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Four-Minute Workouts The product:ROM, a popular infomercial machine that looks like a combina- tion stepper and indoor bicycle. ...

Hand Weights The products:Dumbbells that weigh 1 to 5 pounds and are designed to be held while running, jogging, power walking, ...

Chapter 27 Ten Ways to Stay Motivated In This Chapter
Committing to an event to jump-start your fitness program
Finding inspir ...

If you’re a novice, an excellent option is to join a training program organized by a charity. You’ll have the double motivation ...

sounds, she flies out of bed, blends up a fruit smoothie, and heads out for a ride. The difference? She hooked up with an inform ...

Internet groups are especially helpful for home exercisers. “People who exer- cise at home don’t have the social benefit that yo ...

your sport — running on Mondays, swimming on Tuesdays, hiking on Wednes- days, and so on. Or you can vary your pace and terrain ...

If you don’t go to a gym, you can carry your own radio or CD player while you exercise, as long as you exercise in a safe enviro ...

Appendix Educating Yourself I t pays to educate yourself, whether you’re thinking about buying a stair- climber or you want to e ...

Stuff like this happens all the time. Sometimes readers don’t have any way to discern truth from fiction, but you can get a dece ...

On the other hand, just because a study was conducted at an elite university doesn’t mean it’s the gospel. Recently, the Nationa ...

Notice the length of the study A four-week study doesn’t tell you whether a weight-loss pill or exercise regimen is safe or effe ...

Fitness Magazines Just when the fitness-magazine industry seems to be saturated, along comes yet another magazine devoted to exe ...

Know that advertisers influence editorial copy The editorial and advertising departments of journalistic publications are suppos ...

Even though magazine articles are written three to six months before publica- tion, they’re often more up-to-date than newspaper ...

392 Fitness For Dummies, 3rd Edition ...

A • abdomen abdominal measurements, strength testing, 27–28 circuit training, 244 –246 hanging abs, 245 muscle structure, 183– ...

394 Fitness For Dummies, 3rd Edition bench presses, pectoral-muscle exercises, 180 Beyond Basic Yoga For Dummiesvideo (Sara Ivan ...

cycling, 11 discussed, 10, 105 elliptical trainers, 134–136 event training, 124 heart-rate measurements, 109–113 high-intensity, ...

396 Fitness For Dummies, 3rd Edition classes (continued) safety rules, 301–302 Spinning, 292–293 water aerobics, 293–294 yoga, 2 ...