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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
Can lifting weights cause constipation?
No. In fact, it can aid in digestion. When you workout, your blood flow increases and your metabolism rate increases which in turn increases your digestion & promotes hunger.
What are good exercises you can do to get abs fast?
Most exercise equipment will help you build muscle as in the six pack abs that look so good, however if you have a layer of fat on top of this muscle you just won't see it. So if you really want to have flat abs you need both exercise and diet. If you want them fast, you need to diet and work hard. Be careful, the faster it comes off the faster it will come back... exercise-equipment-review.com
What is the maximum speed of a human being?
During Usain Bolt's World record 100m sprint at the 2009 Athletic Championships in Berlin, Usain covered 20m between the 60th and 80th meter in just 1.61 seconds. This is about 44.7km/h or about 27.8 mph.
What are the effects exercise has on peripheral blood flow?
It doesn't it just pushes veins closer to the surface of your muscles
It does have good affects:
"In summary, regular vigorous exercise produces a training effect by "remodeling" the body's entire cardiovascular system over time"
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Reverse leg lifts and riding a bicycle are pretty good. Lie on your stomach with your arms extended ahead of you. Life each leg alternately until you feel the buttocks tighten. Repeat 20 times. Do this every day. You can also do it standing, but you must take care not to strain your back. Lying on a firm surface (not a bed) is better.
How many pull ups should a 11 year old boy do?
It doesnt really matter how many you can do. Whether it be only 1 or 2. As long as you're pushing it to the top of your capabilities, you'll get stronger eventually. When i was 12, i could barely do a single CHIN up. Now i'm 14, and i can do lots. I do this everyday: 10 chin up, no rest, 10 pull ups, no rest, and finally 10 wide grip. And i dont break a sweat.
If you weigh 80 pounds how much of your weight is muscle?
That all depends on your physical condition. The only way to know is to have a "BMI" test (Body Mass Index) which determines your boy makeup... how much is fat, muscle, etc. Your body fat percent and lean body mass is entirely independent of your weight. There are muscular people and chubby people who both have the same weight- you can't know how much muscle you have by weight alone.
What drugs may build up muscle mass?
For muscle gain, it is best to take protein supplements and lift weights. Strain on muscles causes tiny tears that are repair by amino acids that form proteins. There are no legal drugs that build bigger muscles.
What happens to your body when you dont exercise?
depends on if you have a high or low metabalism.
if you have a high one it probably doesnt matter if you excercise or not.
if you have a low one you will probably get fat...if you dont excercise
What are some effective agility exercises?
Some good exercises are;&Lateral Two Step with Mini Hurdles, Jump Rope, Mountain Climbers, Lateral Shuffle Agility Ladder Drill, Lateral Hurdle Hops, Slalom Agility Ladder Drill, Running with Speed Chute, Sprint Ladder Drill (One Foot In), Sprint Ladder Drill (Two Feet In), & Ladder Hops (Two In Two Out)
When you prepare to exercise what are three things to help you prevent injuries?
A good strength and conditioning program, a stretching regimen, and a solid base workout system. A good coach helps you put the other 3 things together.
What is the best way to get toned fast?
The best way to get toned is to set a decent excersie routine. I guard at a beach during the summer so part of our job is excersizing, we got about an hour and a half to work out 5 days a week. Naturally most people don't have that amount of time to work out, I luckily got paid to work out which makes it easier to get in shape.
Things to do
Eat Healthy - I know it's common sense, but it's important and not that hard to do. If you follow the excersize guide below you can eat ust about anything aside from sugary or deep friend foods. Eggs, chicken, turkey, tuna are all great for protein which help build muscle, choose what bread over white bread because wheat bread contains complex cards wheras white breat has sugar and are more fattening. Same with cerial, forgoe the sugary cerials and eat things like Life and Cheerios. Tomato sauce is good, fruits and vegetables are also a must.
Run - Running is great, it slims down your body therefore allowing your muscles to show. If you have fat, the fat will cover up your muscles keeping them from showing this keeping you from looking toned. Run two to four miles 3 - 5 times a week.
Push Ups - try to get around 200 in three days a week. It sounds like alot but start off using a deck of cards, flip the cards over one after another and do the corresponding number of push ups, keep doing them until your arms seriously can't do anymore and try to slowly work your way up the deck.
Sit ups - Try to do about 200 three days a week after the push ups. Do them in sets, not all at once.
Swim if possible, do about 1000 (40 laps) meters twice a week of freestyle.
Honestly if you do this for maybe two to three months you'll be very toned, it just takes persistance and self discipline.
Why is it important to vary your exercise?
Your body can become accustomed to one form of exercise and eventually your heart rate won't even rise in response to it; a rise in heart rate is what indicates effective exercising. If you vary your exercise, you're likely using multiple muscle groups as well.
How many calories burned on a 25 mile bike ride?
It depends on how much effort you have to put in. An average ride is approx. 110 calories per mile. However, a hard ride can be much more than that. For more information, see the page link, further down this page, listed under Related Questions.
How many lengths in a pool is needed to burn one pound of fat?
SHORT ANSWER: If you're healthy 220-pound medium-athletic male with some, not much, body fat (like me), swimming 100 laps every day in 25-meter pool for an hour (like me), it takes 500 laps (I'm losing 1 pound a week now). But really, it depends SO MUCH on other stuff ,especially how and what you eat.. If you swim slower (say, 2 hours), you need to swim more laps. For fat people, it's more laps. For warm pools, it's a bit more laps. For females, not athletic, or not working out 5 times a week - it depends on how much you eat more than on your workout.
A rule of thumb: swimming hard for 1 hour (80-120 laps in 25-meter pool) 5 days a week, if you're 200 pounds and can swim freestyle non-stop for an hour, will burn you ~500 calories. That's one pound a week, because one pound of fat is 3500 calories, IF you eat NO MORE than 2200 calories per day. That's because if you swim every day for an hour, your metabolism accelerates so much that you need 2700 calories, and to lose 1 pound a week, you need to eat no more than 2200 calories. This can differ for everyone greatly just because of genetics.
You have to count ALL calories. E.g. that fish oil Omega Fat Acid pill is 10 calories. Count it in. If you don't want to get ill, you'll need to get all essential nutrients and it normally means giving up sweets, pastries, most fatty foods. You can have one candy a day. When you start losing weight, you may be able to afford one slice of a cheesecake. That's the scale, no more. You can't overeat one day and then "catch up" next day, because the first day you'll create fat , and next day your body will devour muscles, not the other way around. That's how the body works, and there's a good reason for it.
To compute precisely how many laps per pound of fat, it depends on your weight, your general physique, and how fast and what style you swim. It also depends on the lenght of the pool, temperature of the water, and obviously after swimming you get more hungry, so you tend to eat those calories back.
It's all approximately computable, but depends on so many factors that you need to read a nutrition book to understand that your question is too vague to have a definite answer.
If I walk 8 minutes per mile how many miles per hour is this?
If you travel a mile in 8 minutes, you are traviling at 7.5 miles per hour
Is body composition a health related fitness?
A: body composition is not a fitness
B: what are u talking about
How many miles is in 8 laps of a track?
It is approximately 56 m longer per lap if you run in the 8th lane instead of lane 1.
I think the question asks for the total distance run if you fully run all 8 lanes.
If you begin in lane one, then lane 2 etc. through lane 8, this is a convenient way to keep track of how many laps you've done.
If the width of the lanes is 1.27 m (50 inches), and you run around the track once in each lane you will have run
400+408.99+415.959+423.939+431.918+439.898+447.878+455.857 = 3424.439 metres.
Suggestion: switch lanes at a consistant position on a straight section of track.
What is the best exercise for a flabby stomach?
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Short of liposuction there's no way to target weight loss. It's like trying to drain only one end of a pool.
You'll have to settle for the ol'fashioned approach of eating less/healthier, and exercising more.
And you have to start at the eating.
With the high calorie foodstuffs that we have oh so available these days, it's just not possible to train hard enough to compensate if you're overeating.
One cupcake outside your "allowance" can take one hour of mid-intensity exercise to use up. And then you're just back to square one for that day.
When you have your eating under control, it's not really that important what exercise you do - the important bit is how hard you hit it, and for how long.
What you want is an exercise - any exercise - that gives you a decent raise in heart rate for a longer period of time. There's a strong connection between heart rate and number of calories used up.
Lety's say that a flat out sprint would kick your heart rate up with 100 beats/minute, but you're only able to sustain it of for a minute - that's only 100 added beats, not many calories used.
So maybe take a brisk walk, or jog instead. Settle for a 50 beat raise, but keep it up for 30 minutes. That's 50 x 30 = 1500, a lot more calories being used.
Specific exercises like sit-ups and crunches can help firm up the muscles, which will help with the overall look, but won't really do anything for the local fatty layer.
Answer
You will need to do any exercises that target the abdominal muscles. Lifting weights three times a week was found to significantly lower belly fat, as well as fat throughout the rest of the body. Another study found that 30 minutes a day of intense workout burned belly fat.
Cardio exercises have been known to increase weight loss in problem areas, but so do crunches and sit-ups, as well as various other abdominal activities.
Some good exercises for belly fat weight loss are sit ups, planks and crunches. However fat loss is attributed not solely to muscular development; for maximum effects, you must do cardiovascular exercises like running and skipping to lose fat.
How long does it take to burn calories on a bike?
It's not really about how far, but rather about for how long and how hard you'd have to ride.
On good roads, that'll take more miles than it would on poor roads.
I can go through 800 calories in less than one hour, most would probably do it in 90 minutes or so, some may need two hours or even more.
Bones used in jumping jacks will be the bones of the arms and legs. The extremities will move when jumping jacks are done.
Main reason why you may need to adjust an exercise program over time?
To ensure that you are constantly engaging your body in a way that improves its function.
What are the parts of a trampoline made out of?
The frame and springs are steel. The bed is a fabric webbing. The springs attach to plastic fittings on the bed. The padding is filled with expanded foam and covered with a plastic-coated fabric.
How can walking improve physical fitness?
Yes, walking does build muscle in your thighs and calf muscles. It also helps to tighten your stomach. Overall, walking is good for you and your muscles. Yes it does. Any activity that involves repeated flexion of a muscle or a group of muscles will eventually make that muscle bigger and more powerful.
