Method Two requires you to use exercise as a way of burning calories rather than lean tissue doing that job. If you exercise fairly hard for about an hour, it has been said that you will burn 500-800 calories. This will vary among individuals due to many factors not limited to; age, gender, health and ...…
Cardiovascular health is a result of the strength of your heart, not it’s endurance ability. If you wanted to strengthen your leg muscles you would need to work them near your maximum whilst keeping fatigue as low as possible. The heart is no different, it is a muscle too. Endurance work can and does indeed ...…
bbc artcile on cardio and weight training…
I trained a semi professional cyclist who had been struggling for two seasons to bump himself up the rankings. After just 2 months he had moved up an entire class and was keeping up with riders 10 years younger than him. Not bad for two half hour sessions a week.…
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Here is an awesome article giving a different look at heart health through exercise – another reason not to do long steady state cardio for heart health; CARDIO BUSTERS! Be an Awesome Ape :)…
Hoorah another mistaken belief. Time and time again I hear and see written questions and statements about “cardio”; “How much cardio should I do?” “I run for 45 minutes a day for cardio” “You have to be on the crosstrainer for at least 30 mintes to burn any fat” “I am in the fat burning ...…
One of my favourite sites and authors in this game is Dan John. He is friendly, helpful and has a way with words. Most of all he is knowledgeable and shares that knowledge for FREE. see here; Dan John website The site is great if you want to lose fat, read about lifting heavy weights, ...…
I was talking with a friend not so long ago about the culture surrounding exercise, the blurring lines between exercise and sports training. We concluded that you have two distinct types of personalities that exercise; 1) The “Go when I can be bothered” type, which means not very often, peer pressured into it. 2) The ...…
Wonder why your exercise isn't giving you the greatness it should? You need all four aspects of exercise for it to be effective.....…