Before starting on any weight loss plan, it’s important to make sure you’re doing so safely and for the right reasons.
Walking
Gentle on your joints, equipment-free, and extremely convenient – for beginners especially, walking is the best exercise to lose weight.
Running
Running is an excellent weight loss exercise. While these words are often used interchangeably, a jogging pace is between 6.4-9.7 km/h, and a running pace is faster than 9.7 km/h
Cycling
There are many different types of cycling – traditional outdoors cycling, spin classes on stationary gym bikes, and even indoor cycling workouts that incorporate light weights.
Weight Training
weight training is an essential part of any weight loss regime. It also builds muscle and strength, which is important for fat loss.
Circuit Training
Circuit training involves a combination of endurance training, resistance training, and high-intensity exercises performed in a circuit. Typically, six or more exercises are performed for either a set number of repetitions
Interval Training
Interval training burns fat and improves fitness more quickly than constant but moderately-intensive physical activity, research by the University Of Guelph found.
Boxing
As weight loss exercise options go, boxing-inspired workouts are among the most effective, since they build muscle and burn fat at the same time.
Suspension Training
Suspension training is a relatively new type of weight training workout that uses the weight of your body and gravity as resistance, using a system of ropes and straps.
Yoga
Yoga might not be your first thought when you think ‘weight loss exercise’, but it’s a great way to build muscle and burn calories.
Rowing
Unlike cycling or running, rowing hits both your upper and lower body, recruiting almost 85 per cent of your muscles when performed with proper form.