Danielle
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Tone is related to the amount of body fat that you have. In general building lean muscle mass through exercise is the best way to reduce body fat because lean muscle tissue raises your metabolism.Scientifically speaking you cannot "spot reduce". No product, or exercise has ever been clinically pr oven to reduce fat in just one area. For example if you do chest exercises your chest will get bigger. The abdominal muscles are underneath a natural layer of fat, so if you only work the abdominal you will get stronger, but only when you reduce the fat will you expose the abs that you have been strengthening. You have to lower your total body-fat % through continued focus on a healthy diet and weight resistance exercise for all major muscle groups. Remember to eat 4 to 5 small healthy meals daily instead of skipping meals (starvation actually slows your metabolism).
Tone is related to the amount of body fat that you have. In general building lean muscle mass through exercise is the best way to reduce body fat because lean muscle tissue raises your metabolism.Scientifically speaking you cannot "spot reduce". No product, or exercise has ever been clinically pr oven to reduce fat in just one area. For example if you do chest exercises your chest will get bigger. The abdominal muscles are underneath a natural layer of fat, so if you only work the abdominal you will get stronger, but only when you reduce the fat will you expose the abs that you have been strengthening. You have to lower your total body-fat % through continued focus on a healthy diet and weight resistance exercise for all major muscle groups. Remember to eat 4 to 5 small healthy meals daily instead of skipping meals (starvation actually slows your metabolism).
Is working out on a exercise bike for 40 mins, burning 200 calories good?
Christian
I weigh around 180 but more like 190 and I had been wanting to get back in shape so if I eat 3 meals a day, regular portion and burn about 200 calories would that be enough to lose weight. I'm also cutting out all soda and chips + junk food. Note that every month I lose weight I'll be pushing myself more. Like move up to an hour in a month or so. I'm drinking a lot of water and going to be walking my dog every night about a mile.
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Yes, but If you are doing 40 min's you should be burning way more than 200 calories. I have a recumbent bike and I can get to 200 calories in 20 min's with very light resistance. At the moment I'm doing 30 min's a nite and burning about 450 calories with a program with varied heavy to medium resistance. If you rode every night and burned 200 calories that would put you at 1400 calories a week. It takes 3500 calories to burn 1 pound of fat. So that is about 1.7lbs of fat burn a month with no extra calorie intake. But I think you would be burning way more than that in 40 min's if you are pushing those pedals at all.
The main thing is if you are just starting out is to not over do it at first. If you are out of shape like I was you are not gonna make 40 min's if you are really pushing yourself. Start out with 10 to 15 min's for the first week to get used to it and add about 5 min's per week or whatever you can handle and build up to 40 min's. If your bike has different resistance levels increase those a little at a time and you will see big improvements quickly. Not so much fat loss at first but in your breathing and just the way you feel. The fat loss will come if you stick with it. And remember to push yourself for those 10 to 15 min's instead of just going through the motions. The harder you are working the more you will get out of it. Just work your way up to 40 min's instead of jumping right into 40 min sessions so you won't hate it and quit. That last sentence is more important than anything else I've wrote.
Also write down how long you rode for and how many calories you burned per session. That will help keep you motivated and see the progress you are making. And remember burning 3500 calories = 1lb of fat. So for example if you was able to work your way upto 500 calories burned a day after a while, that would = 3500 calories per week. 1lb of fat burned per week at that point.
Yes, but If you are doing 40 min's you should be burning way more than 200 calories. I have a recumbent bike and I can get to 200 calories in 20 min's with very light resistance. At the moment I'm doing 30 min's a nite and burning about 450 calories with a program with varied heavy to medium resistance. If you rode every night and burned 200 calories that would put you at 1400 calories a week. It takes 3500 calories to burn 1 pound of fat. So that is about 1.7lbs of fat burn a month with no extra calorie intake. But I think you would be burning way more than that in 40 min's if you are pushing those pedals at all.
The main thing is if you are just starting out is to not over do it at first. If you are out of shape like I was you are not gonna make 40 min's if you are really pushing yourself. Start out with 10 to 15 min's for the first week to get used to it and add about 5 min's per week or whatever you can handle and build up to 40 min's. If your bike has different resistance levels increase those a little at a time and you will see big improvements quickly. Not so much fat loss at first but in your breathing and just the way you feel. The fat loss will come if you stick with it. And remember to push yourself for those 10 to 15 min's instead of just going through the motions. The harder you are working the more you will get out of it. Just work your way up to 40 min's instead of jumping right into 40 min sessions so you won't hate it and quit. That last sentence is more important than anything else I've wrote.
Also write down how long you rode for and how many calories you burned per session. That will help keep you motivated and see the progress you are making. And remember burning 3500 calories = 1lb of fat. So for example if you was able to work your way upto 500 calories burned a day after a while, that would = 3500 calories per week. 1lb of fat burned per week at that point.
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