6 Best Ways To Exercise

How to exercise in such a way that you're in it for a long, long time, even for a life time?

It is a general believe that Exercises help in lossing weight and toning the body. Not so many people know the right exercise to choose or how to go about it without affecting their jobs and without getting worked up. Listed are 6 exercise methods you can embark upon for your weight loss and body toning.


1. Know When It is Best For You Cultivate A Time Habit

The biggest problem we all have when it comes to exercises is TIME. And time scheduling at that. This is because exercise isn't a one-off thing; it's one that you need to do regularly for say, minimum 3 times per week for at least 30 minutes per session.

I know you've many other things ranked more important than exercise. Exercise? To you, it's only an activity you do when you're free. That's where your problem starts.

Hey! You got to change your view about exercise - you should treat it as your top priority activity by consistently putting aside at least 30 minutes, 3 times a week to do it.

Practice setting aside this kind of time schedule. And don't use this scheduled time for anything else.

2. Pick And Choose One Exercise You Like To Do

Like running?

Fancy walking?

Hot on swimming?

Favor biking?

Love dancing?

Interested in jogging?

Have a "crush" on step aerobics?

Enjoy Pilates? Yoga?

Feel good about going to gym to exercise?

Feel excited attending classes?

Happy to exercise at home?

The point is, there are so many exercises out there and many ways of doing them. Cherry-pick one or two that you love and feel right and get going.

3. Commit To The Minimum

Now that You have solved the problem of time schedule and types of exercise best for you. Now you must also set a target of a minium of time you must exercise in a week and you must not go below this standard.

If you're very busy or traveling, you still can fulfil your set minimum, either by brief walks or light stretching punctuated throughout the week.

Sticking to your minimum should be the most important thing for you. Sometimes you may exceed the minimum, sometimes you may have bad days and manage only light exercise. It's OK. Just don't drop below the minimum.

If you do this every week for the rest of your life, you will have more health and energy.

4. Change Your Goal

If you have been pinning for "perfect" bodies flashed in the magazines and on TVs, brace the fact that they're hard (sometimes unrealistic) to achieve and even harder to maintain. They could take years to develop and may not depict the healthy weight you should achieve.

Change your goal - exercise for health, vitality and energy. You get these benefits immediately.

Make feeling good your goal, not weight loss, not gaining muscle tone. These benefits will come but treat them as bonuses to the increased health, energy and vitality you get.

Each time you exercise, remind yourself that you're targeting for health, energy and vitality. You'll achieve this goal, even doing light exercises. Because the nature of exercise is as such that you benefit from these 3 things.

Take note of these immediate mental benefits too:


Increased creativity

Decreased stress and tension

Increased problem-solving skills

Increased brain alertness


The more you experience the immediate benefits, the more you'll want to exercise.

5. Enjoy Changes In Your Body

When you regularly exercise, you'll enjoy changes in your body such as weight loss, muscle gain, increased flexibility and improved endurance.

Enjoy these positive changes as they come along.

6. Enjoy Exercise

Enjoy how your body feels and appreciate what happens to your body during exercise.


Feel the way your muscles and limbs move and respond to exercise

Feel the way your pulse increases and your blood flow quickens

Feel how your skin glows and tightens

Feel how your body sweats to get rid of waste and toxins


How to exercise consistently, even for a life time, isn't hard. Just maintain your minimum schedule. The rest like how fast or how much you exercise doesn't amount to much if you don't exercise the minimum number of times per week.