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Why don't I lose weight if I exercise
- Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 04:58
Weight loss requires a systematic organized plan, we know we should do cardio 4 or 5 days a week for 40 / 45 minutes at a rate of between 60 and 70% Maximum Heart R ate. I often get the question: “Why does someone doesn’t loose weight if he/she exercises?” To respond this question we have to answer other questions. How many times a week do you exercise? How long do you run, swim or pedal? How many miles? How fast? What maximum heart rate do you have when you finish exercising? And the answers I always get are always similar: well and more or less. For example: -“I go jogging, I don’t know how many days, let’s say around four days…” -“And I run more or less 30 minutes, I don’t know exactly…” -“Speed? What do I know? How is it calculated?” -“Miles? I don’t know, I go to the park and then I come back home, 6 miles an hour, may be.” -“Beats? M… more or less, 120”
I have concluded that "more or less" is generally less than more and I dare say that in most cases is far less than more.
Well, "more or less" is not that bad, it will certainly help us to keep our weight and avoid gaining pounds, which is not a bad start.But if we lose weight we should keep better track of our training. I will not talk about micro cycles or training plans but to try to solve this more or less in a very simple and practical way:
Keeping a calendar Every time I come back from exercising I should write down on a calendar: The days that I have worked out, how long, speed, the distance, the beats. Many of you may think this is a very old method, nowadays we have several devices, software programmes, watches, etc, that can be used instead of a simple calendar on the fridge. But the truth is that many people who are not professionals, do not usually use these devices, and will find it much simpler to write down on a calendar. And every time they go to fetch water or food they will see how much exercise they are doing.
