Exercise is absolutely necessary for everyone – it helps boosts physical as well as mental health irrespective of whether you are trying to lose weight or not. For people who are trying to get lean and fit, regular exercise can revv metabolism up and burn excess calories. Additionally, exercise (even brisk walking), can bring down stress levels, and as we all know, chronic stress not only prevents weight loss, it leads to weight gain as well. There is absolutely no doubt that “diet” plays a larger and more important role to get you into a calorie deficit, exercise does actually help torch down significant calories. However, even with regular workout and hitting the gym every single day, if you are stuck at the same weight, these are 9 surprising reasons why exercise is not working in your favour, so that you can weed them out asap.
1. Not Moving Throughout The Day: One of the key factors to keep burning fat kicking is to keep the muscles in an active state. Working out for just 30 minutes or 1 hour in a day and then spending rest of the day on the couch or sitting for long hours at the work desk will switch off major fat-burning enzymes, bring the metabolism down, and make muscles inactive. With all these factors adding up, there will be a dip in fat metabolism and it would be difficult to drop any significant weight. The solution is to keep moving through the day, try to be on your feet as much as possible, walk at every given opportunity, and say “...