Share Workout guidelines!! 🙂😘

Weight loss is all about calories: You need to eat fewer of them than you burn via your job, chores, hobbies, exercise, and just generally by being alive and breathing. For nearly everyone, weight loss is more about how we eat than how we exercise.

But exercise is well worth doing for fitness, and for a few more calories of burn.

Timing exercise is all about what fits into your life best, and what you prefer. (I prefer to row in the morning, because it's cooler, usually less windy, and there's less power boat traffic . . . but not too early because ugh. . I prefer to lift in the afternoon or evening, and to bike outside of high car commuter hours.)

The best exercise to do is something active you enjoy so much that you'd do it even if it weren't good for you. Why? Because you'll actually do it. Even a theoretically less effective exercise you do regularly achieves more for you than a theoretically perfect exercise you procrastinate, delay and avoid.

Some people like gym stuff like cardio machines, weight training or group classes. Some people like outside stuff like walking, running, hiking, canoeing, rowing or biking. Others like sports, from softball to golf to tennis and beyond. Some like other active pursuits, like swimming or martial arts. There are hundreds of fun choices.

From a health standpoint, it's helpful if what you do has a positive influence on both strength and cardiovascular capability, but there are many ways to achieve that.

Try some stuff, see what you like. It's supposed to be fun!

If you're new to exercise, start with something less intense, less frequently, and gradually increase as you get stronger, fitter, and more conditioned. It's supposed to be energizing, not leave you fatigued and dragging through the rest of your day.

There's about it for guidelines, IMO!

Calories for weight management + exercise for fun and fitness + well-rounded, balanced macro/micronutrients for nutrition = best odds for long term good health.

Best wishes!