The Alternative Health Gazette

Metabolism Boosting Exercise Tips Part 2

2. Yard Work & Gardening. Not everyone likes to do yard work, but for those who do, this can be an excellent activity to help build your muscles and boost your metabolism. Most people don’t realize how much physical work actually goes in to simple gardening activities, but if you’ve ever planted new flowers in a garden bed and then found yourself sore the next day, you know what a great workout this can be for your body.

You don’t have to haul around heavy bricks or rocks, or do back breaking ditch digging for this to work. Those activities will help build your muscles and burn calories faster of course, but the simple act of cutting your grass with a regular lawn mower will do the same. As will planting flowers, pulling weeds, and trimming bushes or shrubs.

3. Swimming. This is another fun activity which can really help boost your metabolism when done regularly. And the most enjoyable part is: You don’t have to swim laps or do anything specific to get the benefits from it. You can simply go play in a pool with friends or family, and still get tremendous physical benefits for your entire body. When you feel it’s time for more of a physical challenge though, try water activities such as treading water, swimming laps, or water aerobics.

Water is a wonderful form of activity for our bodies, because it creates very little impact on our joints. It’s also much easier for obese people to exercise in water, because there is less gravity so they’re able to move their bodies better. At the same time though, water creates a natural resistance to our movements, which helps dramatically with toning and strengthening our muscles.

4. Interval Training. Interval training is an excellent way to boost your metabolism, because it teaches your body to give you quick burts of energy at any given time. Interval training is the process of alternating between intense activity and slower, more moderate activity. One example is when you’re out for a walk, every so often sprint as fast as you can for about thirty seconds, then slow down to a walk again. Do this off and on several times each day, and you’ll really boost your metabolism and start burning calories fast.

The human body is smart though. If there is any kind of routine to your interval workouts, the body will catch on quickly and adapt. If for instance, you regularly go out each day and walk for three minutes, sprint for 30 seconds, walk for three minutes again and so on, your body will get used to this routine. And if it gets used to the routine, your weight loss results will slow because the body has adapted.

One way to avoid this is to vary your workouts, but another more natural way is to simply play sports or games you like.

Almost all sports are a natural form of interval work outs. Playing tennis and raquetball for instance, has you standing still and waiting for the ball at times, and bursting into speed and action to catch it at other times. Volleyball and other games played with a net are quite similar.

Basketball, baseball and football also have the same randomness of actions. Sometimes you’re just slowly jogging from one place to another, sometimes you’re standing at ready for something, and sometimes there’s a sudden burst of action and activity.

The biggest benefit though, is that playing sports and games keeps your activities more random, so the body is not able to adapt as quickly and easily. And keeping the body moving in unexpected ways on a regular basis is an excellent way to keep your metabolism at its highest.

Note: Some statements in this article may not be approved by the FDA. This article is for informational purposes only and should not be taken as professional medical advice.

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