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Saturday, February 14, 2009
Weights for Your Waist-and Your Heart
From readersdigest.com 3/09
Weights for Your Waist-and Your Heart
Give your running shoes a rest:
Adding strength training to your exercise routine looks like the best way to slash fat and strengthens the heart. In a new study, one group of volunteers walked or jogged five times a week, while another replaced two workouts with strength sessions (three sets of each resistance move.) Those who strength-trained did 20 percent less aerobic exercise-yet performed 7 percent better on tests of maximum aerobic capacity. They also lost 2 percent of their body fat: the volunteers who simply walked or jogged lost none.
Strength training increases muscle mass. Which burns fat faster-and the pudge it melted was mostly the heart-risky abdominal kind. What this means: if you add some basic strength training, you can ease up on the cardio yet wind up more fit-and your body will look better too!
Weights for Your Waist-and Your Heart
Give your running shoes a rest:
Adding strength training to your exercise routine looks like the best way to slash fat and strengthens the heart. In a new study, one group of volunteers walked or jogged five times a week, while another replaced two workouts with strength sessions (three sets of each resistance move.) Those who strength-trained did 20 percent less aerobic exercise-yet performed 7 percent better on tests of maximum aerobic capacity. They also lost 2 percent of their body fat: the volunteers who simply walked or jogged lost none.
Strength training increases muscle mass. Which burns fat faster-and the pudge it melted was mostly the heart-risky abdominal kind. What this means: if you add some basic strength training, you can ease up on the cardio yet wind up more fit-and your body will look better too!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
How to form new habits
Here is a link to a great article on forming new habits from one of my favorite blogs- Zen Habits (www.zenhabits.net).
http://zenhabits.net/2009/01/two-simple-ways-to-form-new-habits-without-really-trying/
http://zenhabits.net/2009/01/two-simple-ways-to-form-new-habits-without-really-trying/
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Youth Fitness Classes & parties for your preschool, playgroup, or home
I would like to personally reccomend a great company SOLEY focused on youth fitness in San Diego County called Stretch n Grow. My son's attend her classes adn they are awesome! The perfect balance of education, fun, and exercise!
Visit their website at http://www.stretch-n-growsandiego.com/
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