Exercising to Help Lose Weight

I'm often asked what is the best exercise for losing weight. I believe a simple answer to this is, that any exercise is better than no exercise at all.

However, there will be some exercise that would be better for certain people depending on their specific health/fitness levels, as well as their specific situation. For example, it's no good explaining to someone that walking or jogging is a good weight loss exercise, if that person has problems with his/her knee joints.

So it's important to look at each person and assess what might best suit their needs. I think another good point is not to get an unfit person to do intense exercise too soon in any regime. We all need time to build fitness up, and pushing someone who doesn't really like exercise is only going to test their motivation level to the limits.

It might be a better idea to list a few good exercises and let each person choose what they feels is the one they would like to perform, so it wont affect the motivation to exercise too much. So, here is a small list of different exercises that could be good for burning off calories.

Some good exercises & activities for losing weight:
(listed in no particular order).

Walking
Fast Walking
Jogging
Swimming
Rowing
Cycling
Boxing
Circuit Training
Cleaning
Gardening

I think the best thing for anyone is simply to get up or go out and become active. As an idea, even shopping can become good if it involves walking around for long periods!
The idea is to just get moving on a regular basis, and just do something that we enjoy!

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