"What if free exercise classes were offered in public spaces such as parks, beaches and recreation centers? When a city government in Brazil tried such a program, it greatly increased physical activity among community members. A group of health researchers who studied the program believes it could also work in U.S. cities with warm climates."First, you can bet that in major metropolitan areas there are already free exercise classes.
But what is misleading about this research is that there are no data to support that it makes any difference whatsoever.
"Since 2002, the program, called the Academia de Cidade program (ACP), has enrolled more than 10,000 residents per year and taught 888,000 exercise classes. In the study of the program, researchers found that current and past participants were three times as likely to exercise than residents who had never participated."So?
"'We think this project is an effective strategy to stimulate life-long exercise,' says Eduardo J. Simoes, M.D., first author of the paper and director of the CDC's Prevention Research Centers Program. 'Coupled with healthy eating, physical activity can help prevent and control diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, resulting in improved quality of life and health.'"But did this project?
Apparently not, or the researchers would have come right out and said it.
Face it, "exercise" is a terribly inefficient way to lose weight and simply exercising will almost never lead to improved fitness.
This is more of the party line smoke screen proffered by experts who are, in a word, nuts.
If you want a real shot at losing weight and improving some of the biomarkers associated with "bad health," do it nutritionally, first.
When you have a handle on that, consider training, not exercise.
The difference is the difference between success and failure.
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