which is best for exercise cross trainer or upright bike?

Question

Aside from exercise routines, how can you benefit from a personal trainer?

Answer 1

Both: Both will cause your rate to increase which leads to good aerobic activity.

Answer 2

Depends on your goal: Make a list of what you enjoy doing for exercise and what your goals are. Goals would include fitness, healthier lifestyle, better sleep, improved mental alertness, weight loss, running a marathon or triatholon, etc. You also need to consider your current physical health. See your physician for a general physical. Do so with goals and ideas in hand to develop the first steps in your program.

Answer 3

Fun! FuN! FUN!: It all starts with you. [1] what would be fun? What can you imagine yourself doing? Could be anything from walking, tai chi, yoga to scavenger-hunting and dancing. [2] variety? Do you like to mix it up? Or is routine your best friend? [3] how active are you now? Start at your baseline and advance slowly. [4] pat yourself on the back. Congrats on making great changes.

Answer 4

Walking: If you are just beginning to exercise, start with regular walking, and gradually increase your speed and distance.

Answer 5

Daily activities: Make your daily activities more difficult - take the stairs, park further away, bike/ walk to work/ store, sit on a swiss ball/ at your desk and stand up every time you answer the phone, or lunge/ hop/ jump from place to place in your house. Things like these may seem small and silly, but the increased calorie burn can add up over time. Don't forget a healthy diet!

Answer 6

Varies for everybody: Motivations are very individualized. Some people do better if they have an exercise partner. Others do better with numerical goals, such as pounds lost, pounds bench-pressed, miles run per week, etc... Some people bargain with themselves, such as allowing themselves to see a movie or buy a new shirt, if they've exercised a certain number of days.

Answer 7

Self motivation?: Every one has his own way of motivation , if u r overweight try to establish a target that u want to achieve in weight loss and how u will accomplish that.

Answer 8

Any: You are in this for the long haul so choose any machine that you think you can use for the rest of your life, that is, anything that you can tolerate. In general, machine that keeps pressure off your joints are better tolerated: elliptical, water treadmill...

Answer 9

Anything!: It is important for diabetic patients to exercise. Any exercise! pick something you enjoy doing and exercise frequently. Cardio exercise (walk, run, bike, etc) tends to help more with weight loss more than weight bearing exercises.

Answer 10

The ones you like: The best exercise you can do is the one you enjoy and will keep doing. A lot of people start exercise programs but drop off. If you like what you're doing and feel good while you're doing it and afterward, you're more likely to stick with it. National guidelines recommend 150 min/wk of moderate or 75 min/wk of vigorous activity and resistance training twice a week.

Answer 11

The one you enjoy: If not presently active, starting with walking is a good approach. If involved in activities in the past, getting back into those that had best all-around benefits would be an option if physician agrees. Just working around the house or yard counts as an activity, burning calories and adding muscle tone or strength and joint flexibility. The point is to take a break from usual lifestyle and go/do.

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