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          Doing a lot of cardio can help you lose weight, if done properly! When i say “Excessive” I’m talking about 1.5 to 2.5 hours 4 to 5o times a week. Also, it doesn’t have to be the same activity, you could combine 3 different cardio exercises over that time period.

Now let me break it down is to why this works.  About 10 minutes of cardio or 1 mile of running or walking, will burn approximately  100 calories. 3,500 calories equals approximately one pound of pure fat.  So I run about 4.5 miles 4 times a week, which means I burn about 1,800 calories just from running. Combined with other workouts and proper dieting, you can loose serious weight. However, depending on when you eat, you could be burning the food you just ate. So having a proper diet and exercising at the proper time will help you loose weight with excessive cardio.

swimming is the best workout if you do nothing else.

Always be sure to inhale and exhale properly when exercising. It’s extremely dangerous to hold your breath when exercising, don’t do it!

Something myself and many others struggle with is breathing while working out. We train our muscles by lifting weights, swimming, biking, running, and so on and on. However, we forget about the other important stuff like our lungs. We need to train our lungs so that we can work out better. I’ve heard of people say you need to strengthen your diaphragm. Some people say you should breath in from your nose and exhale out your mouth. Others say you should match your breathing with the steps you take. For example, breath in on steps left, and right, then exhale on steps left and right. The one thin for certain that i notice is that you should not be taking deep breaths while working out. If you do that, your lugs will want that every time. So, try to keep small breaths either in your mouth and out your nose, or in your nose out your mouth. If at any point you feel dizzy or having trouble breathing STOP immediately and get help.

         Push ups are one of the most convenient work outs around. Push ups help to build your chest, shoulders, arms, upper back, and possibly your abs. Now there are many different ways to do a push up. Which ever way you do it, you need to make sure to use proper form, i.e don’t rush it. Your hands need to be at shoulders length with fingers pointed forward and on your toes. Bring your chest approximately 1 to 2 inches off the ground and go all the way up and when you go all the way up you squeeze your pectoral muscles together. You can also try incline, decline, and hands close together as well.