John Jakicic, the Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh, has some bad news for us all; we’re not working out enough.
In a recent study, Jakicic noted that out of a group of 200 women, the 10% that were able to maintain the weight loss they experienced worked out about 275 minutes each week. This means that they drag their butts to the gym for 40 minutes every day.
I guess we all have a choice of priorities in our life, and if maintaining a healthy weight is a priority, you’re going to have to make time for the gym.
You could make the exercise a nice brisk walk in the morning or evenings, but it would likely be more beneficial to actually hit the gym every day. In the end this falls under the “well duh” area of ideas, but it’s interesting to hear the number we should be shooting for, even if it’s a discouraging one.
