Exercise
18. Combine cardio and weights
"You want to do combination of cardio and weights for a minimum of three days a week for 45 minutes to 1 hour each session," says Erin Galway, fitness manager and elite personal trainer at Goodlife Fitness in Toronto. For optimum weight loss, you need to do weights(which build lean muscles and raise your metabolism)as well as cardio(which burns calories and improves your heart and lung health).
19. Break it up
Sometimes you can't seem to find an hour to yourself. Try working out at home: use an exercise video, do resistance exercises with a Theraband and use food cans as weights, says Galway. Divide your workout into 10- or 20-minute chunks throughout the day and you'll start to see the results.
20. Challenge yourself
To overcome plateaus, keep challenging your body. "For toning, when it becomes too easy to do 12 reps then do 15," says Galway. A personal trainer can help, adds Kovensky, because she can change the exercises or increase the weights appropriately.
First published in Chatelaine.com's July 2007 issue.
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