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To choose the type of exercise you enjoy, start by
giving a thought to where you prefer working out.
2. A WORLD OF CHOICES
Health and fitness club
It’s social and offers a wide number of
workout options, such as running on
a treadmill, indoor cycling, exercising
to music, working out on resistance
machines, kickboxing, and yoga.
Home
It’s safe and convenient. Popular home
exercise equipment includes
stairclimbers, stationary bikes and
elliptical motion trainers.
Open-air environment
Outdoors, the sky’s the limit. Fitness
walking, Nordic walking, jogging,
running, fi tness biking or inline skating,
the choice is virtually endless.
Doing something you enjoy increases your
motivation, and helps you make exercise a
regular - and fun - part of your life.
Remember to burn those calories!
Different types of exercise vary in their effectiveness
and in the amount of calories they make you burn.
Walking
200-300
Fitness group exercise, light
200-400
Fitness group exercise, intense
450-700
Circuit training
450-500
Cycling
250-700
Indoor cycling
250-700
Swimming
300-700
Tennis
400-500
Running
600-900
Cross-country skiing
550-900
(The examples are for Kcal burnt per hour by a person weighing
155 lbs / 70 kg. A person weighing less than 155 lbs / 70 kg will
burn less calories than indicated, while a heavier person will
correspondingly burn more.)
