Early Morning Exercise Routine

[mikmik]

Can you please help me put up an early morning excercise... what routines will i do... we have a gym but don't know where to start... help!!

BTW, i got only a hour to spare and the gym that I would be using seems to have all the equipment necessary... =)

[Ira]

It's pretty hard to advice you on exercises which you can do without knowing what your primary goal in exercising is. To build cardiovascular endurance? To strengthen your back? etc.

[mikmik]

well, for one thing is to loose weight... yun bang matangal ang mga bilbil at taba sa katawan na dapat naman eh wala... and of course to build cardiovascular thing... =)

[Ira]

If your primary problem is fat and you also want to build up cardiovascular endurance, then weight machines and weight training won't do much for you. Weight training will help strengthen muscles, but between those muscles and the skin still lies the same amount of fat. To reduce it, you have to use up more calories than you consume, and engaging in activities that burn a lot of calories helps.

My suggestion is that maybe you should start with very brisk walking for initially 30 minutes every other day, then gradually increase this to maybe an hour over time. You may also want to try running, but running may cause low back pains and knee pains in the future, so if you decide to run, be sure to invest in good shoes and thick athletic socks so that your spine won't bear the brunt of jogging. You can do these exercises on a treadmill or around your place. Other exercises which burn calories would include biking, aerobics, swimming (my favorite), and skating. Just be sure to warm up and do stretching exercises for 15 minutes prior to your main exercise routine to avoid injuries, bring water so you won't get dehydrated, and set aside a certain fixed hour in your schedule to exercise, that way you'll be more committed to exercising, rather than trying to fit in your exercise routine whenever you can.

[pepperish]

Doc Ira!!!!! ;) I'm back from my deep slumber... just got my phone line kze dito sa new place ko :)

how about me? i wanna tone my arms... recently i got a pair of dumbls weighing 3lbs each. will they help? and what are the proper steps to follow? ayoko naman maging maskulada na mukha nang kargador;) i just want to have a well-toned, lean arms that i can show off whenever i wear sleeve-less tops (w/c i love wearing, btw)

[Ira]

Welcome back, pepperish.

The dumbbells will help. You can try doing the exercise in this (http://thriveonline.oxygen.com/fitness/toning/arms/arms.index.html) link to tone your arms. Just click the links on the right for different types of dumbbell exercises.

[pepperish]

Thanks a bunch again, Doc Ira! :sunnysmile: You're the best!

[CaliMaki]

That's what my ex-boyfriend called me before: dumbbell. That's why he's my ex now. :angry:

Dr. Ira, I read a new study somewhere that muscle-building exercises can also promote weight loss. From what I understood of the study, in-between your exercise days while your muscles are resting, the muscles (or was it the heart) continues to burn calories while building up muscle tissues(?). Very much like in a cardiovascular work-out. What do you think? :angel:

I enjoy reading your posts in this forum, Dr. Ira, because you answer the questions here so concisely and with precision, like a topnotch surgeon with a scalpel. Are you a surgeon? Do you like Weird Al Yankovich's "Like a Surgeon" song? Isn't he funny? :D

[Ira]

Originally posted by CaliMaki
Dr. Ira, I read a new study somewhere that muscle-building exercises can also promote weight loss. From what I understood of the study, in-between your exercise days while your muscles are resting, the muscles (or was it the heart) continues to burn calories while building up muscle tissues(?). Very much like in a cardiovascular work-out. What do you think? :angel:

It's not a new study, it's not the heart, and it doesn't promote weight loss, rather, muscle bulk.

I enjoy reading your posts in this forum, Dr. Ira, because you answer the questions here so concisely and with precision, like a topnotch surgeon with a scalpel. Are you a surgeon? Do you like Weird Al Yankovich's "Like a Surgeon" song? Isn't he funny? :D

Thank you for your kind words. As for Weird Al Yankovich, uhm, different strokes for different folks I guess.

[chuen10]

i think start doing tae- bo or kick boxing would be fine =)
it burns lots of calorie n fat!