The best exercise tips for low carb dieters that boost fatloss, burn more calories, and avoid muscle loss that is common with any diet that restricts food groups, calories, or both.

1. Incorporate Power Yoga If you're following your low carb diet then chances are your body is releasing a ton of toxins as well as stored fat. Yoga is a great way to help your body detoxify because many of the poses stimulate your digestive system, kidneys, and liver. It also creates internal balance so your body burn fat more efficiently. Try adding a quick 20-30 minute yoga practice twice a week or try a one hour class once a week.
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2. Perform the Right Type of Cardio Going for 60 minute moderate intensity walks every day is the fastest way to teach your body how to store fat. When you're eating low-carb you are not taking in enough energy producing foods to participate in distance activities such as running, hiking, or cycling. If you're going to do cardio make it short and make it interval. Warm up with a 5 minute walk at a moderate pace, then run or walk really fast for 1 minute, then recover and walk slow for 2 minutes, then do lunges for as long as you can take, then run uphill for 30 seconds, then walk for 5 minutes, and so on. Make it as varied as possible and don't go longer than 20 minutes.

3. Plan Your Carbs Around Your Activity If you are planning on cycling with your family all morning, going for an all day hike with friends, or spending all day walking at the theme park, be sure to eat your low-carb breads, low-carb cereals, etc. before your most active time. This will ensure that your body has enough energy and that it doesn't start using lean muscle for energy. Many low-carb plans do talk about how your body will tap into your fat stores but they are not referring to those who do intense exercise. If you lift weights or do high intensity cardio your body needs carbs so be smart and provide them or your body will resort to using your fat burning muscle mass and this decreases the amount of calories your burn each day, slowing down your weight loss.

4. Shorten Your Workouts A 20 minute full body workout in the morning and a 20 minute cardio workout at night is better than a 30 minutes of weights followed by 30 minutes of cardio. You are not taking in enough carbs to tax your body with weights and cardio for longer periods of time. A better option is to workout 20-25 minutes 6 days a week alternating between cardio and weightsand yoga and to make all your workouts as effective as possible.

5. Drink Extra Water
It's imperative that you drink a lot of water when you're on a weight loss diet or a low-carb diet but drinking even more when you exercise is crucial. If you fail to do so you may experience splitting headaches, energy crashes in the middle of a workout, get cramps, increase your chance of injury, and possibly blow your diet (thirst is often mistaken for hunger). Be smart and drink 16 oz before, 16 oz during, and 16 oz after, in addition to your normal water intake.

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