Beginning Your Exercise Program
Maintaining Aerobic Fitness
If you can sustain 20 continuous minutes in your target heart
rate zone, begin to increase the length and intensity of your
workout:
Exercise four to six days a week or on alternate days.
Try to reach and maintain 70-85 percent of your maximum
heart rate with moderate to somewhat hard exercise.
Exercise for 20-30 minutes.
Managing Weight
Consistent aerobic exercise will help you change your body
composition by lowering your percentage of body fat. If
weight loss is a goal, combine an increase in the length of
your workouts with a moderate decrease in caloric intake.
For weight control, how long and how often you exercise is
more important than how hard you exercise.
Exercise four to five times a week.
Try to reach and maintain 60-75 percent of your maximum
heart rate with moderate exercise.
Exercise for 30-45 minutes at 60-65 percent of your target
heart rate.
Here are some tips to achieving your weight management
goal:
Consume most of your dietary calories at breakfast and
lunch, and eat a light dinner. Do not eat close to bedtime.
Exercise before meals. Moderate exercise will help suppress
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