talk. Visiting with friends and family is important and fun, but who says you need to be stationary to enjoy someone’s company.
Walking 1 mile burns around 100 calories (for someone that weighs 150 pounds), and walking and talking is a great way to kill two birds with one stone.
Tip #2: Buy a Bike
Like walking, biking is also a good low impact form of exercise. As a whole we drive too much, sometimes even just 2 miles or so to run a quick errand. Use your new bike to run errands close to home, save gas, and burn calories.
Tip #3: Picnic and Plan Outdoor Activities
Summer is a great time for picnics. Plan a picnic and of course pack healthy foods, but also pack a Frisbee, football, whiffle ball and baseball bat. It may not seem like a hard core workout, but tossing around a Frisbee or football burns more calories than watching TV, and all the extra activity adds up in the long run.
Tip #4: Start an Outdoor Project Around the House
There are so many outdoor projects that are perfect for the summer. You can build a deck or plant a garden. Exercise does not have to happen in a gym or in front of a television. What do you think people did before gyms were invented… that’s right they worked on the land and on the house. Outdoor projects can be a sneaky way to get in more exercise during the summer.
Tip #5: Find a Summer Workout Partner
Having a workout partner helps to keep both people motivated. It can be hard to lose weight all by yourself, but if you have a workout partner with similar goals, you can push each other to stay committed to the exercise routine.
Tip #6: Take a Fitness Vacation
Most people gain weight when they go on vacation because they just want to go eat, drink, party and sleep on vacation. But, I’ll challenge you to take a fitness oriented vacation.
If you go to the beach to relax, plan a 3-5 mile walk in the morning and a 3-5 mile walk in the evening before dinner (that could be an extra 600-1000 calories burned a day). Plan a hiking vacation, or a tennis vacation, or a swimming vacation. Get in the ocean or pool for 1-2 hours in the morning and 1-2 hours in the evening before dinner. Do activities you love. But make a plan to be active on everyday of your fitness vacation.
Tip #7: Consult with a Personal Trainer or Fitness
Professional
If you have motivation to exercise but you’re not sure what to do consult with a personal trainer or fitness professional to get some guidance and structure. Structure really helps us to achieve goals and a health professional can help to provide structure to your workout routine so all you’ll have to do is follow the plan.
If you’re serious about losing weight, I recommend that you also incorporate healthy eating habits. Get started today and stick with it.
Charles A. Inniss, Jr. DPT
http://www.articlesbase.com/fitness-articles/7-summer-exercise-and-weight-loss-tips-723442.html
Weight loss exercise tips?
I’m not super overweight or anything, but I want to lose ten pounds or something by the end of summer, you know, when school starts again and stuff. I know what I should eat and stuff, but any good exercises? I’m gonna be in seventh grade.. So something that works, and will helps to lose weight.
You shouldnt be worrying but dont drink soda, soda is the reason for 80% of overweight people in America. And just jump rope ten minutes a day. You’ll lose ten pounds in a month
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heck with it! same situation here buddy! im going to seventh and i need to lose 10 lbs too, so i am trying to eat more fruits instead of potatoe chips and stuff like that. i only eat junk food like 1 a week. i drink juice everyday. but on sundays and saturdays i drink coke or diet sodas. every day i ride my bike for 20 mins and do pull ups, push ups, and jumping jacks. i eat more veggies now. sooo yeaah. try it. so far it is working out for me.
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You’re just a kid – don’t worry! Just go out and get active, drink up on water and quit the junk food…
Exercises: riding a bike, running. Do push ups – they’re good for your arms and will tone up the rest of your body if you do them right. Boxing and martial arts are really good, too.
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well you can do a schedule that would help you during the weekdays.
monday: Cardio
Tuesday: Run at least a mile
Wednesday: weights
Thursday: Cardio
Friday: Run at least a mile
Weekend free time. This is what I do and I have lost so much weight because I do something different daily. you should try and I hope this helps.
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