Exercise is essential to good health, and one of the most popular forms of exercise is running. Running is one of the best cardio workouts you can give your body. It increases heart rate, improves blood flow, and enhances delivery of oxygen to muscles. It also tones your muscles and aids in weight loss and promotes general health and fitness. Not everyone looking to get fit, however, is ready to run. Running is an intensive activity that, if done improperly, can cause injury and promote wear and tear on joints and tendons.
As with any exercise program, it is always
Archive for September 2010
Power Up Your Heart
September 23rd, 2010 by TJ Davis | Cardio
Every effective workout includes an aerobic factor. Increasing your heart rate is essential to the overall goals of achieving improved fitness and weight loss. There are all kinds of activities that can provide a cardio boost, but the one that most everyone can do 'most anywhere at 'most any time is walking. There is no special equipment required, and you can reap the aerobic benefits of ambulation in as little as fifteen minutes a day.
There. We just eliminated two common excuses. "I don't have the money for ______ (insert 'treadmill', 'gym membership', 'classes', etc.)" and "I don't have time
There. We just eliminated two common excuses. "I don't have the money for ______ (insert 'treadmill', 'gym membership', 'classes', etc.)" and "I don't have time
Timing is Everything
September 21st, 2010 by Chang Song | Eating & Exercise
Here in the United States, every American wants to be skinny. There is an overgrown obsession with working out. Millions people know what to do but don’t know when to.
Many people have strived to become skinny, but it is hard to drop that couple of pounds. Now, you can just hear those weight-loss programs licking their chops, booking commercials and placing advertisements like it’s no one’s business. People know they need to work out, but they don’t know when; they know they need to eat certain things but they don’t know when to.
When to exercise is a question many
Many people have strived to become skinny, but it is hard to drop that couple of pounds. Now, you can just hear those weight-loss programs licking their chops, booking commercials and placing advertisements like it’s no one’s business. People know they need to work out, but they don’t know when; they know they need to eat certain things but they don’t know when to.
When to exercise is a question many
Working Out in Pairs
September 16th, 2010 by MPK | Strength Training
I work out six days a week, every week. It is an integral part of my life, something I look forward to. So, when I workout, it isn't just checking a box and saying that I worked out. Regardless to what sort of exercise I am doing that day (stair running, strength training, running), I give 100% effort. In my opinion, there's no reason to workout if you're not going to give it your all.
Recently, my husband and I were traveling. As I don't like missing workouts due to travel, I had packed my clothing. Our hotel didn't have
Recently, my husband and I were traveling. As I don't like missing workouts due to travel, I had packed my clothing. Our hotel didn't have
Yo-Yo Exercising
September 14th, 2010 by Bea | Eating & Exercise, Running
Have you ever heard of the term "yo-yo dieting"? This is the term that weight loss researchers have been using to describe intermittent weight loss efforts that leave people heavier and heavier. The basic idea is in reference to people who start and stop diets and how that usually harms your body's metabolism and thereby increases weight loss rather than promote it.
Well, now there is a term called "yo-yo exercising". Yo-yo exercising is also a very unhealthy habit. Along the same lines, yo-yo exercising refers to starting to get involved in an exercising routine, quitting, then picking it back
Well, now there is a term called "yo-yo exercising". Yo-yo exercising is also a very unhealthy habit. Along the same lines, yo-yo exercising refers to starting to get involved in an exercising routine, quitting, then picking it back
