What if I am above the normal weight range, and it isnt because I have a big buildhow much and what sorts of activity/exercise do I need to help me lose weight?
For people who need to lose some body fat, there is evidence that the intensity of activity needs to be greater than for simply maintaining weight. To assist with weight loss, a level of activity may be needed that increases your rate of breathing so that even talking is difficult. Of course, if you are well above your best fighting weight it will be difficult and perhaps damaging to exercise vigorously at first. The exercise program you develop (preferably with a qualified person such as an exercise physiologist or fitness trainer) should allow you to start gradually, and slowly build up both the duration and intensity of exercise. To begin it might be best to do a few minutes each day of activities that test you, but you can cope with, e.g., brisk walking for five minutes twice per day, combined with five minutes of low-level weight training. Low-level weight training involves repeatedly lifting weights that are light enough so that you can lift them comfortably 8-12 times (or, for p
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