How to Lose Weight on a Stepper Home Trainer

A stepper home trainer is also known as a stair stepper. CalorieLab, an online health magazine, publishes scientifically proven data demonstrating the number of calories burned over defined periods for light, intermediate and hard effort exerted on a stair stepper. To burn calories for weight loss, a consumer can consult a weight loss calculator and/or a nutritionist. A calculator is useful if your diet is fairly consistent. The calculator uses current weight values to determine how many calories have to be burned daily to reach a desired weight. A nutritionist can help you stabilize your caloric intake to make your stepper more effective.

Instructions

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Consult the online calorie deficit weight loss calculator at caloriesperhour.com. Type in your current weight, desired weight and period of time to reach your desired weight in months and days. Click on "Calculate." This will generate the number of calories you need to burn every day to reach your goal weight over a specified time span. Make note of this number.

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Go to the Calorie Lab's "calories burned search form." Enter your body weight under step one. Type in "stair stepper" under step two. Click the gray "show me the calories burned" button under step three. Search results will show how many calories are burned with 15 minutes or 60 minutes of continuous stepper home trainer use. Results are further broken down by light, intermediate and hard effort. Make note of the time it will take to burn the amount of calories generated in Step 1 at your exercise level.

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Choose an appropriate effort level at which to begin use of your home stepper trainer. According to Kirtland Community College scholar Lisa Balbach, light effort should be exerted if you never exercise outside of your daily routine. She also recommends working out three days per week instead of daily to get a routine started. If you already exercise three times per week for at least 20 minutes, you may burn calories based on an intermediate level of effort. If your exercise duration is at least 30 minutes, you are fit enough to base your caloric burning ability on a high level of effort.