Archive for the 'Exercise' Category
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006
Namaste-The Spirit in me bows to the Spirit in you.
If you have taken any yoga classes, you are likely familiar with the word. At the end of almost every yoga class participants place their hands together at the heart chakra, close the eyes and bow the head. Namaste.
Yoga offers many different […]
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Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
No exercise required. Is that really an ad for a diet plan? Yes, it is.
In this sedentary life that we live who wants to move? You know just because we may need to go up the stairs on our own someday and not get out of breath,or maybe carry our […]
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Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
So there is this debate as to whether or not swimming is a good exercise for weight loss. Some study from back whenever claimed that swimming was not good for weight loss. But later studies debunked that by stating that they studied swimmers who were swimming in cold water and that most people […]
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Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
Weight training is very beneficial for both genders, yet there are still some women who resist weight training because they don’t want to “bulk up”.
The truth is that in order to “bulk up” a woman would have to work out extremely long and hard. The reason for this is that women have […]
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Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
The lower abdominal area seems to cause the most anguish among those who want a flat stomach. Pregnancy, childbirth, excessive beer, whatever causes it…..the lower abdominals seem to be the least responsive and the most trouble.
The fact is, however, that there is not “lower abdominal” muscles and “upper abdominal” muscles. There […]
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
Those big, colorful balls that you see at the gym can be very effective workout tools. Especially for focusing on your core strength and stability.
Core training is most effective when your body is placed in an unstable environment. Since your core muscles will reflexively adjust to maintain your balance the muscles […]
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Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
Traditionally, pilates has not been considered an effective way to lose weight. It has always been considered a great toning exercise but the pace in traditional pilates was not fast enough to elevate your heart rate and the effect on the muscles was limited to toning and not building.
However, Winsor pilates claims […]
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Thursday, May 11th, 2006
By: Adrian Bryant
1. Start Exercising first thing in the morning.
As soon as you wake up in the morning workout for at least 30min to an hour. Studies show that working out in the morning has been shown to burn up to 3x as more fat as opposed to working out at any other time […]
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