Apparently there is a lot of misinformation about exercise floating in the minds of people all around. No pain, no gain is the main mentality that people have when it comes to fitness and health for their bodies. In fact, I have the idea that if I want to burn fat from my body, I have to go thru the painful process of exercising at least twice a week, huffing and puffing away.
Then, I started reading some websites regarding exercise, like here, here, and here, and found that many of us, thinking the “no pain, no gain” slogan will help us lose weight. In reality, it should be a “no pain, no pain” situation that will help burn fat.
It seems like aerobic activity occurs when your heart rate is 40% to 80% your maximum heart rate (MHR). The activity should allow you to not leave you gasping for air, rather you should only just be slightly out of breath. I guess it is the “just out of breath that you can talk, but cannot sing” while doing the activity. This also means that the activity can be prolonged to hours and hours.
Now, when I think of exercise, the paragraph above sounds like ’slacking’ rather than exercise. And apparently, this is aerobic exercise. Maybe that is why when I was stressed, I lost a lot of weight (also because I do not binge eat when stressed, of which I ate normally).
Truth or Fiction? Tell me what you think.
Tags: aerobic, anaerobic, exercise, fat, weight loss
