Great Physical Exercises For Weight Loss

If you'd like to lose a few pounds, then you are in good company. Most people today are overweight and would like to fix that. There are plenty of ways, from special diets to surgery, that people turn to help them drop those excess pounds. In this article, I'll be talking about exercises that have helped many to increase their metabolism, and lose weight.
One common misconception about exercising for weight loss is that you need to become some kind of long distance runner to lose weight. The truth is that you can lose weight by doing strength training just as easily. Increased muscle mass will dramatically increase your metabolism, and your bodies capacity to burn fat for energy.
A great exercise is called the Hindu squat. This is basically a squat using your body weight as resistance. When you start off, you will likely be able do only about ten or twenty. But with consistent practice, you can get up to a couple hundred at once. When you get to this level, you'll be amazed how much fat is melting off. Basically stand with your feet at shoulder width, and squat down. As you do so, put the weight on the balls of your feet, and lean forward a little bit. Start with our arms slightly behind you, and swing them forward. Your fingertips should barely touch the floor. Squat down just long enough to brush the floor, and stand up again. Do as many as you can.
The Hindu push up is another great exercise that works pretty much every muscle above the waist. Start in the regular push up position. Raise your back side as high as you can. You should look like an upside down V. Push backward as far as you can, and lower your face just above the floor. Sweep your face and chest forward, and then raise your head up, so it's at the highest point. Then move back into the upside down V and repeat. If you haven't done push ups in a while, don't expect to do more than a couple. But after a few weeks you'll notice some dramatic changes to your upper body.
The last one is any kind of sit up. There are countless variations, so just choose on that you are familiar with. A common one, which works plenty of muscles, is called the mummy sit up. Lay down on your back, like you are getting ready to go to sleep. Then sit up without bending your legs, or lifting them off the floor. When you can do twenty five of these, consider yourself to have stronger stomach muscles that pretty much anybody you meet.                                                                                                                                               Doing these exercises on a daily basis will be tremendously beneficial to your health and well being. Even if you can't do more than a couple of each, in a few weeks you'll be amazed at your progress. Just keep at it, and don't give up.

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