Exercise

Top 5 Worst Places to Get Diet & Exercise Information From

Making smart health decisions involves gathering good information. Unfortunately, today's diet and exercise world are filled with unreliable sources pedaling inaccurate information to further a specific agenda (gym memberships, personal training packages or supplements). When you get information from unreliable sources, you will make bad decisions. 1. People That Look Good....

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Can I lose weight by sweating?

Sweating is a way for the body to control its temperature. This water weight loss is unfortunately not the kind of long term weight control you're looking for. Real weight loss, the kind that's involved when the body burns excess fat, is caused by eating less and exercising, not by...

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Body Fat & Body Density Calculator

Body Fat & Body Density Calculator The body fat & body density calculator takes skinfold measurements that you obtained with a caliper and plugs them into an equation that tells you what your body fat percentage is. Sex Male Female Age Method Seven Site Three Site - Men: (chest, abdomen, thigh) Three Site - Men: (chest, triceps, subscapular) Three Site...

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What is cardio?

Cardio (short for cardiovascular exercise) is the term given to a certain type of exercise that keeps your heart rate elevated for a continuous length of time. With strength training, you have a minute of exercise followed by a minute of rest. With cardio, the exercise is non-stop. Cardio has many...

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What is spot reducing?

The term spot reducing refers to burning fat stores from a specific area of the body (for example: abs, hips or arms). The body stores fat in response to a combination of too many calories and not enough physical activity. It begins to burn fat when the opposite happens. The...

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