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Best Exercise For Weight Loss

Best Exercise For Weight Loss

This is something you may be thinking of. “You say to yourself I know how to lose weight. Simply burn more calories than I take in. I got that. I know I can do this by eating about 500 calories less than my maintenance level. But, instead of eating way below my maintenance level, couldn’t I just exercise more and therefore burn more calories?” The answer is yes. If your caloric maintenance level is 3000 calories a day, and you are eating all 3000 calories a day, you could lose weight by working out and burning those 500 calories each day. You’d still end up in the same calorie deficit this way just as you would by eating less.

Working Out To Lose Weight

Weight loss is all about being in that calorie deficit. While you can technically accomplish this either way (through diet or workout), for best results and for best all around health, the trick is to do it using a combination of both. A proper diet plan combined with a proper workout is the ideal weight loss scenario.

Calories Burned During Exercise

Activity (1 hour)
Aerobics, general
Automobile repair
Backpacking, general
Basketball, shooting baskets
Bicycling, <10mph, leisure
Bicycling, stationary, general
Calisthenics, home, light/moderate
Cleaning, house, general
Dancing, general
Fishing, general
Health club exercise, general
Jogging, general
Running, general
130lbs
354
177
413
266
236
295
266
207
266
236
325
413
472
155lbs
422
211
493
317
281
352
317
246
317
281
387
493
573
190lbs
518
259
604
388
345
431
388
302
388
345
474
604
690

For a complete list go to – http://www.nutristrategy.com/activitylist4.htm