Monitoring Heart Rate When Exercising

Monitoring Heart Rate When Exercising

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

One of the benefits of exercise is that it improves cardiovascular fitness. Your heart rate, or pulse, is the number of times your heart beats in a minute and is an indicator of how hard your heart is working during exercise. Learning to monitor your heart rate will help ensure…

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Hiking: A Sport for the Times

Hiking: A Sport for the Times

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

The time-honored virtues of hiking have never been more apparent than during these challenging economic and social times. This activity delivers a targeted stimulus to each department of life: Commerce. Hiking is affordable in that it can be practiced close to home, saving thousands of dollars on vacation airfare and…

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Ways to Commit to Get Fit

Ways to Commit to Get Fit

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

Even when you’re determined to get in shape and finally lose the extra weight, it can be hard to get going on a consistent fitness routine. Adding exercise to your daily routine and keeping up with your workouts can be a challenge, but you’ll be able to achieve your goal…

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Top 10 Home Exercise Routines

Top 10 Home Exercise Routines

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

By Jim Fisher Want to get in shape without joining a gym and without the expense of purchasing exercise equipment for your home? No problem. Here are 10 home exercise routines that require no equipment. 1. Jumping Jacks — Yes, good old fashioned jumping jacks-the same exercise we did as…

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Best Calorie-Burning Exercises

Best Calorie-Burning Exercises

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

A nice leisurely stroll is an easy way to burn a few calories, but let’s face the facts. A slow walk only helps shed the pounds the same way — slowly. If you want to rev up your weight loss, you want big numbers. For maximum calorie crunching, short and…

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How Exercise Benefits Your Bones

How Exercise Benefits Your Bones

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

There is no secret in the fact that exercise is good for strengthening your muscles and for weight loss, but it is also essential for bone health, as well. Weight-bearing and strength training exercises are imperative for strong healthy bones. While bone strengthening exercise is a necessity, it is also…

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