Making one's body work. Includes walking, jogging, running, lifting weights, playing sports, cycling and any active play. The opposite of watching TV.
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Workout Split - what's a good 4 day split routine
I'm looking to do a workout split (to see what the impact to my results are) with the focus on strength gain. I have the split as follows:
Day 1 - Legs/Abs - Squats, Lunges (and their variations) + ...
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What is a good exercise to prepare for skiing?
I know that first time and/or slightly-out-of-shape skiiers have a tendency to be extremely sore after their first day on the slopes. What is a good exercise my wife and I can do to prepare for our ...
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What are the benefits of incline while on a treadmill?
I've always wondered why treadmills have inclines. It seems to me that, on a pure physics level, you shouldn't be expending any more energy, since you're not actually doing any lifting. Of course, ...
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How many estimated percentage of my weight that I lift while doing elevated push ups
Question No. 1:
How many estimated percentage of my weight that I lift while doing elevated push ups with my feet on my unstable bed about 60cm from the floor (so I also keep my balance work here) ?
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Recommended amount of cardio exercise
For cardiovascular health (not training, or endurance, or other reasons for exercising), how frequently is it recommended to do cardio? What is the minimum to have any effect, what is the maximum ...
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Should I stretch before exercising?
Should stretching be done before exercise? Does the type of exercise (running, weight training, swimming) affect the answer?
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Push-up Variations
Are there some push-up variations I can do to work the biceps or shoulder muscles? Illustrations or pictures would be appreciated as well.
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Free Weight Exercises
I'm lokking for home exercises that I can do easily. I'm looking to see a photo or video and apply the exercise, do you know any good free or paid websites for this thing?
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Strength training after back injury
I recently injured my back and am anxious to get back to the gym, but I'm used to free-weight exercises and not exactly excited about having to use machines. Are there good options for lower body, ...
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Strict weight watchers adherence and regular, varied exercise not achieving results
I'm very frustrated by my inability to lose weight. I'm a 28 year old female and I'm stuck in the overweight range. Despite years of consistent and steady weight watchers and exercise, I cannot ...
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Can an active person eat more cholesterol?
Looking at the nutritional facts on an egg carton, I see that one medium sized egg satisfies 71% of the daily nutritional requirements for cholesterol. Many bodybuilders eat up to a dozen of eggs per ...
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How to stay fit with lowest possible calorie burn?
Suppose you were in a situation of restricted access to calories -- at or perhaps even below what you need to sustain your weight long-term -- but wanted to stay/get in the best shape possible under ...
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Looking for some advice on weight loss routine
So, I have summer to lose weight and this summer I have the motivation as well.
I have an exercise bike, cross trainer, rowing machine, pullup/push up bars, free weights and a treadmill at my ...
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How to overcome lack of willpower when not having access to a personal trainer or training buddy?
During exercise I often notice that I'm physically capable, but not mentally. At some point a strong mental listlessness makes me stop my workout.
Normally at this stage a training buddy or a ...
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I need an effective excercise for wings/chest
I need an effective exercise for chest wings.
Basically my body is normal, but my chest is almost same in width to my lower body and the belly.
I want my chest/wings to be more in width, so it becomes ...
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As long as I do enough exercise, can the effects of junk food intake be offset?
So it's been explained to me that it's basically just a matter of burning more energy than you consume.
So say, in theory, if I were to do heaps and heaps and heaps of exercise every day. But then I ...
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How do I treat chafing?
I believe that just about every sports athlete and fitness guru has run into this problem. I've addressed already what to do to prevent chaffing, but let's say that we didn't follow that. What are ...
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How do I prevent chafing?
I believe just about every long distance runner, hiker, and many more sports enthusiasts have run into the ever long problem of chafing:
caused by constant rubbing of another part of the skin—two ...
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When should I not exercise?
In relation to eating, when should I not exercise? Or rather, are there times that are better or worse than others to exercise during the day?
For example, is it better or worse to exercise in the ...
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Is walking up the stairs a good exercise ?
I'm planning to take the stairs ever day and was wondering if its a good exercise?
There are 9 floors, with about 180 steps of 6 inch or 15 cm, so it would be a total of 1080 inch or 27.5 meter ...
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Elliptical trainer vs. running
Say I am looking for a 30 min. cardio workout for 3 times a week. Goal is to reduce resting heart rate and improve general fitness. Which is better:
Elliptical trainer (say: max resistance, 90-110 ...
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Is there a name for this exercise/movement?
When I stand with my feet flat and together, then lift myself onto my toes repeatedly. It's a pretty good calf workout, and I do about three reps of 100. Is there a name for this exercise/movement?
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Effect of strengthening the muscle - 1) when muscles are tight, and 2) when they are weak?
I feel pain in my lower back and very seldom in my hip (both right sides). I have been stretching quite a lot in past 1 year and have recently started strengthening exercises for lower body. However, ...
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How can I get a flat stomach?
I can do plenty of sit-ups and other ab exercises. I also have a house-mate who is a personal trainer so I know I'm doing them right.
However, I can stick to a routine of doing reasonable quantities ...
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what are the best techniques for getting back into shape
i had an injury recently that prohibited me from working over for several months. Now that i am healed, i am having a hard time motivating to get back into the gym to work out (as its not a ...
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Identifying an exercise
I have been doing an exercise which I came up with (not saying I invented it) that I have not seen before and I was wondering if there was a name for it.
Imagine the cherry picker move we used to do ...
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Recommend exercises to replace swimming
As it heads towards winter and our swimming pool becomes unbearably cold, what is a good daily exercise I can do to replace my daily swimming?
The aim is something low impact, works out most of the ...
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How to incorporate cardio in to a barbell routine?
I lift M-W-F. On A days I would do back squats, bench presses, power cleans, and push ups. On B days I would do back squats, overhead presses, deadlifts, and pull ups.
This is all fine but if I want ...
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Why do I get cramps all the time?
Fairly often, I get cramps that are really painful. I've noticed that there seem to be 2 different varieties of these cramps.
Random Foot Cramps - these are just cramps that I get in either of my ...
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Why are push-ups and sit-ups so common?
Growing up in many school activities we were made to do sit-ups and push-ups. In Navy Cadets we did pushups and situps whenever we exercised. I have also seen it included in many general fitness ...
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Is it better to start exercising with a program/dvd or running/walking/etc?
I want to start exercising but not sure the right approach. I don't want to over do it by doing too much at first since I don't already have a routine.
Would it be better to start off with a dvd ...
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Home Calve Exercises
I'm a pretty skinny guy, and I've been weight lifting, working out, etc, and I've noticed some results with my upper body, but I'm as chicken-legged as ever.
So, what are some good, rather simple ...
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How can I improve my vertical?
I have been playing basketball a lot lately and I'd like to improve my vertical. Currently it's not terribly bad, but I'm guessing below the average competitive basketball player (somewhere around ...
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Does exercising help to treat varicosis?
Does exercising help to treat varicosis? Which exercises do you suggest me to do? They are at the beginning phase. It is difficult for an outsider to recognize them unless he inspects my legs ...
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Interesting and competitive exercises for couples
My wife and I are quite competitive, however being of the opposite sex it's hard for us to compete with things like push-ups etc.
I'm looking to find some other exercises that we can do together that ...
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Will developing my leg muscles improve my running?
Will doing strength exercises and working out the leg muscles like the thigh and calve on machines improve speed or endurance in running?
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After Pregnancy: exercise to close gap in vertical muscles in abs
In "What to Expect When You're Expecting" after birth of baby, it advises to close the gap in your vertical ab muscles before going back to a strenuous routine. My questions are:
1) checking for the ...
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Can you do circuit training every day?
Is circuit training most beneficial if you do it everyday? Should you take days off or alternate with something else to get better results?
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Burning calories: Using elliptical type equipment
While ellipticals offer stationary movement with low impact on the knees, they also seem to offer burning off insane amounts of calories when compared to equal time/work on a treadmill.
Same brand ...
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Leg Strength Exercises
What are some good exercises that utilize free weights to increase leg strength?
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Knee ligament stretches
I have this problem. Since I'm a dancer, but I'm also a tad bit overweight, the strain on my knee joints and ligaments is a little bit bigger than it should be. So, a while ago I started feeling pain ...
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How do I know how much weight I should be lifting with dumbells?
I was just given a set of weights - adjustable weight dumbells - as a present, but I have no idea what sort of weights/how many reps I should be doing in order to achieve the best results.
I'm ...
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Clicking and clicking noise with bench presses
When doing bench presses, both the left and right areas of my shoulders make this really loud clicking sound and it feels as if the bones are clicking against each other. This has been happening for ...
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Reducing wrist pain/weakness during exercising
I'm spending most of the day in front of the computer (10+ hours), and as expected, my wrist tendons experience strain during work. Normally, this wouldn't be much of an issue, but after I have ...
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Light workout with cereal diet to reduce fat
I am doing very light workout, e.g. 10 push-ups a day. I want to know that if I keep my diet to cereals with full-cream milk, will it have any effect on my belly fat?
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What swimming technique is more effective for a cardio workout?
There are multiple technique out there, with the two I mainly use being breastroke and freestyle. Is there a difference between the two as far as their effectiveness in a cardio workout? Is there a ...
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Should you still exercise when sick?
Should one continue to exercise even when sick? I know it may depend on the sickness, but what about minor things like a cold or fever? Are there chronic sicknesses where you should still regularly ...
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Cardio before or after exercise?
I usually do a 10-20 mins Cardio (Treadmill/Elliptical/Cycling) before I go for the weights and other exercises. Is this a good practice? Would there be any advantages if I order my routine ...
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What are some good exercises to work the forearms?
My husband and I have both been lifting dumbbells in an attempt to build some muscle. We feel like we're hitting our upper arms pretty well, but not the lower arms. What are some good exercises to ...
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How can I calculate calories burned during an activity?
I've found various online "calculators" for looking up how many calories are burned when doing an exercise like using an Elliptical machine.
Is there a way to calculate how many calories I burned ...
