Archive for September, 2006

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Friday, September 29th, 2006

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Shoulder Exercise Video with Fitball

Friday, September 29th, 2006

Take note of the different seating position on the fitball (swissball) throughout the exercise.
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Coke vs Pepsi

Friday, September 29th, 2006

This is very interesting…
Coke -or-  Pepsi
THE Who Serves What Map

Fat Burning Heart Rate

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

Glucaneogenesis explained.
I like the way Steve explains glucaneogenesis or the production of glucose for energy usage.
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Resistance training

Friday, September 8th, 2006

“Resistance training increases muscle strength by pitting the muscles against a weight, such as a dumbbell or barbell. The muscle cells adapt to the extra workload by enlarging (hypertrophy) and recruiting greater numbers of nerve cells to aid contraction. Understanding the principles of muscle contraction can help you reach your fitness goals faster. It is [...]

Define: Cardio

Friday, September 8th, 2006

Definitions of cardio on the Web - Google

High Intensity Cardio

Friday, September 8th, 2006

“Twenty minutes of high intensity cardio increases your aerobic capacity (VO2max) dramatically, maintains lean muscle mass, boosts your metabolism during and after exercise, and burns more fat calories than 30-45 minutes of low intensity cardio. Sound too good to be true?”
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Exercise intensity

Friday, September 8th, 2006

“Exercise intensity refers to how hard your body is working during physical activity. For maximum health benefits, the goal is to work hard but not too hard. There are a variety of ways to measure your exercise intensity to make sure your body is getting the most out of every workout. “
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Finding the Right Exercise Intensity

Friday, September 8th, 2006

“We’ve all heard the exercise guidelines that recommend we participate in 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity 3-5 times per week. That seems easy enough to implement. Or, does it? The duration and frequency guidelines are very straight-forward and easily defined. But, “moderate” intensity is often left to interpretation. [...]

Impact of Exercise Intensity on Body Fatness and Skeletal Muscle Metabolism

Friday, September 8th, 2006

“The HIIT group lost over 3 times as much subcutanious fat as the ET group despite of only expending less than half as many calories.”
HIIT = High Intensity Interval Training
ET = Endurance Training
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The Health & Fitness Show #042 - Exercise: Intensity, Type and Duration

Friday, September 8th, 2006

The Health & Fitness Show #042 (MP3 – 14.5MB – time 42.00)

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01.00 Exercise Type? Duration? Intensity?
02.42 Why do you want/need to exercise?
08.09 Competition - type of exercise
12.17 Why do the resistance training?
16.43 What is cardio?
22.13 Fat loss - duration
23.20 Rest
26.30 Strength Training duration
30.20 Fat loss - intensity
32.00 Heart Rate
38.00 Look after your body
40.53 GDAY [...]

Treadmills: I am impressed!

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Treadmills can be quite boring, but these guys have brought new meaning to the use of treadmills…I have seen similar things with DDR, but I think this is really cool.
[YouTube: Treadmill Dance]

Can you guess what happened here?

Sunday, September 3rd, 2006

The other night I was shopping at my local supermarket when I noticed an interesting package lying in the middle of the carpark. With my government’s marketing campaign/scare tactics to be Terror Aware I had to check out this suspect parcel…this is what I saw as I walked towards it…

Now, this is my first [...]