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Why does your skin go red after a hot shower?

The body has a core temperature of about 98.6F for most people. If you are in a hot environment, or have just taken a nice hot shower/bath, your core body temp is going to be affected. To get rid of the heat, the superficial blood vessels, just under your skin, dilate to release the heat to the skin, sometimes in the form of perspiration with a little help from the eccrine (sweat) glands. When those blood vessels dilate so close to the surface of the skin, it causes the skin to become red, flushed or florrid.

If you are very overweight what exercises can you do at home?

First off your body doesn't care much about what you do, but it cares a lot about how hard, and how long you go at it.

Everything that gets you equally sweaty and winded will burn pretty much the same amount of calories. Zumba, dancing, treadmills, ellipticals, stationary bikes, walking up and down the stairs, jogging round the house/block, skipping rope, jumping jacks - they're all good.

But any serious attempt at weight loss has to start with controlling your eating. A snack that takes minutes to eat can take an hour to burn off, and then you're only back to square one for that day. You'd need to keep going for another hour to actually lose anything.

What are types of jump roping?

You can jump rope with one rope by yourself. You can have two people hold a long rope on either, turning it while you jump.

There is also a type called Double Dutch, where two people hold two ropes, one end in each hand. They turn the ropes in opposite directions so for example: if I'm turning one rope in my left hand clockwise, then I turn the rope in my other hand counter clockwise. Not at the same time though. I'd start turning with my left hand, then move in with my right in order to create rhythm. Double Dutching is a bit fast paced and takes a lot of practice.

What are Muscles supplied with when vigorously exercising?

It will make you able to lift heavier things and you will gradually be able to lift a lot heavier things. If you over work them the will become stiff for a while and they will also hurt for a while. So try to take a break for a couple days every once in a while if you repetitive. then goo back. Do not do it a lot in one time do it for about 30- 45 minutes each time.

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How long to walk 745 miles?

3 week

calculate the time based on walking 4 miles per hour (on the flat - uphill will take longer). So it depends how many hours a day you want to walk and how many days you can sustain that pace for.

How far do you run in a cross country meet?

for junior high they run 2 miles and high school runs 3 miles

They're a lot of different races,

1k's, 2k's, 3k's, 4k's, 5k's, and other Ks. LOL! Middle school usually does 3k's. High school does 5k's, and then you get to choose.

What are the components of fitness revalent to waterpolo?

Agility: Agility is the talent to perform a sequence of tense power movements in rapid progression in opposing directions (e.g. Zig-Zag running or cutting movements).

Balance: Balance is the ability to control the body's position, either stationary (e.g. a handstand) or while moving (e.g. a gymnastics stunt).

Cardiovascular Endurance: The heart's ability to deliver blood to working muscles and their ability to use it (e.g. running long distances).

Flexibility: Flexibility the ability to achieve an extended range of motion without being impeded by excess tissue, i.e. fat or muscle (e.g. executing a leg split).

Local Muscle Endurance: A single muscle's ability to perform sustained work (e.g. rowing or cycling).

How many calories do you burn doing 1 hr of yoga?

Not sure where the previous responder gets his or her information. Yoga does burn calories. Sleeping burns calories. Does yoga burn lots of calories? Depends on what kind of yoga you do with how much intensity and for what duration. Balancing poses really raise your heart rate. Try saying suriya namaskar B three times fast. Now try doing it. Your heart rate will skyrocket. The best way to judge the calorie burn (and now you're doing two things you shouldn't do in yoga, counting calories and judging), start with your own perceived effort. If it's a 7 out of 10, you're burning calories faster than you would walking for the same duration at a moderate pace. And you may be burning more than you would on an elliptical reading a magazine. Plus you will build stength, endurance, balance and flexibility all the while freeing your mind from the encumbrances of worrying about how many calories you're burning.

What is the average numbers of miles American walk a day?

The average sedentary person (non-exerciser) may walk from 1,000 to 3,000 steps in a day, giving a range of somewhere between 365,000 to 1,095,000 steps in a year.

However, it depends on how much the person walks. :)

What is an activity requiring physical exertion?

any physical activity that maintains or improves your physical fitness

What are the benefits of exercising regularly?

The benefit of having a home fitness gym is that it is easily accessible since it is in your house. You should be able to work out whenever you want and you will be able to do a variety of workouts normally only reserved for the gym.

What are the primary muscles when doing pull ups?

a pull up, or chin up (same routine to me)

uses your upper back, and biceps

if you think chin ups or pull ups are too mch for your exercise you may switch top wat i personnally call a "2-hand pump" i take my curl bar, add bout 10-20 more pounds so around 80 total and just pump it in front and behind ur head

In trampolining how big does a trampoline have to be?

you can get a trampoline in any size, , , usually sizes start at 8 ft. and go up to 17-18 ft. (circle trampolines) rectangular trampolines do give u much more space, but cost much more. Remember that to keep your trampoline in the nice shape that it was when u bought it invest in a cover for it. Saves it from bird poop, easy removal of leave, and water making it rust. You can round Trampolines and Rectangular Trampolines. The Round ones start at 6ft, although more normally 8ft, and go up to 10ft, 12ft and 14ft. There are also 13ft and 15ft versions manufactured, but normally as a price confusion tactic by multiple retailers. the rectangular ones start at around 2m long and go up to around 5m long. The round ones are better for general family use.

How many calories do you burn swimming 40 lengths?

Calories burned while exercising vary person to person, but a person who weighs 150 pounds would, on average, burn 414 calories in an hour of swimming. So, for 10 minutes, this translates to about 69 calories burned.

How many laps in a 25 yard pool equal 1.2 miles?

22 laps in a 25 yard pool is equal to 1/3 mile. In competitive swimming, 66 laps or 1650 yds. is what is considered a mile. If swimming a 50 meter pool, 1,500 meters or 30 laps is a mile.

What muscles would you use for competitive running?

As the athlete begins to start running forward, right arm goes forward at the same time as the left arm going back. This forms the drive phase using the biceps which allow you to have a strong arm swing & the deltoids which help the body to drive forward as well as the trapezius and latissimus dorsi; the joints the arms are using is the ball and socket joint at the shoulder and the hinge joint at the elbow -slightly, this is repeated on the other side of the body as the left arm comes forward. As the first leg takes a step the quadriceps help you to push off the ground, the hamstrings and glutes help to bring the leg back and restart the leg turnover and the gastrocnemius helps you to have a stable base when you sprint in your spikes. Always remember that your core is very important because you use your back and abdominals in all kinds of running, but they are enormously important for acceleration.

How do you reduce obliques?

use barbells lightly weighted. place behind your head resting on shoulders. bend to the right then up then to the left then up, repeat for approximately 10 repitions. use light weights to start until you see how much you can handle. I promise you this will get rid of your love handles as it tends to strengthen the side muscles better than any exercise i have ever seen.

Lie on your back and cross the left foot over the right knee. Put your right hand behind your head, extend left arm straight out for support, lift your shoulder blades off the floor and twist to the left, bringing the right shoulder towards the left knee. Lower back down and repeat for 10 reps before switching sides (right foot over left knee, left hand behind your head, right arm extended straight out for support, raise shoulder blades, twist to the right bringing the left shoulder toward the right knee). Do 10 reps, then 9, then 8, etc. down to 5 on both sides, slowly. Try to focus on using your side muscles.

What sit ups work on?

It works on getting muscles on your "thighs"

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Exercise to lose under arm fats fast?

You have to lose fat from all over your body if you want your arms to look better. There is no way to just choose a place on your body to lose fat from.

That being said, you can weight train to tone those areas. Just do some basic weight training (you should definitely get someone to show you in person, not over the internet.) If you do that, your arms will have a better shape, even if you haven't lost any fat. You won't look like a bodybuilder, they train very intensely to get that physique. A few bicep curls won't make you bulk up.

How fast should you walk a mile in?

How you travel makes no difference, it's still about 1760 Yards.If you mean elapsed time that would be subject to so many variables of age, gender, fitness and more that you will have to narrow your question down a bit (lot) to the point that it means something.