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How do you reduce your thighs if you work out and your upper part reduces but not the lower part and you have the proper weight and height?

i found when working out and loseing weight that the lower body was always last to shed. Try lowering your weights. High repition, low weights.

What is the weight of a 1994 Chevy Cheyenne 4x4 truck?

the GVW should be on the door sticker.... try a manual also everyone should have a manual for their vehicle, and a professional shop manual should be available at the library in the reference section for FREE...make copies of the right pages and fix your vehicle like a PRO! :) good luck Dave :)

What muscles use in fencing?

Your fingers and hand are important. But for the footwork the back leg as u have to drive with it. But there are so many diffrent places can't name them all bit I would say fingers and back leg are the most important

What is the duration of weight training?

In order to build muscle mass you should train for up to and no more than 45 minutes at a time, otherwise you are doing edurance training rather than building muscle. Try training upper body one day, have the next day off, then the day after tdo your lower body. This way your body has time to recover from the workout, and you train your whole body evenly. hope this helped =)

Alex, 17

What are the minimum levels of aerobic activity and resistance training recommended to improve and maintain health for adults?

The UK government recommendation on "minimum exercise levels" is 30 minutes five times per week, doing any form of exercise, for adults. (Children are expected to do higher levels).

But your question on "improving" health depends hugely on what the persons' current fitness level is, which is why it is not possible to give a general guideline on that basis. Similarly, "maintaining" the fitness of a person who is already extraordinarily fit will require far greater levels of activity than maintaining a person who is very unfit.

How do you build a leg press machine for weightlifting?

Instead of trying to build one, if you want a leg press machine watch for a gym to close down for a chance to purchase a used one or keep an eye on classified ads in local newspapers or online. It would probably cost more to build a proper one than to buy a new one. A leg press machine is not necessary for a home gym. Instead of leg presses, concentrate on squats. If you master squats, you will not need to bother with leg presses, which are less effective than squats. Use different kinds of squats such as box squats.

Do I lift too much I'm 15 yr my max for benching is 185 and deadlift 170 and squat 160?

Your chest is stronger than your legs... it seems a little imbalanced. You may want to focus on legs a little more as your quads and hamstrings contain double the muscle mass of your chest (or at least they should).

P.S. At fifteen I was more interested in chasing girls not hanging out with dudes in the gym. They care not what you bench.

Do rest days help your overall workouts and fat burning?

Yes, they do. Think of it this way: you do not grow muscle in the gym. What you do in the gym should stimulate muscle growth outside the gym, which means that recovery is as important as exercise.

Exercise is like medicine: too little is not effective and too much is counter-productive. In both, it's important to get enough without getting too much.

It's best to do both cardio and weight (strength) training for fat loss. Cardio will burn extra energy during and immediately after your walks. Weight training will build muscle, which is your metabolic furnace that will burn calories 24 hours a day.

It is not necessary to do intense cardio (such as running) for fat loss. The best cardio is mild exercise such as brisk walking. It is sustainable and it will not interfere with proper strength training.

An excellent program is to go for a brisk walk six days of the week. The best time to walk is before your first meal of the day. Walking two miles will retard additional fat gain, while walking 3 to 6 miles on average will help you lose fat. "Brisk" means walking at a 4 mph pace. If you have not been walking, build up to that very slowly. You need not do all your daily walking in one session.

It's only necessary to do proper weight training for about 45 minutes every 4 or 5 days. (Do a whole body routine. Focus on the major, compound exercises, which are full squats, deadlifts, presses, rows, dips, and chins. Learn proper exercise technique and do it on every rep.)

So doing mild cardio such as brisk walking is fine with one rest day per week. Doing proper strength training is fine with only one workout every 4 or 5 days.

So both have rest days, and, together, they will greatly accelerate your fat loss. You can use this sustainable program until your dotage. If you have not been doing the weight training, you will find that, unlike cardio, which can be boring, it's actually fun. If you adopt and sustain this program, you will love your results. Train in good health! (Before significantly changing your exercise habits, you may first wish to obtain the blessing of your physician.) ----

Why do running shoes have ridges in the soles?

The ridges are to give you traction - try running in socks to see what it's like without the ridges.

How can you prevent muscle burn?

quite simply an active cool down such as a slow jog

Where does the term chi come from in tai chi?

The word "chi" in tai chi chuan, can be roughly translated as "ultimate, terminus" or "nexus." The entire phrase, tai chi chuan, can be translated as "Grand Ultimate Fist." Tai chi refers to the Daoist principles which form the philosophical foundation of tai chi chuan.

A practitioner of tai chi begins their practice by standing in a ready position with arms at their side. This position is called "wuji," representing a void or nothingness wherein nothing is thought of, no movement occurs. At the very moment that the intention of movement is expressed, it is said one goes from wuji to tai chi. At this point, tai chi represents the balance of yin and yang, the polar opposites found throughout all of nature in general, and in the tai chi movements in particular. From the two opposites of tai chi spring "the four" - greater yang and lesser yang, greater yin and lesser yin." The four divide once again to become the eight trigrams which, combined with the tai chi diagram, form the xiantian bagua. The bagua is combined with the Chinese five elements or phases, to create thirteen distinct patterns of movement, often called the "thirteen postures of tai chi chuan." These thirteen postures predate the oldest "form based" training methodology (Chen style) and were practiced in an ad hoc manner. Trained this way, the art was referred to as "long quan." The eight trigrams of the bagua are further divided to create the sixty four trigrams of the I-Ching, the Chinese book of changes, otherwise known as the "bible" of Daoism.

The "chi" in tai chi should not be confused with the "chi" which roughly translates as "life energy." While pronounced identically, these are two distinctly difference Chinese characters, meaning two entirely different things.

How do people in Dubai do their aerobics on their own?

the persons do that because they say that you can get down of the obey good luck

What are strengths to training?

You build muscles faster than just doing everyday stuff, like lifting. It's more concentrated.

With more practice "training" comes more skill and more understanding, better form and a more solid platform for acceleration of enhancements. Start with 1, before long you will be onto 100. Start with 1 minute, before long you will be up to 2-3hours. Build stamina and concentration.

Can p90x help with soccer?

Of course. Being in better shape helps stamina, speed, and strength. You will see massive improvements.

What is an auxiliary exercise?

An auxiliary exercise is a secondary exercise. Such as in strength training, the primary exercises are compound exercises, namely, squats, deadlifts, presses, rows, dips, and chin-ups. Compound exercises involve more than one joint. Auxiliary exercises are often not compound exercises. They should be done after the primary exercises. For example, suppose you are doing a workout for your upper body and using chin-ups as your primary exercise. After doing them, you might also do some rope-push downs (for triceps), dumbbell curls (for biceps), and wrist curls (for forearms). Those three exercises would, in this case, be the auxiliary exercises.

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If weightlifters lift their weights up and down and thus do no actual work are they really working out?

Weightlifters are actually working out. Lifting the weights up and then lowering them does put a strain on their muscles, which will make them stronger.

What is the meaning of Meditation?

To meditate is to enter a state of complete mental relaxation.

it is the act of calming and emptying the mind either to achieve spiritual relaxation or to think about things philosophically.

It is often practised by spiritualists and Buddhists.

Why isthere a pulse in my butt after a run?

you're more than likely feeling the femoral artery pulse with blood. It is located closer to the groin but branches out