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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
When You Need Low Impact Exercise
Low impact exercise is often used in conjunction with the words gentle, easy or light and is often recommended for people who don't want a high intensity workout. But what if you want to work hard, but don't want all the jumping around? Can low impact exercise help you burn calories and lose weight as well as high impact moves?
Absolutely. High Impact Exercise Isn't for Everyone
If you're trying to lose weight, you know that getting into the middle-high range of your target heart rate zone (about 65% to 85% of max heart rate) is important for burning calories. You also probably know that it's easier to get your heart rate up when you're jumping around. But, for some people, high impact exercise just isn't an option. Some reasons you may have to avoid high impact are:
Pregnancy Injuries in the joints, bones or connective tissue Chronic problems like arthritis, osteoporosis or stress fractures Being a beginning exerciser Being very overweight An aversion to high impact exercise
While it's important to have some type of impact in your workouts for healthy bones, you don't necessarily have to jump around to get an intense workout. Many low impact exercises (which is when one foot is always in contact with the ground) can get your heart rate into your target heart rate zone...the catch is, you may have to work a little harder.
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