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Which burns more calories, running or cycling?. The standard comparison is that one mile of running equals four miles of cycling, but that's lousy science. Although running requires the same amount of energy per mile at any speed (110 calories per mile), riding is affected by wind resistance so the faster you ride, the more energy you use. So you have to compare running and cycling at different cycling speeds. Dr. Edward Coyle of The University of Texas in Austin determin...

Why do well conditioned adults drop dead during or shortly after exercise? Work out, run, sweat, then rehydrate after a long physical workout with plain bottled water and you may end up grabbing your chest as your heart flutters out of control. Bottled water can't be held responsible for something it doesn't supply, an essential mineral that could eliminate or minimize the risk for sudden death heart attack. It's ironic that while lack of physical exercise may be a leading risk facto...

THERMOGENICS: Reality Check - there are no magic pills that will give you washboard abs in a week or two. There are however, some high quality thermogenics that act as a catalyst in helping one to reduce bodyfat. One thing to keep in mind when searching for the right thermogenic is to take all the advertising hype with a grain of salt. This is particularly true when it comes to timelines. In almost every advertisement you will see people who claim to have lost tremendous amounts of bo...

"The weights, the gym, the training, I can do that part in my sleep; it's fun and relatively easy. It's the other stuff, the dieting and supplementing, that demands the discipline." Those words, I hear allot as I talk to people that wants to work out, and that is working out in local gym's here in eastern Kentucky...And the lady's has this belief that you must cut out all food to loose weight...and lady's think that weight training is going to make them BIG & BULKY where they get this "crazy"...

SIT-UPS TO MAKE YOUR BELLY STRONGER Sit-ups can strengthen your belly muscles, but doing them incorrectly can hurt your back. Sit-ups should be done while you lie on your back with your knees bent enough for the soles of your feet to touch the floor. Place both hands on your chest and slowly raise your head off the ground. Then, slowly raise your shoulders around one foot and then lower them to the ground. Do this slowly ten times, rest a few seconds and then do two more sets of ten. Af...

Traditionally, women have been reluctant to engage in resistive exercise, for several reasons. First, many women fear the possibility of gaining significant amounts of bodyweight, and/or taking on male characteristics. This fear is reinforced when women see their peers in strength and power sports such as weightlifting, bodybuilding, and the throwing events in track & field. An additional factor to consider is that women, by virtue of their high proportion of slow-twitch muscle fibers and ...

Sure, it can reduce your dress size but there's plenty of other reasons to get to the gym. Size six. Size six. Size six. For many women, that is the sole mantra they use to motivate themselves to exercise. While a smaller dress size is certainly a great reason to hit the gym more often, it's not the only perk to working out. Getting regular exercise? Cardiovascular activity, plus strength-training and a bit of flexibility work can give you a boost in lots of other little ways, too. ...

Losing fat in my opinion is not all that difficult. You need to possess 5 Strategies and apply all 5. They are: 1. A Compelling Reason To Change 2. Proper Nutrition 3.Progressive Resistance Training 4. Moderate Aerobic Exercise 5.Consistency 1. A Reason To Change: To make a successful body transformation, you must first and most importantly have a desire to change. And that desire must be fueled with a reason to change. This reason cannot be any old reason. It has to b...

The Key To Losing Fat and Keeping it Off I've said it over and over and over again that the key to losing fat, reshaping your body and keeping the fat off is weight training and not aerobics. This viewpoint has been confimed by a new study in The Journal of Anthropological and Applied Human Science. The study compared three different groups - a non exercise control group, an aerobics only exercise group and a group that combined aerobics and weight training. As I would expect, th...

Almost everyone should lift weights. Weight lifting strengthens bones, muscles ligaments and tendons, increases coordination for tasks requiring strength, and gives confidence and mobility to disabled people. Just exercising doesn't do much to strengthen muscles. If it did, marathon runners would have the largest muscles. To become strong, you have to exercise your muscles against progressively greater resistance, such as lifting heavier weights. Just exercising doesn't strengthen ...

There are many, many benefits to regular physical fitness. Benefits of exercising range from the obvious: -lower body weight -decreased risk of diseases -lower body fat -improved physical appearance And the less known benefits: -reduced instances of depression -more positive self-esteem -better sleeping patterns -more energy & stamina Read below for some highlights of why working out is so important and beneficial to everyone! Strength Training helps increase your meta...

"A Week at the Gym" This is dedicated to every woman who ever attempted to get into a regular workout routine. Myself included lol ,...... Dear Diary ... For my fiftieth birthday this year, my husband (the Dear) purchased a week of personal training at the local health club for me. Although I am still in great shape since playing on my high school softball team, I decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and give it a try. I called the club and made my reservations with a ...

When a person says, "I want to loose weight," they are misleading themselves. Losing weight alone does not necessarily mean that one is losing fat. One must learn to differentiate between the two. When starting a new weight loss program, the average person will lose a significant amount of weight in the short term, usually their body is adapting to the new lifestyle change and will usually lose a lot of water. This is especially true if that person is new to exercising. They will think th...

The most common question I get from younger athletes is how do I gain weight? Most of these people tell me they eat a lot but just don't get bigger. THE SCIENCE OF MASS To pack on size, it's critical you do three things very well: train hard, eat like crazy and get enough rest. If you lack in any of these factors, your progress will suffer. Assuming you train hard and rest well, you need to maintain a positive energy balance in order for your body to grow. In other words, you...