To Lose Weight with Exercise, Aim for 300 Minutes a Week
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Re: To Lose Weight with Exercise, Aim for 300 Minutes a Week
#2That's 50 minutes per day with a day off per week. Two pomodoros. E.g. cardio in the morning and resistance in the afternoon. That sounds like a lot to fit into a busy life, but a low price if it's all it takes to emulate the health of the hunter gatherers we evolved from.
Re: To Lose Weight with Exercise, Aim for 300 Minutes a Week
#3That's 50 minutes per day with a day off per week. Two pomodoros. E.g. cardio in the morning and resistance in the afternoon. That sounds like a lot to fit into a busy life, but a low price if it's all it takes to emulate the health of the hunter gatherers we evolved from.
Walk to work instead of driving?
Re: To Lose Weight with Exercise, Aim for 300 Minutes a Week
#4You can't outrun a bad diet
Re: To Lose Weight with Exercise, Aim for 300 Minutes a Week
#5That's 50 minutes per day with a day off per week. Two pomodoros. E.g. cardio in the morning and resistance in the afternoon. That sounds like a lot to fit into a busy life, but a low price if it's all it takes to emulate the health of the hunter gatherers we evolved from.
Consider it an investment to add minutes to the end of your life.
Re: To Lose Weight with Exercise, Aim for 300 Minutes a Week
#6Note that the article describes "walking moderately for 30 or 60 minutes". I'd be curious to see how high-impact exercise like running would make a difference.
Re: To Lose Weight with Exercise, Aim for 300 Minutes a Week
#7That's 50 minutes per day with a day off per week. Two pomodoros. E.g. cardio in the morning and resistance in the afternoon. That sounds like a lot to fit into a busy life, but a low price if it's all it takes to emulate the health of the hunter gatherers we evolved from.
I agree, it's a lot. Most people would benefit if they curb their calorie intake, instead of trying to lose weight primarily from exercise.
Re: To Lose Weight with Exercise, Aim for 300 Minutes a Week
#8That's 50 minutes per day with a day off per week. Two pomodoros. E.g. cardio in the morning and resistance in the afternoon. That sounds like a lot to fit into a busy life, but a low price if it's all it takes to emulate the health of the hunter gatherers we evolved from.
I suspect eating less is far more palatable than 50 minutes of exercise per day.
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#9A few years ago I decided I was sick of being overweight and decided to make a change. My approach was two-pronged: 1) eat better, 2) exercise.
For eating, I cut out as much sugar as I reasonably could. For exercise, I made sure I "moved vigorously" for 30 minutes per day, every day.
I was never a runner. And in my early shape, that 30 minutes was just me walking. Eventually, though, I stopped sweating and being out of breath, so I started walking more briskly. Then eventually I moved to a treadmill and started jogging for bits of it.
And then I could jog the whole time. And then I could run while taking jog breaks. About 7 months in, I was able to run 5 miles in about 35 minutes. I did it every day.
The point was that I went every day. It wasn't about how much I did, but that I was sweating and moving for 30 minutes. Lost 75 pounds in about 9 months.
I took the winter off last year and fell into sugar again, so I restarted this past summer. A 5k every day, as many days as I can. I have to run outside instead of at the gym, so weather controls a lot.
All of this is to say I agree, mostly. 30 minutes per day every day can fix a lot of problems. It did for me. :)
Re: To Lose Weight with Exercise, Aim for 300 Minutes a Week
#10You can't outrun a bad diet
This. Exercise is a hilariously inefficient way to lose weight (but it's really good for you, otherwise). The metabolic boost that vigorous, regular exercise will give you will also make you hungrier, so you're still in the woods if you can't moderate what/how much you eat anyway.
Less Cal in than out is the way to go.