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Reader Stories: How I Maintain My Weight With Exercise

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Updated December 21, 2009

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While some people struggle to lose weight, there are plenty of people who have figured out how to balance exercise and diet to maintain a healthy weight. Are you one of those people and, if so, how did you do it? How does exercise help you manage your weight and what does a typical week of workouts look like for you? Share the details of your workouts and how they help you maintain your weight.

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How Erik Maintains His Weight

For a maintenance plan, I hit all of the major muscle groups by doing major compound lifts once in my maintenance routine. Here is an example of one of those lifts. For my chest workout I will do 5 r…More

How Heidi Maintains Her Weight

Right now I take a cardio Bosu class that is really challenging. We work with weights too. Other classes that include a weight workout are: power pump; body pump; abs, core, and more. Other classes a…More

How Fitness Chick Maintains Her Weight

My strength workouts change all the time, but my favorite schedule is to do 3 workouts - an upper body, a lower body and then a total body workout. That allows me to train all my muscle groups twice.…More

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