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Fit Tip: Cycle Your Workouts
Everything, it seems, works in cycles and your workouts should too. It is a good idea to modify your workout routine in terms of length, intensity and activity in 2 to 3 week cycles.
Every two weeks, I like to vary my workout in terms of duration and intensity since I try to mix up my cardio methods weekly.
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Training Program: How to Start Cycling
If one of your goals for 2009 was to participate in a triathlon or just bike for exercise, then I found the program for you to follow. Beginner Triathlete is a great fitness resource on the web, but they can also help you get on your bike to get in shape. They've designed a three-month cycling plan for folks looking to lose weight, since cycling is much easier on the joints than running.
Reese Gets a Full Body Workout, So Can You!
Reese has been getting healthier and healthier as she is a new single woman prepping for an upcoming movie. It looks like her trainer has been putting her through the ringer with some serious moves.
It looks like she's doing several variations of ab exercises, side planks, sprints, lots of stretching and even some crazy push-up against a tree.
Great Fitness Gadget: Peddle Anywhere
We're always looking for a way to multi task when it comes to fitness. So, one way to burn a few more calories throughout your day is to use a Mini Portable Cycle such as this one from Sharper Image.
The beauty of having a portable cycle is that you can peddle pretty much anywhere you have a chair and, unlike a stationary bike that it tucks away easily.
Can Exercise Affect Your Menstrual Cycle?
Working out regularly affects all aspects of your life in a positive way. It keeps your heart healthy, improves flexibility and strength in your muscles, improves your blood pressure and blood circulation, gives you energy, helps you maintain a healthy weight, can prevent injuries or alleviate chronic pain, and can even make you have a better night's sleep.
Exercise can even help you when you have your period.
Swimming For Weight Loss?
Swimming has gotten a bad rap as an exercise for weight loss. Unlike running, which curbs your appetite, swimming seems to increase it.
Studies comparing swimming with walking and cycling weight-loss programs found that swimmers gained five pounds on average, while the other two groups lost between 17 and 19 pounds.
Add Sprints to Drop Those Last Five Pounds
You've been eating right and exercising regularly for quite some time and the scale has been good to you. You're five pounds away from your goal weight, but your body is hanging on to that extra fluff for dear life. To help drop those pounds for good, you're going to have to make a change to your exercise routine.
DVD Review: Jillian Michaels — 30 Day Shred
I know that many of your share my admiration for Jillian Michaels of Biggest Loser fame, with her no nonsense approach to exercising and her ability to get the contestants up and moving. So I was excited to check out her workout DVD, Jillian Michaels — 30 Day Shred ($11).As the title implies, the workout promises visible results in a month, if you do it every day for 30 days. (“Up to 20 lbs.
Gabby Reece on Getting Physical With Laird Hamilton
When it comes to fit couples, like former pro beach volleyball fitness guru Gabby Reece and her hunk of a husband pro surfer Laird Hamilton, you have to wonder if they work out together.
When posed with Sugar user Spectra's question, "What kind of activities do you do with Laird to stay fit?" Gabby quickly responded, with an almost inaudible chuckle, "Oh my gosh, I try not to train with Laird.
Free Workout Music From Podrunner
Music is the great fitness motivator, and the faster the beat, the faster you move. If you're looking for an entire playlist that offers non-stop, fixed tempo music for your running, walking, or cycling workouts, check out Podrunner.
The site offers free workout playlists to help keep your pace constant, with ranges between 152 to 181 beats per minute.
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