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Exercise
Exercise is fundamental to healthy living. Ask questions here about types of exercise and developing exercise habits in your life.
26,397 Questions
When participating in a weight training program what is most likely to occur?
- Your overall weight will not change
- You will gain muscle
- You will lose fat
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- You do gain weight when you weightlift. This is a well known fact.
Talk to any Bodybuilder, Athlete or Personal Trainer.
Or maybe someone who payed attention in school.
What is muscle endurance and muscle strength?
Muscle strength is the ability to exert force on an object or through movement with the muscles. The ability to build muscular strength is largely due to genetics but age, sex, work ethic, and overall health have an impact as well. The main way to determine someone's muscular strength is through the use of an one repetition exercise at maximum weight. Take note that limb length can play a part in strength. For instance, someone with shorter arms will have an easier time bench pressing than someone with longer arms.
Muscle endurance is the ability to exert a force repetitively or over an extended period of time. Training for endurance can have a negative impact on muscle strength unless some sort of resistance training is also included. To increase endurance one may increase the amount of repetitions or increase the amount of time of the exercise. A dramatic jump in repetitions can have more of an impact on strength rather than endurance and can increase chance of injury. Every jump in time spent training should be low enough to allow the body to adjust.
What is the resale value of a proform GTS 50 treadmill?
The monetary value of any physical object such as a treadmill, an automobile, or a house is whatever price someone in the marketplace will pay for it. It is impossible to know in advance what any marketplace will pay for any particular item. The only way to find out is to test the waters. Put it out for a price that you think is a bit too high. If you do not get it after a while, drop the price. Keep doing that until it sells.
Does running give you muscles?
Neither, it promotes leanness in moderation ( mile or half mile a day )
How ever, if you are locking for bulk such as 2 or 3 hundred pounds the stair-mill is better for cardiovascular exercise.
How does under exercising affect the body?
A lack of exercise leads to a breaking down of muscle and an increase in body fat. Exercise increases the density of bones, so under exercising will make your bones more fragile and easier to break. With more fat in your body from under exercising, the heart and lungs have more blood and air to pump around the body causing these organs to have to work harder. A person who excerises normally would not have to worry about their heart and lungs over working.
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Why would a retired person take up light physical activity?
It always helps to the person well-being, as well as giving them something to do now that they have a lot of spare time. The exercise chosen should be moderate and according to the person's strength and possibility.
Is delayed onset muscular soreness and lactic acid related?
Not directly, at least. Lactic acid is produced under the anaerobic conditions produced during strength training, but it is produced immediately. Obviously DOMS is delayed...usually by about 12 hours.
How do participation help us to improve your physical body?
Our body, our organism is essentially and strongly adaptive. But there is always a limit on how you seek for a healthy, a well-shaped body. Everyone who start with a fitness program, must remember that an aerobic exercise is the better one.
While exercising, place a small ventilator in front of your fitness apparatus, and set it to the lower level. Do not associate the movements you make on the fitness apparatus with your rhythm of breathing. Inhale the air coming from the ventilator, which must be just a light breeze, inhale deeply, maintaining the air in your lungs for some seconds, and exhale rapidly. About your physical improvement, look for safe supplements, avoiding steroids, and if you choose by using them, use the minimal dosage. A very good fitness apparatus is the walking simulator, always using a small ventilator in front of it. ( one meter away from the apparatus). Right after a session of 30 minutes, slow or fast, depending of your age, immediately lay down and rest for 3 minutes. Very important is to maintain your daily exercise twice a day, 30 minutes each. Look for food rich in potassium, like cucumbers, banana. ( If you are young and has none health problem, you can drink gatorade, that is rich in potassium and glucose) half before, and half right after.
Avoid sugar and saturated fats. The result of a fitness program comes gradually, the important is to keep informed about tricks related to them.
Physical activity have to last while you are able to keep it. Do not stop.
Everything that is good for you, brings advantages when practiced routinely.
Do not forget to drink enough water everyday, about 8 glasses. Choose carefully the food you eat. No more than 2 grams of sodium chloride a day.
What does exercise on the bike do to the body?
Mainly it provides a low-impact cardio/aerobic work out, and works your lower body.
Why do i get tired quickly during sex?
Depending on exactly what you're doing, sex can actually burn a fair amount of calories. As long as the guy hasn't reached orgasm, basic instincts will keep him at it, but after orgasm, the fatigue catches up.
Ideally, a man stays involved until his partner has reached orgasm as well. It takes a conscious effort at first, but as you get to know each other better, it gets easier. One trick: sexy talk. And a lot of guys discover that if they keep thrusting slowly they don't entirely lose their erection. Again, it takes a conscious decision to satisfy his partner. It also helps if the partner actively demonstrates their own arousal.
Finally, it doesn't hurt to tell your partner, "I like it slow."
How much does personal training cost at la fitness?
I signed up for a year of personal training at LA Fitness for the monthly price of $100 which gives 4 sessions each month. This might vary by location and also if they are running specials you might can get it cheaper.
What is good advice for getting rid of muscle cramps due to exercise?
we can get relieve from muscles cramps by a massage or a hot water bath
What does 1.0 calories means on a stationary bike?
Calories is a measurement of energy. Calories listed on food tells you how much energy there is in that food. Calories listed on an exercise machine will tell you how much energy you've used up.
One calorie is a tiny, tiny amount. A cupcake can easily be more than 400 calories.
What body parts are used when using the Kettler Elliptical?
There are many body parts that are used when using the Kettler Elliptical. Examples of body parts that are used when using the Kettler Elliptical includes arms and legs.
What muscles are used using a cross trainer?
the calf muscle can benefit from the cross trainer, if you are new to the cross trainer your calf muscles may be saw, just remember to stretch them out and make sure you do a warm up.
What happens to the rate of breathing during vigorous exercise and why?
The breathing rate increases therefore the depth of breathing increases. During a vigorous exercise we undergo anaerobic respiration in muscles when there is not enough oxygen reaching to the cells to convert glucose into water and carbon dioxide (the products of anaerobic respiration with the presence of oxygen). During anaerobic respiration, glucose is only partially broken down into lactic acids and a relatively small amount of energy. Accumulation of lactic acids in the muscles causes pain and discomfort and may lead to muscle fatigue which is when the muscles are not able to contract properly. The muscles must rest and recover. Accumulation of high levels of lactic acids in muscles is toxic and must be removed. During the rest period, lactic acid is removed by the circulatory system to the liver. In the liver, lactic acid is oxidized to produce energy. This energy is used to convert the remaining lactic acids into glucose and eventually glycogen to be stored in the liver. This only happens after the period of anaerobic exercise has ended. The amount of extra oxygen that the body takes in after an exercise to convert the lactic acids into glucose is called the oxygen debt. This explains why we continue to breathe heavily,deeply and quickly after exercising. Hope this helps! -AA
What exercises do you need to do to become a freerunner?
Well, if you want to just go run around town or go for a run (if that's what you mean by free running) then all you need is shorts, a sports bra or t-shirt, sneakers, socks, and an ipod and headphones if you like listening to music while you run. If it's cold out then wear: long pants (yoga, running, or exersize pants), sweat-shirt, one made for running, or a warm regular sweat shirt that you will be comfortable in. Hope this helped!
What occurs when you continue to breathe hard once you stop exercising?
when you exercise you body burns fat and sugar, in order to burn fat it requires oxygen. the faster you work out the more oxygen your body needs to burn the fat in your blood. When you are breathing hard, you are not getting enough oxygen and you system starts to burn more sugar. The fat will not be properly burned in the muscles. When you stop exercising your body will still attempt to replace the oxygen in your blood stream until it normalizes. The harder you are breathing thats a sign that you are lacking oxygen to the muscles.
How much weight can you lose in 3 months if you exercise for 1 hour each day?
How much weight you can lose in one month if you do aerobics for an hour each day is dependent upon several factors. Your current body weight, age, gender, diet and metabolism will govern how much weight you can lose. The intensity of your workout will also determine how fast you lose weight.
How to improve physical activities for elderly people?
Walking is good for all ages and can be a nice way to socialize with others if you want to go for walks with family members or friends.
Also local pools run water aerobics classes for the elderly, this is a good way to exercise and stay healthy.
Which is the most important health-related component of physical fitness?
DIET! If you don't have a good diet, your are sabotaging your efforts at real health and fitness.
There are so many different views on a healthy diet, so I'm just going to jump start your journey on finding a good one.
Check out:
Primal Blueprint
Spartan Diet
and The Spartan Health Regimen.
What muscles do ski jumps work?
Jumping Jacks can be a fun exercise, and can be easily learned. It uses calve muscles, hip/shoulder abductors, shoulder/his adductors, and the core.
