Answers to Question
Many of us have questions regarding our physical fitness programs. Answers to these questions can be hard to find, and sometimes it is a matter of knowing which problem to address. While it is impossible for the author to know which particular answers to your fitness questions that you are looking for, he will attempt to list the most common questions he can hear and hope that will be enough.
1. What Exercise Shall I do?
The answer to this fitness question depends on you, of course. What works for one person may not work for another and vice versa. Suggesting you do an exercise that you will not or can not do will not result in any benefit. The important thing for many people is to get out and move more, not to worry about what the activity to do.
2. What Shall I Eat?
Certain types of workouts will require a specialized diet, but in most cases the answer to this fitness question is not what you should eat, but instead how much. Cutting back on sweets and fatty junk foods is a good idea, and as long as you eat a well-balanced diet, what you put into your body is not as important as not putting in more than your body actually needs.
3. What is a good low-impact aerobic exercise?
Probably the best low-impact aerobic exercise that almost anyone can do is walking. It uses most of the muscles in the body and does not require jarring movements as do other activities. If you are comfortable with doing them and can find a place to workout regular, water workouts have been developed that are no impact. This either requires a warm climate or access to an indoor pool for most people to do year round.
4. Should I lift weights?
The answer to this physical fitness question depends on what your health goals are. Weightlifting improves metabolism and it burns more calories, but it does not improve heart function or lower cholesterol. Everyone should do a certain amount of weight bearing exercises to keep their strength up, but a body building workout is not necessary.
5. Can I exercise a single area to lose fat from it?
The answer to this fitness question is a resounding, no you cannot. If you take in more calories than you need the body stores the excess as fat until it is needed. When you start taking in fewer calories than you need the body will take the fat out from storage cells, but it decides where it will come from, nothing you can do will change it.
It is possible to ask many more fitness questions and this list may change overtime as it gets added to or our perceptions of health change, but these questions are a good starting point to figuring things out or asking further questions to help you figure things out.
