You can do it everyday! Get enough exercise by walking

◆The reason why you are doomed to fail in losing weight at the fitness center

A member of the weight loss forum named "Lazy Ghost" joined the fitness center with great enthusiasm. Following the instructions in the weight loss book, he publicly announced to everyone, "I am going to start losing weight!" At the same time, he is also looking for partners who want to lose weight together.

After working out a weight loss plan with his trainer at the fitness center and making up his mind to "start over!", he stepped onto the treadmill, imagining himself becoming thinner in the future, and felt very happy. When he was breathing oxygen and started to do power walking, there was a coach beside him to help him correct his posture. Then, he enthusiastically completed the muscle endurance exercises and then did some stretching exercises.

After the exercise, the lazy guy felt refreshed both physically and mentally, but his stomach was not at peace because he felt an empty stomach, which was comparable to the amount of exercise he had just done. Although he tried to drink some water, the hunger in his stomach was still playing tricks on him.

Regardless, I managed to get through the first day of my diet, but after a few days, the enthusiasm I had when I announced I was going to lose weight disappeared without a trace. In the end, no matter how hard I tried to endure it, I couldn’t stand the feeling of hunger anymore, and I finally succumbed to the desire to “just eat once today!” Then the next day after finishing his workout, he wanted to eat a lettuce salad to satisfy his appetite, but the feeling of hunger that came after the workout made him feel that eating just that was not enough. So, the lazy guy's original ambition to lose weight was once again abandoned.

In fact, it is impossible to control "appetite", one of the three major desires of human beings. Occasionally, some people can use strong willpower to overcome their instincts. As long as you enter the weight loss forum, you can find stories of those people who have overcome their appetite. But for ordinary people like us, the more we suppress our appetite, the more likely we are to overeat.

For people who are trying to lose weight, weight loss videos of famous artists, yoga or strange sports equipment always attract their attention. But among so many weight loss methods, only a very small number of people can successfully lose weight.

Exercise consumes energy. Once the energy is consumed, the body will automatically feel a sense of crisis and want to store the energy. During this process, the signal sent by the body is hunger. Even simple exercise will use up your body's energy, which will then send out hunger signals. Based on this principle, a weight-loss drug has been developed on the market. This drug can prevent the body from sending hunger signals after exercise, and is therefore very popular. However, once you stop taking the medication, you will have to endure other side effects, which may cause people to develop a yo-yo phenomenon and become prone to overeating.

The same is true for dieting. When the body senses the reduced food intake and the crisis of nutritional deficiency, it will again send out hunger signals, and will always fail in the end. Therefore, whenever weight loss is mentioned, people will think of endurance and willpower. However, if you want to lose weight, is this really the only hard method that requires perseverance and determination?

■ You can lose weight just by walking

"There are more thin people who exercise!" Just observe the people around you and you will find that some people who don't need to deliberately lose weight are more obsessed with their figure. You can also see when you go to the gym that the slimmer the person, the harder they work out. Although overweight people definitely need to exercise, it is not an easy thing to do. Why is it so? That's because of being overweight. As long as your weight increases by 1 kg, the pressure on the knee joints will increase by at least 3 to 5 times. A slim person can easily run on a treadmill for 1 hour, but an obese person will be out of breath and have knee pain even after running for just a few minutes.

When people with normal weight exercise, their blood pressure and blood sugar will lower, and even stress will disappear. However, when people who are overweight exercise, the pressure on the knee joints will increase, and the resulting body resistance will also cause fatigue to accumulate. In other words, people who are much heavier than normal weight need more willpower and endurance when exercising than those with slim figures.

From this point of view, the swimming weight loss method that does not cause excessive burden on the body is also very popular. However, swimming will make the body consume a lot of calories in a very short period of time, so the disadvantage is that it is easy to make people feel hungry.

After considering the above points, you will find that the best exercise for weight loss is walking, especially in terms of burning body fat, walking is an ideal exercise. Recent research results have shown that walking at a certain speed can not only enhance physical strength, but also fundamentally prevent the yo-yo phenomenon.

Among the latest information we have absorbed recently, those related to walking exercises include Masai walking and power walking. At the same time, methods for guiding walking have also emerged, covering everything from walking posture to walking speed. But in fact, the most important thing is to walk at a pace that suits you, with the principle of walking for 30 minutes three times a week.

■Everyone, come and try this way of walking!

Masai walking

This is a way of walking developed based on the barefoot walking of the Maasai people in Africa. When walking, move the center of gravity of your body in the order from heel → center of the sole → toes. The Marseille walking method can strengthen the waist and ankle muscles while also reducing fat in the abdomen, buttocks and thighs, thus helping us shape a well-proportioned body.

Modern people walk on hard asphalt roads wearing shoes, which causes only the muscles in the front half of the feet and certain joints to be subjected to pressure, thus causing excessive body load. However, because the Marseille walking method is very similar to the posture of walking barefoot, it can evenly use the muscles of all parts of the body, allowing us to have a more symmetrical body.

Power walking

It is faster and more powerful than normal walking. Just move your feet as quickly as you would before running. Keep your heels in an L or V shape and swing them vigorously. When the body does strenuous exercise, it burns carbohydrates, and when it does easy exercise, it burns fat. Therefore, if you want to lose weight, brisk walking will be more effective than running.

The ideal state of walking is to combine the Marseille walking method and the fitness walking method. However, it is not easy to walk fast in a crowded place, so when racing in the square, just use the Marseille walking method.

This article is from Shimao Publishing's "Eating black beans the right way will definitely make you lose weight! Effective, cheap, easy, and no exercise required - the most powerful weight loss method in history, making it difficult for you not to lose weight.