How To Lose Weight

How To Lose Weight

Summer Workouts:

For most of the people, summer means holidays and holidays mean putting exercising on the back seat obviously.

Below are some interesting ways that you can stay fit this summer:

Water Sports:  Water is a perfect place in order to exercise in the heat and humidity of summer.  It is obviously a good place for exercise beginners because of minimum amount of stress it offers to the joints.

Swimming:  Swimming is another great way to work the cardiovascular system, but the thing is the exercise has to be a consistent 30 minutes.  You can also try recreational activities which are as follows:

• Warm up by walking the length of the pool and then jogging it.  Do 90 seconds each of walking squats, lunges, and leg lifts to the front side and back and holding onto the edge in the shallow end.  Finish working the lower body with flutter kicks holding the edge or using a kickboard.  Then submerge to the neck and do reverse flies, bicep curls, chest presses, and arm circles to work the upper body.
• Try floating prone and supine and keeping the body straight using only the arms and abs.
• Go to the deep end and tread water as long as you can for the finale for muscle endurance.  Tread just with the arms and then just with the legs and then with both.

Canoeing:  If you are unsure of your ability or if it has been a while since you have been in a canoe, take lessons and just learning to canoe, will be a workout in itself.  It is great for the shoulders, back and leg muscles.

Working Out in the Mountains:  The Mountains are the best summer workout locations.  You can power walk for a specific period of time, then rest and repeat the same.  Walk up with strong, bold steps and then walk down slow for recovery and repeat this 10 times and you have got yourself a nice workout.

If you have got a mountain bike, get on it and explore a track.  Even a little amount of trail cycling is a great whole-body workout that does not feel like exercise.

Beachside exercise:  Walking in the soft sand of the beach alone is another workout.  Sand gives you the extra resistance that you would not have on a treadmill or on asphalt.  Do it barefooted and you will feel a great workout in your feet, shins, and calves.