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How long your workouts should last for good health .................. If your goal is to improve your health, you do not need to ...

Don’t worry — we’re not suggesting that you exercise two hours every day! In fact, we think the best way to lose fat is to creat ...

darned “deconditioned,” as the politically correct like to say, even exercising at 50 percent of your maximum heart rate can hel ...

120 Part III: Getting to the Heart of the Matter The table includes a few stop-and-go sports such as tennis and basketball. Acti ...

Chapter 8: Cardio Crash Course 121 Activity 15 min. 30 min. 45 min. 60 min. Tennis, singles 116 232 348 464 Tennis, doubles 43 8 ...

122 Part III: Getting to the Heart of the Matter Treat getting into good cardiovascular shape like a really important ongoing pr ...

Chapter 8: Cardio Crash Course 123 Interval training: With interval training,you alternate short, fairly intense spurts of exer ...

Training for a specific event ............................................................ Thinking of training for a 5K or 10K ...

Exercisers of all levels are susceptible to overtraining. For an elite athlete, overtraining might be running 80 miles in a week ...

126 Part III: Getting to the Heart of the Matter ...

Chapter 9 Chapter 9: Using Cardio Machines .............................................................................. In Thi ...

Can You Trust Those Calorie Counters? .................................................. At the gym one day, Suzanne was pumping ...

Use the calorie information to motivate you, but don’t be a slave to it, and don’t rely on the numbers to validate your efforts. ...

You push one arrow to speed up the pace, another to slow it down. Use the manual mode to design your own workouts, incorporating ...

a group cycling class, including hill sprints and interval drills. Other videos, designed for bikes, treadmills, and stair-climb ...

to ponder more solvable dilemmas, like how you can get your boss off your back. You may even want to keep a tape recorder handy, ...

body feels. If your knee hurts or you start to feel faint, don’t ignore the pain or try to drown it out by cranking up the volum ...

Start slowly.Most treadmills have safety features that prevent them from starting out at breakneck speeds, but don’t take any c ...

Photograph by John Urban Who will like it Runners who need a day off from the pounding gravitate toward this machine like movieg ...

136 Part III: Getting to the Heart of the Matter Elliptical-trainer user tips Elliptical trainers can take a bit of getting used ...