In my younger years I used to believe that 'cardio' was the only way to burn fat and keep myself in shape. How wrong I was...that's the hard way to do it!
Building muscle is the quickest way to re-adjust your metabolism to burn more calories, become stronger and if you stick to eating healthy you will lose weight too!
Now the best combination for staying fit is both cardio and weights but more emphasize on the weights is a good thing.
15-20 minutes three days a week is all you need. Start light and work your way up making sure you do both upper body and lower body.
Don't have access to weights? No problem...push ups, pull ups, sit ups, squats and lunges are excellent multi-muscle builders. Again start small and work your way up...adding as you go and changing things up regularly.
The Internet is a great way to start if you don't have access to a personal trainer, because technique is very important in order to keep yourself from getting injured.
Lots of stretching is important before and after exercising too. But make sure you do a little bit of cardio before stretching to warm yourself up, otherwise you may pull a muscle.
So if you don't already, add weights to you fitness routine.
It won't take long for you to feel better about yourself and see results!
Keep smiling and stick with it!
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