Restricted Exercise Weight Loss?
12 Sep 2009
I have a chronic pain disorder and am restricted to "Low Impact" exercise only. I’ve gained quite a bit of weight during my illness. I’m getting married soon-ish (a year maybe two) and would really like to lose a lot of weight but I’m having a hard time figuring out which exercise types would be appropriate. I would like the input from anyone well versed in low impact types of exercise or something like that. All I know is no running, aerobics classes are out, no stair stepping stuff, or anything like that. But I’m having trouble figuring out how to burn calories if I’m not able to do anything aerobic. I already walk quite a bit but it hurts very badly and I don’t feel that it’s really helping much. Please positive advice only.
I am overweight as well and have been trying walking to no avail and eliminating several foods (Starbucks, no sugar in coffee,etc.) but not seeming to work. One of my doctors has suggested Yoga, which I am signing up for and another doctor told me to get 5lb weights and do repititions on arm exercises and also do some squats. He said that until I worked my core and built up my muscles I was not going to see anything significant. Hope this helps. Good Luck and Blessings on your Wedding!
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maybeth_az
2009 Sep 12 1I am overweight as well and have been trying walking to no avail and eliminating several foods (Starbucks, no sugar in coffee,etc.) but not seeming to work. One of my doctors has suggested Yoga, which I am signing up for and another doctor told me to get 5lb weights and do repititions on arm exercises and also do some squats. He said that until I worked my core and built up my muscles I was not going to see anything significant. Hope this helps. Good Luck and Blessings on your Wedding!
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ZShadow
2009 Sep 12 2Swimming. Its quite resistive and almost zero impact.
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Fat G
2009 Sep 12 3Top exercise for weight loss
There is no doubt that you can lose weight without exercise. But with exercising you can speed up the process of weight loss. Exercise mainly help you lose weight in the following ways:
* Burn more calories while exercising
* If you exercise for longer hours, you will be able to burn calories at an high rate for an extended period after you have completed your weight loss session.
* If the exercise places a high enough load on your muscles, they will increase in size, and burn more Calories even when your body is at rest.
This method is an important aspect of weight loss as it makes you to burn more calories at all tiles. Muscle tissue is more "metabolically active" than body fat. With more muscle and less fat, your metabolic rate is naturally higher.
Muscular variation occurs most readily when the load placed on a muscle exceeds about 60% of its maximum contractile strength. This makes weight training one of your best exercise choices, and the most direct path to a sleeker, shapelier body.
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