I'm 30 years old and I haven't done any regular exercise for years. I'm thinking of starting doing some light exercise now with the goal of:
- feeling better (stronger, healthier)
- losing a little bit of weight and improve my appearance in general
- improving my sleeping pattern (make it more regular)
Do you think that 2 or 3 hours a week of exercise will make much of a difference in those respects? I'm thinking of doing some working out in the water and take some "bum, legs and tummy" classes.
I just want to feel a little bit better physically.
2006-09-03 05:27:15 · 13 answers · asked by iamalion 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
20 to 30 minutes a day is better than 2 to 3 hours a week. If you are going for the general health thing, then doing the exercises every day gives more of a continuous tone-up. Exercising every day, you will notice a real change in your stamina and physical shape within 6 weeks.
Doing the exercises once a week, means your body loses almost all benefits from the last session, by the time you do the next session, so you won't make as much progress, as quickly. Exercising once a week, you'll (maybe) see some sort of change in a year.
2006-09-03 05:35:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They say that you will notice a difference in seven weeks.
How about walking just to start you off?
I love aqua aerobics it's good fun and the people who go to the classes are a good laugh! You need to find a class that you will enjoy, how about checking out various gyms and see if they do a one day free induction to see if you like it there.
If your not feeling that brave why not try an exercise DVD - do it in your own home at your own pace. I hear that the Charlie Brooks and Davina ones are great.
As for the improving sleeping - exercise in the morning and not late at night.
Good for you for wanting to turn things around. I turn 30 in 3 weeks and they'll be some serious changes I need to make too!
2006-09-03 07:12:51 · answer #2 · answered by Amazing Magenta 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you haven't exercised for a while, start slowly, so as not to get frustrated and give up on it. Try doing 30 minutes, 3 times a week and work your way up from there. Water exercises that you mentioned are great, as well as walking.
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2006-09-03 08:30:16 · answer #3 · answered by LindaLou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you have a great plan. You don't have to exercise every day to reap the positive benefits. My goal this summer was jsut to be healthier. So I rotate running for about 30 min. every other day with about 40 minutes of crunches and that sort of thing on the inbetween days. Now, I don't get it in every day, but between that and eating more sensibly, I feel so much better and I have lost 12 pounds in about 10 weeks.
2006-09-03 05:34:35 · answer #4 · answered by baby_girl_1219 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any exercise is better than none! Don't try to do too much too soon or you'll either hurt yourself or sicken yourself of it and then you will feel a failure. I found that really brisk walking, two or three times a week was a great start. Then I joined a "Belly-dancing" class - it was great fun and I found muscles I didn't know I had! Also the aqua-aerobics is GREAT. Beware though, that you don't do too much too soon! The first time I could barely climb out of the water, and the next day I seized-up completely!!
Good Luck!
2006-09-03 05:51:24 · answer #5 · answered by Aries 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can join an athletic club as a non competing member you can then measure accurately what you are doing you can train on your own join a group do something like jog 200 mts walk back for recovery then repeat etc one of the things about fitness if you go somewhere you then feel the need to do something so your journey is not wasted for wee bit regular excercise you could become an official the limits are what you put on it so go for it
2006-09-03 05:39:29 · answer #6 · answered by retroman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have looked after patients who are bound by a chair and they do 10 mins to half an hour twice a day of just 'movement' and it offers great improvement of all usual benefits of exercise. So just any amount you can do will help. I guess just as long as you enjoy it it's all that counts.
2006-09-03 05:29:37 · answer #7 · answered by SausageBrain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That should be plenty (I swim my 20 lengths every other day. 20 lengths takes not even 20 minutes to do - and that is enough for me) if combined with "reasonable" food intake: it is just maths: if you "spend" 400 calories exercising and eat 800 calories worth of stuff, you're not helping yourself. So, eat right, (junk food intake to a minimum), diminish the "snacks" stuff like chips, and you're on you're way. Find a form of exercise which is pleasant for you and have fun.
2006-09-03 05:36:59 · answer #8 · answered by robert43041 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you try swimming, i did and it feels great, started with a couple of lenghts and now are doing 1 km 3 times a week,
2006-09-03 05:37:49 · answer #9 · answered by Cj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
walk it is the easiet excercise . The more you weigh the more benefical it will be. You will be able to walk longer quickly. No need to run just walk fast enough that you can still have a conversation you don't want the seniors passing you by that would be a blow to your ego
2006-09-03 05:32:37 · answer #10 · answered by chemicalCourtney 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋