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How Often Should I Exercise

September 10, 2011

  This has a lot to do with the intensity of the workout. An athlete who adds an extra training session to his day may not benefit himself if he has already put in a high intensity workout earlier. Where as the average person can exercise 2 or 3 times a day if they are [...]

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Are You Exercising In The Aerobic Zone

September 9, 2011

  Exercising in the aerobic zone is based on 65-80 percent of our maximum heart rate. I have a lot of people ask should they exercise harder or is easy and consistent good enough. The answer really depends on your goals. If you want to get fit fast then exercising in the upper range will [...]

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How Hard Should I Exercise?

September 9, 2011

  There are three major variables when you consider how hard to exercise. They are intensity, duration, and frequency. Of the three, intensity will increase your fitness levels the quickest. Whether your are in excellent shape or out of shape really bad you can improve the most my increasing the intensity of the exercise.   [...]

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Aerobic Exercise System

September 9, 2011

  How can you tell if an exercise is an aerobic type of exercise? Does it affect more than one part of the body. Running appears to be a body that works the legs, but it actually affects the lungs, heart, liver, and bones that make it a systemic exercise.   This is different that [...]

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How Muscles Respond To Exercise

September 8, 2011

  It is truly amazing to thing about what happens in the body when we exercise. Most people just think you breathe a little harder and maybe your legs burn or they feel tired. There is a lot more going on in the body when we decide to take the time to exercise. For an [...]

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How Do We Measure Fitness

September 8, 2011

  Running is a natural activity and also is used in most every sport there is. It also gives us a good accurate way to measure fitness – it’s called an Oxygen Uptake Test. You may have heard it called the treadmill test. It’s the test you get in the heart doctors office when they [...]

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Are Americans Obsessed With Fat?

September 8, 2011

  Are Americans the only ones obsessed with fat? I mean it is constantly in the headlines. “Fat is bad!” “I hate Fat! Why am I so fat?” The truth of the matter is that fat is not really the problem. Fat is the most efficient source of energy there is.   What is kind [...]

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What Increases Metabolism

September 8, 2011

  First I want to say that we are going to be discussing calorie burning, which is what most people equate metabolism to be. Actually it is the chemical reactions that take place in every organ and tissue in your body – including the brain, muscles, liver, heart, lungs, and all the other parts and [...]

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Best Workout Dvd For Women

September 7, 2011

  There are so many workout dvd’s out there. Which is the best workout dvd for women? We will be taking a look at some of the most popular ones also those with a high customer review rating. Ok, we all want to burn calories and get into shape. We want a dvd that we [...]

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Best Workout For The Thighs

September 7, 2011

  When we think of the thigh we generally just think of the front part of the leg. Actually there are more parts that comprise the leg and they all need to be worked on if you want a nice looking slim chiseled leg. This way you will be proud of your sexy legs whether [...]

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