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Willoughby Public Library did its part to start patrons off on the right path in 2020.

The library hosted its first New Year, New You Health and Wellness Fair Jan. 18.

Presenting high-quality, relevant and free programming to the public is a high priority for the Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library system, said Assistant Library Manager Travis Fortney. And to that end, each of our four locations have chosen topics that we believe will be of sufficient interest to devote an entire day of programming for our signature programs.

These programs started in December with Eastlake Library's Holiday DIY Day and will continue this year with a Fantasy, Folkore and Fiction Festival at Willowick Library on May 16 and All About Herbs day at the Willoughby Hills branch in the fall.

With the new year, so many of us seek to start or restart better habits for our physical or emotional selves, Fortney said. Our full day of programming includes topics such as goal-setting, decluttering, healthy eating and fitness.

There was a waiting list for an opportunity to hear Dr. Oz show contributor and four-time New York Times bestselling author Dr. Michael Roizen, an internist at Cleveland Clinic, where he is chief wellness officer.

Another popular session was a hands-on class on cardio drumming. It involves a bucket, an exercise ball, drumsticks, lots of movement and, of course, music with a good beat.

A cardio-drumming class was held at Willoughby Library during a health and wellness fair Jan. 18.

It's a very fun, colorful activity that is fast-paced and varied, but accessible to all fitness levels, Fortney said. He noted that the class, presented by Willowick-based Will-Power Nutrition, will return to the library Jan. 21, Feb. 18 and April 21.

The business offers Herbalife Nutrition, fitness classes and a fit camp on Monday nights.

One of the owners, Melissa Dawson, got hooked on cardio drumming after taking part in a class offered by Empower Nutrition of Mentor.

Melissa Dawson leads a cardio-drumming workout at WIlloughby Library.

Dawson said it combines her love of music and movement.

Weve created routines; we only do about four or five moves per song, so its easier to catch onto, she said. Once youve learned it, you push yourself to do exaggerated moves. There are modifications for every level.

I dont like the gym, added fellow class leader Melissa Davidson. So going into a club setting where you can be positive and work out, and not feel self-conscious is a good feeling. Its a good feeling to be around like-minded people.

They insist no drumming background or even rhythm is required to take part.

Helen Drake of Willoughby has some experience playing a hand drum, but shed never heard of cardio drumming before.

Helen Drake enjoys a cardio-drumming workout at Willoughby Library.

This really got my attention because I like drumming and its an interesting way to do cardio, she said.

Dawson said the classes are growing and they are looking for new spaces to hold them.

They have held workouts for various groups in the community, including staff at Wickliffe Schools and football players at North High School.

Were willing to come to you if you want to try it out, she said.

Willoughby Library offered a health and wellness event Jan. 18.

The first class is free, then $5 per person or four classes for $15.

For more information about cardio drumming, visit Will-Power Nutritions Facebook page. For more on Willoughby-Eastlake libraries programming, visit WE247.org or call 440-942-3200.

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Were well into the new year and if you set a fitness resolution, now is about the time you should be feeling a little less enthusiastic than when you started. If youre noticing your resolutions are falling by the wayside, you might need to get back to the original motivation with a shiny new object syndrome. Yep, an easy way to jolt yourself back into that original motivated spree is with a new gadget or two.

Think back to when you get a new outfit or a new pair of shoes. You want to try it on right away and show it off! The same goes for fitness gear. If you get something cute or cool, youll want to use it and try it out right away! And thats your immediate motivation to start a new exercise.

Think about post-exercise routines as well, which deliver a dose of relaxation and euphoria. Below are some of the prettiest and coolest gadgets you can grab for yourself to refresh your exercise routine and keep going.

Dream Wings Adjustable Jump Rope with Comfortable Foam Handles$12.98Not only does it look pretty, but this adjustable jump rope is very affordable!

HigherDOSE Infrared Sauna Blanket V3$500Ready for the ultimate fitness gadget? This infrared sauna blanket delivers infrared sauna effects in a small space, so you can go to the sauna all the time!

Elenture Full-Zip Exercise Yoga Mat Carry Bag$15.98Need another reason to head to the yoga class? This pretty mat carry bag will motivate you.

Ultracor High Lux Knockout Legging$208Yes, these are pricey, but the smooth compression leggings look amazing and make you feel gorgeous at the gym.

Page Thirty Three Marble Dumbbells$100Travertine and Carrara marble make the workout routine a lot prettier.

Cynthia Rowley x IMPALA x FP Movement Roller Skates$120Looking for a fun reason to exercise outdoors? Try these super fun retro roller skates bound to get you plenty of looks.

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A Utah mans dispatches from the gym are gaining attention online after he was trapped in a 24 Hour Fitness in Sandy because staff locked up late at night and left while he was swimming laps alone in the pool.

Doesnt the name suggest that they stay open 24 hours? Dan Hill wrote in an after-midnight Facebook message he posted while locked in the gym early Sunday.

Hill told FOX 13 hed been going to the 24 Hour Fitness for years and enjoyed the solitude of late-night workouts.

"You don't have to wait for machines," he said. "The pool is always just glass."

Normally he gets to leave when hes done. Instead, Hill found the doors of the gym securely locked both inside and out.

"There's nothing you can switch and open up and let them close behind you," he said.

Hill searched the gym for a way out, roaming the office space and shooting selfies in the workout rooms, shrugging helplessly in front of stability balls and suspension straps, and pretending to cry out for help near a row of exercise bikes.

Finally, he called 911 dispatchers for help. They told me theyd call me back, Hill wrote. I called my wife; she said find a comfortable place to sleep.

A spokesperson for 24 Hour Fitness said the fitness chain recently began closing some clubs between midnight and 4 a.m. based on low usage, among other factors, and instead directing members to nearby clubs that are staying open.

We clearly did not do a good job of our closing procedures for this club on Saturday night and will reinforce our club procedures so that this incident doesnt occur in the future, the statement read. ... On behalf of 24 Hour Fitness, we apologize to Mr. Hill and the unfortunate experience he had.

Police arrived less than an hour after Hill posted the photos, which have now been shared thousands of times.

Im amazed that its turned into what it has, Hill said. See more at FOX 13.

Editors note The Salt Lake Tribune and FOX 13 are content-sharing partners. Tribune reporter Erin Alberty contributed to this report.

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The Anytime Fitness location at 1137 N. Broadway in Council Bluffs has closed.

Members of the fitness facility received a message announcing the location was closed permanently on Jan 10.

First and foremost, thank you for your patronage at the Council Bluffs, Iowa, Anytime Fitness Location, the message stated. We regret to inform you the Anytime Fitness location at 1137 N. Broadway, Council Bluffs, has closed effective January 10, 2020.

Five-year gym member Karen Brandenburg was surprised by the closure. She was headed for Anytime Fitness when she saw the email.

Its the worst news ever. It made me sad, Brandenburg said. It was a great gym, it had a great atmosphere.

Besides missing the gym, Brandenburg said shed miss seeing some of the friends she had made there.

Anytime Fitness responded to the closure saying they notified local members as soon as the closure was confirmed. The company also stated members can transfer to a different Anytime Fitness location if requested. There are no additional Anytime Fitness locations in Council Bluffs.

The next closest Anytime Fitness in the area is the Jones Street club, 1027 Jones St., Omaha.

Members of the Council Bluffs club are welcome to move their membership there, or any Anytime Fitness location they prefer, if they so choose, the company said.

Members were given until Jan. 24 to transfer to a nearby Anytime Fitness, otherwise its billing company, ABC Financial, will automatically cancel their membership.

Billing for local members was stopped Jan. 10.

The message said members who paid in full can contact owner Louis Lamb at 402-639 2966.

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Anytime Fitness gyms still in the metro, but not Council Bluffs - The Daily Nonpareil

Lincoln Northeast's Hannah Ray finishes firstduring the A-4 district girls cross country racein October 2019 at Pioneers Park.

Gymnastics wasnt a good fit for Hannah Ray, and her 5-foot, 2-inch frame didnt lend itself to basketball.

In the fall of 2016, Beth Ray encouraged her daughter to go out for cross country at Lincoln Northeast High School. Hannah had run cross country and track in middle school, but lacked expertise in training and competing.

As a high school freshman, she started out of the blocks slowly, finishing her first race in over 23 minutes, but Coach John Snoozy and some of the upperclassmen saw potential in the diminutive freshman. Two weeks later, she cut 90 seconds off her time and earned a second-place medal at a freshman meet.

Three weeks later, she ran 20:07 at a talent-laden district meet, followed by a 19:41 and 15th place at state.

Steadily improving

Improvement has been a benchmark of her glittering career. Entering her final track season at Lincoln Northeast, the girl who once looked to carve her niche in athletics has rewritten virtually every girls distance record on the books at the esteemed 78-year-old high school.

The four-time state cross country meet qualifier and three-time Class A state medalist holds all of her high schools cross country course records, including a school all-course record time of 18 minutes, 51 seconds in the 5K.

Her senior season of cross country last fall included an individual title at the A-4 district meet, where she ran 19:07, and a fifth-place finish in a talented Class A field.

On the track oval, Hannah holds school records in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs with times of 5:08 and 11:17, respectively. Her track goals this spring are to lower her school-record time in the 1,600 meters and to finish the 3,200 meters in under 11 minutes.

Middle distance is not her forte, but she hopes to add the 800-meter mark to her slew of school records this spring.

With the girls running programs low in numbers, Hannah has found a warm reception while practicing with the Northeast boys teams. "We dont have a lot of depth in the girls programs, so theres no girl there to push me," said Hannah. "The guys have been very supportive of having me run with them."

Lincoln Northeast's Hannah Ray (4) and Lincoln Southwest's Lindsey Blehm race in the 3,200-meter run May 10, 2019 during the A-1 district track meet at Beechner Athletic Complex.

Scholarly, too

Hannah also posts impressive numbers in the classroom, where she has posted a cumulative GPA of 4.371. She plans to major in biology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Hannah has been an ambassador for our sport among others, said her head coach, John Snoozy. At this years state cross country meet, multiple coaches told me how impressed they were with Hannah as a distance runner and her display of sportsmanship with other competitors.

The daughter of Chad and Beth Ray has been selected as one of two Star City Sports Youth Athletes of the Year and will be honored at the upcoming Girls & Women in Sports & Fitness banquet.

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For the next few weeks, all the exercises featured here will be free. Im trolling you, really: being skint is the best-known reason for delaying a health kick, and January is skintnesss playground. Not any more.

If theres one thing I like less than being told what to do, its being told what to do in a loud voice. I believe my historic antipathy to most of fitness stems from a hatred of authority, and British Military Fitness was never, in consequence, my thing. But what if you can weaponise yourself? Thats the proposition made by Major Sam McGrath in his book Be Para Fit: The 4-week Formula For Elite Physical Fitness. I found many of his principles inherently implausible. When youre at your lowest ebb and everything is spent, theres always at least 20% left in the tank, for instance.

The programme itself, however, is hard to disprove: it is simply a fact that pushing yourself slightly harder every day will make you stronger. But first you need to find your baseline. You wont know how superior you are to yesterdays self just by looking in the mirror. Not for months, probably.

So you start with a functional assessment, seven exercises (you can find them all on YouTube) to test your strength. Youll need a bar, but you can improvise with a mop, as I did, and got smelly floor water on myself. These are the overhead squat, the inline lunge, a test of shoulder mobility, a hurdle step, an active straight leg raise, a test of rotary stability and a trunk stability push-up. You also have to do a cardio baseline: 2.4km of running. How hard you found all this will determine what level of para fitness you start at. My guess is that everyone who doesnt do this stuff all the time will end up at level one, just because it wont be familiar.

This does not complete your first session! Far from it. But after youve set your baseline, the next workouts are pretty similar. You warm up with three to five minutes of running, indoor cycling, running on the spot or skipping. Im assuming a high level of privacy either your family is out or you have a big house.

Plainly, if you want to follow it to the letter, you will have to buy the book, so this idea isnt free in the classic sense. But tinternet is lousy with warm-ups, cool-downs, home-circuit ideas and the rest is all running, cycling, swimming or rowing.

The question is: how do you find the motivation when theres no camaraderie and nobody is shouting? The only place youll draw it from is some sense that youre improving on your baseline. The major doesnt recommend redoing the functional assessment, believing exercise to be its own reward. But I found that only by returning to it (at least the cardio element) after a week could I sustain any enthusiasm. And I was faster. I felt better. I slept better. I reckon the military would be ready for me now.

For the next five weeks, Zoe will be trying exercise that costs nothing, from online yoga to park gyms.

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Getty Committing to a fitness resolution is easyactually following through is much harder. Fitness experts share the best tips, tricks, and hacks to stay consistent.Hopping on the New Years Resolution fitness bandwagon may seem clichespecially if youve done it before, only to find yourself on the couch every morning, afternoon, and night come February. If you're ashamed about how your resolution went last year, never fear. Only 8 percent of people actually follow through with their New Year's resolutions by the end of the year, according to research from the University of Scranton.

Even if things did not go according to plan last time around, every New Year is an opportunity to move forward. That's the whole point of resolutions, after all. Your health and fitness are particularly well-suited to the practice, even if it feels hard to stay consistent.

We asked experts to recommend a few fitness hacks you can use after that first week, New Year honeymoon period. When the going gets tough, you'll have a playbook to stay on top of your commitment to making yourself healthier and, most importantly, happier.

Michele Scandurra / EyeEm - Getty Images Low Section Of People Running On Street In MarathonEven if you're not a competitive person by nature, a fun contest can bring out anyone's best efforts. Adding a competitive element to your New Year's fitness goal also helps to serve as motivation to follow a strategic, long-term training plan, since there's a payoff at the end other than the nebulous goal of "getting in better shape."

Signing up for a competition, whether it's a 5K run or your first Spartan Race, reinforces our instinctive need to achieve, says Chelsi Day, PsyD, HSPP, a clinical and sport psychologist for Indiana University Athletics. Make sure to set a specific date and sign up for the event within the first week of the New Year, so you'll be less likely to back out if you start getting the jitters as the date of the contest nears.

Getty 6 Hacks to Help You Stick to Your New Year's Fitness ResolutionsDont use the scale to measure progresstake photos instead. That way, you'll actually have visual evidence of your body's progression, rather than strictly sticking to numbers on a chart.

If you're feeling particularly brave, share your progress on social media. A 2013 weight loss study from Translational Behavioral Medicine found that participants who shared their progress on Twitter lost more weight than those who kept their results to themselves. We've seen some great results from normal guys ready and willing to share their transformations. What's holding you back?

Getty 6 Hacks to Help You Stick to Your New Year's Fitness ResolutionsThere's nothing wrong with committing to big New Year fitness goals. But you should also establish small and specific monthly benchmarks to maintain your motivation throughout the year. This will give you a reason to celebrate incremental progress or success as you move closer to the bigger goal you set for yourself.

If I ask you to eat a steak in one bite, you might be intimidated and pass on ordering the steak," says Day. "But if you cut the steak into manageable bites, it helps us enjoy it." For example, if you want to lose 30 pounds, break that up into 3 to 5 pounds per month.

Getty 6 Hacks to Help You Stick to Your New Year's Fitness ResolutionsWhether it's a trainer, a buddy, or even your significant other, a workout partner provides a powerful level of support to keep you motivated year-round. In fact, the American Society of Training and Development says that having a regular workout buddy will increase your likelihood of reaching your fitness goal by 95 percent. Make sure to choose someone who will not accept your excuses or give you a pass when you're not in the mood to hit the gym.

Jaume Clua Felip / EyeEm - Getty Images Low Angle View Of Man Rock Climbing Against SkyAfter you're settled in your regular routine, tackling the same workout week after week and month and after month may become boring and deplete your fitness mojo. You should be implementing different plans and progressing in your workout at the most basic levelbut you can also push yourself in other, more exciting ways to keep your commitment fresh.

To spice things up, ditch the traditional gym and challenge yourself to one extreme workout per month to keep things interesting. You can take your workout outside and venture into rock climbing or visit a local Ninja Warrior training facility to test your skills on a few obstacles.

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As someone who grew up playing competitive sports and even spent time on a Division I lacrosse team in college, I've always considered myself to be pretty athletic. And while my fitness level has wavered since graduating hey, that desk job took some getting used to, right? I'm proud to say I've been back on the horse for the last few years.

While living right outside New York City is incredible for so many reasons (cough, the food, cough), many people rely on various fitness classes to get in a good sweat. Though I've tried everything from Spin to Pilates to barre (not the worst) to boxing and beyond, I can confidently say I hate organized workout classes.

I can't pinpoint exactly why I feel this way. I really wish I didn't. It seems fun to wear Lululemon pants to work and genuinely be excited to sit on a Spin bike for 45 minutes once 6 p.m. rolls around. (Maybe it's because I feel like everyone's watching me? Who's to say.) But alas, that's just not me. It's true, I've always loved running outside there's just something about that fresh air that improves my mental health and honestly, I was about to throw in the towel on classes altogether until I tried Orangetheory Fitness (OTF).

My foray into the Orangetheory community began when I was talking to POPSUGAR Fashion Editor Sarah Wasilak. A runner with tons of races under her belt, Sarah had mentioned she was feeling so much stronger after committing to two classes at OTF per week. She's also one of the most toned people I have ever met, so I figured whatever the hell she does must work. To be fair, people had chewed my ear off about this studio before, but I was always too scared to go alone and the concept of wearing any type of monitor was pretty intimidating.

But at the encouragement of my boss, who's a mom of two and also in amazing shape thanks to Orangetheory, I agreed to go to a class with Sarah the following week at our local studio in Jersey City, NJ. I showed up for my first session a half hour before the class began to get the rundown about the machines, the OTbeat wearable device aka this little gadget that tracks everything from your heart rate to the calories you burn and the overall structure.

If you're not aware, a typical 50-ish-minute Orangetheory class is broken down into three sections composed of a treadmill workout, a rowing portion, and some time spent with weights on the floor. Although it may seem like you're doing the same thing every single time you hit up a class, after eight sessions, I can confirm that each one is very, very different. Some workouts may focus on power or endurance, while others can have components that seek to improve your strength. Other times, you might be doing all three!

While the info was definitely a lot to take in at first pass I learned that I have been rowing wrong for my entire existence, for example once the class actually started, the instructions were pretty easy to follow. You're broken up into small groups in the beginning of the session, and you simply move from station to station until the coach tells you the time is up. And boy, do you sweat! I've never burned less than 600 calories in a workout, so yes, efficiency is the name of the game. And who doesn't love that?!

Oddly enough, as someone who usually hates structured exercise, I found that I thrived in the Orangetheory format. Because you change what you're doing often enough, it's hard to ever get bored. Additionally, you can kill multiple birds with one stone. For example, I really wanted to strengthen my upper body and get my mile time down. And I did, quickly. After just eight classes at Orangetheory, my average mile time dropped by a full minute. I've also lost six pounds since I've started attending, but hey, the scale isn't everything.

Another perk that I was initially terrified of but grew to love? Having all your stats for the class on a giant board. That means you know exactly how high your heart rate is and how many calories you're burning at all times. A fun concept that's unique to OTF are Splat points a way to track when you're working hard enough that you're uncomfortable or going all-out so that your heart rate increases. Thankfully, Orangetheory uses a color system to keep everything straight! Put simply: each Splat point signifies each minute spent in the orange or red zone. While no one's saying you need to exercise so hard you can't breathe, it's a good way to measure your progress through the class. Of course, to make things easier, there's also a free app to monitor all your workouts.

Although it may seem strange, having the other participants see my personal info didn't really bother me. Was I the only person in the red zone for 40 minutes of the class? Yes, probably. But honestly, who cares? The beauty of Orangetheory is you're able to go at your own pace, whatever that may be. Want to speed walk on the treadmills? Great. In the mood to really challenge your mile time? That works, too. There's no set pace for the class or anyone policing you for not working hard enough. As long as you're doing the exercises correctly and doing the best you can, it's a win-win.

All in all, I'm happy I dropped my typical stubborn 'tude for a morning spent at OTF. Not only are the instructors knowledgable it's never too late to perfect your form! but their high-paced energy (and playlists!) will also make you want to come back. Couple that with a supereffective, engaging workout and an affordable price point, and it's hard to beat!

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Over the past decade, marathons have become rather trendy in the fitness community. The numbers back it up. For example, in 2018, 456,700 Americans completed the full 26.2 mile race, an 11 percent increase in participation from 2008.

We've come to lionize marathoners as embodying peak physical fitness, what with their typically lean physiques, low resting heart rates, and herculean discipline. But what the training and race does to your body isn't glamorous, and it certainly isn't the epitome of health. Here are four reasons to opt for a less masochistic fitness goal this year.

Alberto Salazar, pictured before winning his third New York City Marathon in 1982, later suffered a heart attack at the age of 48.

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Some experts are divided over whether or not running the marathon is bad for your cardiac health. But the concern is mostly rooted in fear that discussing the adverse health effects could dissuading people from exercising. To be clear: Running is good for you. In moderation. However, grinding for hours on end at a moderate pace to prepare for a marathon is probably not the best thing for your heart. Studies have shown that extreme endurance sports like marathons and Ironmans can have adverse effects on heart health. When your body is burning through sugar and fat to fuel you for long runs, it releases free radicals that can bind with cholesterol. This process can lead to plaque buildup in the arteries and inflammation. Thus, training for a marathon might increase a person's risk of heart disease and lead to heart scarring. A person's chance of going into cardiac arrest even doubles by some estimates during a race, likely because of the stress of racing placing an extra strain on someone's heart who was already at risk. A 2010 study found that for less fit runners, a marathon damaged the heart for up to three months.

The free radicals that burn through your system when running too much can also damage your cells in a process known as oxidative stress. In a 2016 study on thirty amateur male runners, researchers found that DNA damage correlated positively with running long distances. The increased oxygen intake involved with running marathons, and oxygen supply to tissues that are active during the race and training, result in higher levels of "reactive oxygen species" (ROS). The accumulation of this, in turn, can cause oxidative DNA damage.

The repetitive muscle contractions associated with marathon training and racing can also cause muscular damage. Studies have suggested that competitive endurance events result in an increase of creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase. These chemical compounds are indicators of the extent of skeletal muscle cell damage. Research has shown that this muscle damage can be caused not only by the full 26 mile race, but also by 10 km races and 13-mile half marathons.

Running too much, and a marathon is too much for most of us, can cause a spike in your cortisol levels. The hours of running required for marathon training are perceived by the body as constant stress, which causes the adrenal glands to increase the release of the hormone cortisol. This hormone boosts blood sugar levels to provide the body with energy during times of stress, and puts its digestive and reproductive systems on ice until the stressor has been dealt with. Chronically increased cortisol levels comes with some unpleasant side effects, like weight gain, fatigue, increased risk of illness, and out-of-whack menstrual cycles for women.

When it comes to marathons, the danger here is going from a relatively sedentary lifestyle to suddenly putting in a grueling number of miles to train for a 26.2 mile race. This is what freaks your body out and can cause cortisol levels to shoot up. So, if you do insist on training for a marathon, build mileage gradually.

Back in 2017, researchers at Yale found that an alarming 82 percent of marathon participants suffered from a kidney injury that left them unable to filter waste products from the blood. This is known as stage 1 acute kidney injury. Essentially, it means that kidney cells become damaged by the lack of blood flow to the organs during a race and the loss of fluid volume. It sounds (and can literally be) nauseating, but runners' kidneys typically recover within two days. Yet, it does raise the question of whether completing multiple marathons, and the high mileage training involved, could cause chronic, or even permanent, kidney damage.

But listen, if completing the full 26.2 mile beast of a race is a true ambition of yours, I'm not here to knock it. No one's living forever. However, if the marathon hype has got you wondering if signing up for a race and spending hours pounding on pavement is a good way to get into shape this year it really isn't. Opt for a gentler goal, like running every other day or snowshoeing. You don't need to punish your body into exhaustion to live a fitter lifestyle.

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High-impact cardio think running, HIIT, CrossFit, plyometric circuits tends to get most of the attention when it comes to weight loss, but we're here to tell you that low-impact cardio sessions have their place in your routine too.

"Low-impact exercise is easier on the joints and you can do it more frequently, regardless of your age or fitness level," said Tom Holland, MS, CSCS, an exercise physiologist and Bowflex fitness advisor. It's true that high-impact cardio burns more calories and builds up your bone density, Tom said, "but that comes with a cost: a significant increase in stress on the body and chance of injury."

Low-impact cardio is a good choice if you're a beginner building up your strength and endurance, or if you're recovering from injury. But you have a few options when it comes to choosing a low-impact workout, so which one should you go for?

"The most effective form of low-impact cardiovascular exercise for fat loss is that which you do consistently," Tom told POPSUGAR. Which makes sense: high-impact cardio burns lots of calories in a short amount of time. To burn the same amount through low-impact exercise, you'll have to commit more time to the workouts. "Frequency becomes the most important factor," Tom explained, so the workout you can and want to do frequently will be the best one for fat loss.

You have some good options to choose from. Walking is the most popular form of low-impact cardio, Tom said, and it's been shown to be effective for fat loss. Swimming is another low-impact workout that can help you lose weight, especially with speed intervals try this beginner's swim workout for a place to start. Zumba and the elliptical are also effective low-impact cardio workouts. Start with this 20-minute Zumba video or this cardio elliptical circuit for a taste. Experimenting with different kinds of low-impact cardio will help you find what you love, and the variety will keep you invested and excited to work out.

We mentioned the importance of working out frequently when you're doing low-impact exercise. So, exactly how often should you walk, swim, or hit the elliptical if the goal is weight loss? "As often as possible," Tom said. He recommended splitting up low-impact sessions throughout your day to get more minutes in. "You can do a 20-minute walk with the dogs in the morning, a 15-minute walk at lunch, and a 15-minute walk after dinner to get in a full hour of exercise," he explained. With walking in particular, you can get in these "micro-workouts" without even going to the gym.

If your body is up to high-impact cardio right now, you can incorporate both forms of exercise into your weight-loss routine. Tom recommended the following weekly plan:

Since high-impact workouts put you at greater risk of injury, Tom said they're "generally not something you would want to do every day." If you're doing high-impact, mixing those workouts in with lower-impact routines will keep you healthy and engaged in all the different workouts, which will ultimately keep you on the path to weight loss.

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