It is important for people, new to exercising, is to start gently. Many of overweight people feel that because they have to lose a lot of weight, they feel they need to start at a frantic rate. This is totally the wrong approach and only leads to strain and pain. If you have not been exercising for some time, you should concentrate on building up a base level of fitness before starting on the more intensive exercise regimes.
This is basically a programme involving cardio exercise, upper/lower body exercises, further cardio exercise using the upper/lower body and further lower body exercises. You should aim to achieve a steady heart rate for the whole exercise period so that it is stimulating the fat burning. This has the extra benefit of toning as well as fat burning.
If you have not been exercising for some time, you should concentrate on building up a base level of fitness before starting on the more intensive exercise regimes.Fat Burning Programmes
This is basically a programme involving cardio exercise, upper/lower body exercises, further cardio exercise using the upper/lower body and further lower body exercises. You should aim to achieve a steady heart rate for the whole exercise period so that it is stimulating the fat burning.
This has the extra benefit of toning as well as fat burning.
A typical programme for a woman 45 – 55 years of age
with poor fitness would be:
