What is the best excersize to lose weight. Cardio and weigts or just cardio?? Im 21 280 pounds. Please help. I read so many websites but im not sure if its for people this out of shape. And if anyone knows a website to help with weights like how many and what kinds, etc please let me know... Thanks

The answer is both. Cardio is great to get your heart pumping and burn calories- but they don't build up your muscle which is what burns the calories.

What are you currently doing/planning to do for exercise?

Yes definitely both. Depending on how much you plan on exercising I would do cardio 3 days and weight training 3 days.

Don't know if you have ever tried workout videos. But Chalean Extreme is a great mixture and you can do everything low impact in the cardio videos. Plus you get to do it in your OWN living room

I was a gym junkie but I've been doing videos for a little over a month with way better results! Don't underestimate a workout video

Downfall - you may have to buy some weights in order to do the weight training part. But its a one time expense compared to a gym membership

Hope that helps.

~denise

I plan on working out 4 or 5 times a week. i just dont know what kind of weights to do.

Here is a good website to get you started: Stumptuous
Definitely combine cardio with weights. Good luck!

I'm not being flip here, but the best exercise is the one(s) you'll like doing. I was the original "I hate to exercise" girl but because I only did the things I liked I am now exercising more than 6 hours a week which is the major reason I am losing (I know many folks say weight loss 80% diet, 20% exercise but for me those ratios are reversed).

My choices were walking (hiking on weekends), swimming, exercise bike. I am now starting to add running and yoga just because I want to. I never thought I'd be a person who would be adding more exercise to her life just for fun!

I would suggest starting out small. I used to say "I'll do five workouts a week" then do one and get mad at myself. Now I workout almost everyday.

I agree to do things you like- you like walks? Take a few a week, then if you feel up to it move up to jogging and then running

I started with walks, slow jogs on my treadmill ($100 used on Craigslist), then added some resistant band workouts and started using some weights when I walked (3 lbs and 5 lbs). This week I've started taking aerobic classes and while they kick my butt and leave me useless the next day I REALLY enjoy them

It's funny- now I look forward to my workouts- before I hated them!

I dont hate working out. I hate the gym. To many people and i feel like everyone is staring at me. Weird I know!. I use the one in my neighborhood which works great. It just doesnt have classes but im ok with that. Me and my sister walk 45 minutes a day mon thru friday and sat and sun i plan on doing weights. Is that ok or not 2 days in a row? I dont want to kill myself since i just started

Walking is a great way to start getting into exercising! I wouldn't advise doing weights on consecutive days, though, because your muscles need time to recover after weight lifting sessions.

It is not advised to do the same muscles 2 days in a row, but you can certainly do weight training 2 days in a row. You could work your upper body on Saturday, and your lower body on Sunday I have to admit, it isn't really ideal, but it can be done.

For example...

Saturday (upper)
Bench press, push ups, etc.

Sunday (lower)
Squats, lunges, etc.