An activity that challenges one or more aspects of your body's abilities (strength, endurance, agility, etc), often with measurable resistances: weight, time, reps.
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What are the trade-offs of weight versus repetition?
When doing work out with weights, what is the impact of trade-off between
amount of weights working with
number of times an exercise is repeated
For example, I can repeat an exercise 10x3 times ...
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How does sleep affect your workouts?
Are there any documented studies that show how sleep effects your workouts or athletic performance?
It would seem that more sleep would help and less sleep would hinder performance, but that's just ...
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Recommended workout duration vs working out with a partner
I've read about / been told / agree with the fact that my workout should not be exceeding around 1 hour, however most of my workouts approach the 90 mins - 2 hour mark because I work out with a ...
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4answers
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How to Increase height naturally? Are those ads gimmicks?
I'm 5'6, weigh 137, male and close to be 24 soon. I am not happy with my height. I love sports, basketball, soccer, and others.
Being this short have some influence on sport activities I ...
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What can I use to monitor my running workout?
After a period of inactivity I recently started running again and want know what gadgets or tools I use to monitor my workout.
Some requirements:
It should offer workout programs (based on my level ...
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Effect of protein intake on muscle recovery
"Protein shakes" and other high-protein dietary strategies are believed by some to improve muscle recovery times after workouts. However, there is some opinion to the contrary: that protein intake ...
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What is the purpose of 'cooling down'?
After a hard work out, it's generally a good idea to not stop immediately, but rather to cool down. What is the specific purpose of cooling down? Does not properly cooling down affect the actual ...
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5answers
910 views
What should be recorded in my workout journal
What kinds of information should be kept in my workout journal? Should it just be a matrix of stats (exercise name, weight, reps, and date) or is there other important information that should be ...
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How do I prevent and/or treat dehydration?
There have been a few times that after a workout that I've gotten dehydrated. Are there preventive steps to dehydration that can be done before/during the workout?
If, after the workout or during ...
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1answer
186 views
How to improve symmetry in both strength and size
I have noticed lately that I lack symmetry in my arms (biceps and triceps, not forearms). This lack of symmetry also follows through to the strength and endurance in the weaker arm.
With my dominant ...
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5answers
651 views
My legs still ache 3-4 days after legs day
I have been working out for ~6 months and have worked my legs once per week throughout this time, on their own day.
My legs, especially my quads, ache to the point of finding it hard to walk, ...
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2answers
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Is there any scientific theory behind constructing workouts in the right order?
I've been working on my own workout structure for sometime now, trying to find the right combination of warm ups and exercises.
I always begin with a warm up, working on the muscles I'll be hitting ...
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is there any need to wear LANGOT(Loin Cloth) while doing gym workout
Here in India, lot of people doing workout in gym wear LANGOT(Loin Cloth or Drawers or Nappy), e.g.
They say that if they don't wear it, they will suffer from Hernia.
I have joined gym some days ...
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What can I do for cardio while I am on vacation with no equipment?
I started exercising and eating healthier 3 months ago and am really motivated and on a great schedule. I swim for 30 minutes 2-3 times a week, hike with elevation gain 2.2 miles 1-2 times a week ...
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5answers
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What exercises would make up the minimum, complete, general fitness workout?
What exercises would be in a complete, but minimalist, general fitness workout? This would include strength, conditioning, and mobility. I am looking for the quickest workout using the fewest, ...
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4answers
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Cardio vs. Weight lifting. Which one is better for losing weight?
Cardio burns more calories during the exercise, but weight-lifting builds more muscle which in turn raises your RMR (Resting Metabolic Rate). I have a little over an hour to workout each day during ...
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How can I make exercise more interesting?
I want to exercise. I really do. But it's boring.
From conversations with others, I gather that exercise gives people a natural high, but I don't seem to get one myself. I used to try to play sports ...
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2answers
699 views
Excessive caffeine consumption effect on heart/body
Each day I drink lots of coffee and energy drinks (redbull 355ml cans). I go to gym 3 times a week (on evenings). Are there any effects on my workouts? I stopped drinking any caffeine (at least from ...
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3answers
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Home Gym: Is an elliptical trainer alone enough?
I own a gym quality elliptical at home I'm using mainly to do cardio for weight loss purposes. Should I be looking into adding other equipment to my home gym or other exercises to my routine in order ...
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2answers
1k views
Eating before/after an evening workout?
If I'm working out in the evening (an hour of cardio at, say, 8pm-9pm), should I have dinner before or afterwards? What effects will it have on a) my workout if I eat beforehand and b) my recovery if ...
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4answers
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effect of masturbation on gym workout to gain muscle
For years I'm listening from everyone that we have to stop masturbation and also limit sex as it let down process of gaining muscle. Also everyone in gym suggests me to completely stop masturbation.
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3answers
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How to maintain my body without fat and reduce belly?
I've been going to the gym for the past 3 years. Although my body shape has changed a lot, my weight has been stable 70kg for this period. For example, my biceps has developed a lot, but I was unable ...
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I missed a Starting Strength workout and squats are getting intense - should I change my schedule?
As recommended by SS (Starting Strength) I am running workouts A and B, alternating every other day. However, with only a two day break in between squats I feel like I haven't fully recovered most of ...
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3answers
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Troubleshooting “Body By Science” workout
I've been doing a workout inspired by Body By Science for the last 5 weeks. I can't do the whole book justice in a quick post, but in a nutshell it recommends doing a single set of 3-5 exercises ...
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3answers
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should I use of energy/electrolyte drinks if I feel fatigue, exhausted and dried throat during exercise
I workout in gym daily morning for 1 hour with high intensity. But after 30 minutes, I start to feel very exhausted, fatigue and dried throat. Because of that, I couldn't push myself for much. e.g. If ...
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2answers
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Workout plan for a lazy person
I have been going to the gym (on and off) for about 20 years (I am in my late 30s). One thing that I have definitely established is that I do not like getting very tired and if I do work out hard, it ...
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2answers
637 views
Taking protein right before the workout
The label of one protein supplement suggests to have a shake before the workout and one after. I understand having a couple of protein shakes during the day after the workout, but is there any actual ...
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1answer
135 views
What's an appropriate recovery period after a summit event?
After a big event (in my case a weekend tennis tournament), what's an appropriate recovery time before continuing to workout again?
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4answers
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Which muscles would I need to train for ambulance work?
TL;DR Version:
Which muscle groups would I use when
lifting an object from the floor with a straight back
holding an object at chest height for an extended period of time whilst climbing stairs
...
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2answers
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Is there a definitive way to calculate a target heart rate for a cardiovascular workout?
In one book I read, the target heart rate for a cardiovascular workout for a person my age (36) was somewhat lower (10-15bpm) than the rate listed on some of the machines I'm familiar with at the gym. ...
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1answer
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Free alternatives to nike training club for windows or linux pc
Are there free alternatives for the Nike Training Club, which run on a windows or linux pc or just online via web-browser?
List of features, from the iTunes App Store description:
Full-body ...
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2answers
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How can i burn fat without losing weight?
I am 21 years old 1.75m and like 64.5kg. and started doing kickboxing 3 days a week for 4 months now. Kickboxing contains endurance and strength training nearly for the whole body. I didn't do ...
