What Happens To The Body When You Don’t Exercise For 2-3 months?

-What Happens To The Body When You Don’t Exercise For 2-3 months?

The tendency is to lose muscle mass. Muscle is the engine in your body. When you lose muscle mass, you metabolism slows down. Hence, any additional calories eaten are stored as fat rather burned off as energy.

-What are some good types of workouts to ease yourself back into exercising regularly come spring? Why are these exercises good?

Some good types of workouts to ease yourself back into exercising are air squats, modified pushups, horizontal and vertical resistance band rows and presses. These are good multi-joint exercises that give you a full body workout.

-How long should you aim to work out if you haven’t done so in a few months? How many times a week?

Begin with 30 min a day 3X/week of strength training. Add 1 or 2 more days of walking for 30 min/day.

-Anything people should be careful of to avoid risking injury/hurting themselves?

Yes! People should begin each exercise session with a dynamic warm-up to properly get the muscles ready for exercise. For the first few weeks, they should avoid heavy lifts, long cardio sessions, and excessive stretching. The whole idea is to slowly ease back into exercise and allow the muscles to go through the neuromuscular adaption phase before progressing to more difficult exercise sessions.

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