Exercise & Weight Loss
Introduction

Exercise by itself very rarely causes much weight loss. But exercise of the right type can greatly speed up weight loss.

All exercise burns calories. But there are good exercises and bad exercises.

The good exercises burn mostly fat calories.

The bad exercises don’t.

That’s why you need to know something about exercise physiology. What works best. What doesn’t. Why. And how much.

This section explains.

Main Discussion:
Exercise Helps A Lot! -- Just Not in the Way You Think

Everyone knows exercise directly burns Calories. But that's only it's most obvious and least useful effect.

Exercise directly burns Calories, and if those Calories happen to come out of your excess fat stores, it's a good thing. But there's no guarantee that this will happen -- unless you know how to make it happen.

This is because although all exercise burns Calories, not all exercise burns fat Calories. For example, hard, fast, "power aerobics" type exercise is the kind of exercise that burns mostly glucose. (Glucose is a carbohydrate, not a fat.) Therefore, this kind of exercise doesn't help you lose much fat -- and it tends to make you hungry afterward.

These are just two of the exercise problems that defeat dieters who don't understand how exercise really works.

But don't give up on exercise. Because used properly, it's one of your most valuable tools for staying on a diet long enough to lose all the weight you want.

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