crivens200 wrote:Are you feeling fitter since you started all this exercise? What do you find has been the most beneficial for keeping in shape? I'm like you in my 40's and conscious of need to keep in some short of shape otherwise will turn in to an expat fatty. I make a habit of walking absolutely everywhere if it's less than an hour. This seems to work to an extent.
The answer to your question is, you'll be pleased to know, NOT 42. BUT...more seriously, yes, I guess I do feel fitter. Must be, because if you stop for a stretch eg 2 weeks, you certainly feel the decline in performance. And it's a bit of a battle to get back to the previous level of performance. As to the most beneficial, that is hard to answer. Are you talking about 1 of a number of combinations of exercises that make up a routine/regime? In such a case, the whole really is more than the sum of the parts.
What I've read and been told, is that any form of exercise is better than none, that a minimum of 10 minutes per day, consistently, will provide benefits. Walking, a low impact exercise, is for example, advocated by the Australian government health department to the general population, and specifically to those in my age bracket. It is easy, inexpensive, can be done either alone or in groups as large or as small as you like, does not require special equipment or space. But I am unsure if brisk walking, if performed regularly eg. daily, by itself, will assist in reducing weight, let alone keeping it off, even with a kilojoule-controlled diet. You'll provide yourself some "heart health", while working the lower limbs, heart, lungs. But for greater/considerable weight loss, I think that the exercise has to be both more dynamic and consistent.
