Other than running and jumproping, what are some good cardio exercises to lose weight?

Question

Thanks!

Answer 1

Hey,
Just a note before I start: crunches, push ups, situps, etc will not help you loose weight! THEY WILL MAKE YOU GAIN MUSCLE!!!!

What you really need to do if you want to loose
weight, is make sure you do these VERY important
things:

1. Have no more than 1,000 calories a day! Look on
every nutrition label of what you eat, and always buy
low calorie foods!

2. Exercise! But not for muscles! People get loosing
weight and gaining juscle confused. The gym is good
for tonning up muscles, but to loose weight, you
really have to run, jump, swim, and anything else that
really makes you sweat, sweat, sweat!!!! Exercise for
AT Least 1-3 hoursa a day!

3. EAT HEALTHY! Some people skip breakfast and lunch
and then have a huge dinner right before bed. That is
absolutely the worst thing you can do for your immune
system! You will gain weight and will NEVER be able to
loose it because your immune system will be screwd up!
Make sure you have a large breakfast with no (or
little) breads. Like one egg, 2 turkey sausages, and
one waffle. Cereal and milk is good, but with 1% milk
and no sugery cereal like lucky charms, fruit loops,
etc.
Have a medium sized lunch, no hamburgers, fries, or
soda. A salad or tofu, or chicken strips (not fried)
or anything else yummy and helathy you can think of.
But still watch the calories.
Always remember to have dinner BEFORE 6 PM! A light
soup with toast, or low calorie mac and cheese and a
salad is good. Maybe a veggie low calorie lasgna.
Also, dont EVER eat meat after 7 pm! Especially pork
and beef. Chicken is ok, but eat it no less that 3
hours before bed.
No snacking on chips, chocolate, or any calorie
filled, starurated fat drenched, snacks during the
day! If your craving for a snack, dried fruit or
regular fruit or special K bars are good. BUT NO
ENERGY BARS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TONS OF SUGAR!!!!

4. Go to bed early! Did you know that the more you
sleep, the more fat you burn? Thats why you are always
lighter in the morning, by a pound or so.

5. HAVE WILLPOWER!!!! You have to know when to tell
yourself to stop! Sometimes you need it to tell you to
go exercise, sometimes not to eat donuts and cake at a
birthday party.

There is a very fine but important difference between eating your normal daily value of food, and eating healthy. People are just genetically born with either a week or strong metabolism. Slim people need to eat all types of food to keep from not loosing to much weight and bing unhealthy, and people with weak metblosms need to eat less grain, meat, and excersise way more that other people with strong metablosms.

I really hope you reach your goal!!!!!

Good Luck!!!!!

Answer 2

I struggled for years on how to lose belly fat and shed the pounds. I tried many cardio exercises (including the bike, jumping rope, and several of the TV gimmicks) and actually increased my weight! Then I found out why the cardio programs weren't helping. The best way to lose body fat is resistance training. I even learned a few tricks that helped me put together a workout routine that actually triggered my body to lose the belly fat! The other critical factor is eating a nutritional diet that actually sheds the pounds and increases your energy levels. I learned which foods to eat and which to avoid (it's actually really surprising). It worked, I now wear a size 30 pants!

Answer 3

Anything that will keep your heart rate up, be it basketball and soccer, to walking. If you walk 30-45 minutes a day at a brisk pace, it will help. Try using an mp3 player with upbeat music to motivate you. Just remember that weight isn't going to fall off, it takes time, a good average is 1-2 pounds a week in the beginning and 1 lb a week after the first 6 weeks. Just remember to have fun (you'll keep with a program longer) try to find somebody to do it with you, and you'll do great. Good Luck!

Answer 4

The easiest way is to live a simple life. Once you start chopping wood, carrying water, howing fields of corn, etc., you will be in good shape.
Of course, there is skiing (water and/or snow), surfboarding, swimming, rowing (as a boat), tennis, volleyball, WALKING (the safest of all), climbing (stairs, hills, mountains), or anything that will get your breathing rate and heart rate up (including sex).

Answer 5

Line sprints which are commonly done in a gymnasium. They'll mess you up. Also, a rigorous game of handball, or raquetball will leave you in a sweaty heap on the floor.

Answer 6

Dancing, anything really, that keeps your heart rate up. Walking fast, jumping jacks, swimming, bike riding, just keep your heart rate up for at least 20 mins and you've got it!

Answer 7

Dancing and Martial Arts.

Answer 8

Swimming especially if there are sharks in the water.

Answer 9

spinning/cycling, bike riding, swimming, rowing, playing sports like basketball, tennis.

Answer 10

riding bikes, swimming, and lifting weights