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Is it okay to swim in the middle of a lake?
Although swimming alone in the middle of Lake Michigan sounds wonderful and has its benefits to you, swimming alone has life altering/ending risks. The chances may be minimal that something dangerous ...
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If a child scooters everyday, does it make one leg of him/her larger than the other?
Unilateral training does indeed lead to a difference between the size and strength of the muscles on each side. However, most active individuals have discrepancies between their dominant and non-...
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Is it okay to swim in the middle of a lake?
I've done a lot of offshore sailing and sometimes you'll get totally becalmed. Hot muggy conditions and the water is so flat you can literally shave in the reflection. It's hard not to jump in with ...
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If doing aerobics after drinking, does it slow down fat sediment caused by drinking?
Alcohol tricks body to believe there is too much energy in blood, so body is enabled, or forced, to store fat.
No, it does not. Alcohol contains energy, and is processed by the body similarly to fat (...
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Very overweight person trying to get fit
If you're trying to lose weight my suggestion is to focus on your diet. Focus on eating less calories than you are expending and you will lose weight.
Exercise is great for your health but will do ...
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climbing 8 floor stairs daily is it a good practice
Until elevators and steel girder construction around the turn of the 19th century, the tallest buildings were usually five stories. People worked in those fifth stories for years.
Also, plenty of ...
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Running-101: For beginners who would like to give up smoking
Your question is pretty subjective, because nobody can tell you how much to run, or whether or not you'll even enjoy it as a regular activity. Same with diet and time of day, that's all personal and ...
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Are cardio exercises that involve sitting prone to any of the same risks of prolonged stationary sitting?
Sitting becomes a problem when it translates into a pattern of (sedentary) behavior that often results in a lack of regular exercise. More to the point, most of the studies define sitting as a ...
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Should I stop doing cardio?
Cardio doesn’t consume fat, muscle, bone, or otherwise. Cardio, like any activity consumes calories and depending on the type it may even help to sustain or potentially even build muscle.
The only ...
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Max HR not reached
The maximum heart rate formula is just a predictive model. It aims to give an approximation of the average maximum heart rate for people by age, and it certainly isn't guaranteed to be accurate for ...
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Is wiping off sweat during "indoor" cardio counterproductive?
A general rule of thumb regarding sweating is that, if it's visible and accumulating, it's not doing its job. The purpose of sweating is to cool you by evaporation. Ideally, the sweat is evaporating ...
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Workout Suggestions for a 260lbs person that wont cause serious injury on the joints
Recommendations With Little Impact on Joints
Biking: If you have access to a stationary bike or you have an actual bike, this is a good exercise for you. There isn't a lot of stress on the joints ...
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What kind of interesting exercises can I do to lose weight?
As mentioned in yisrael's answer and Aequitas' comment, you're gonna need to track your calorie intake. Combining a caloric deficit by diet with exercise is going to be a lot easier than just doing ...
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What does it mean to bonk or hit the wall?
What does it mean to bonk or hit the wall during a run or a bike ride?
In endurance sports such as cycling and running, "hitting the wall" or the "bonk" is a condition of sudden ...
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Is cardio really effective in fat-burning?
Not only that, but to burn the extra calories from cardio you have to subtract the amount of calories you would burn otherwise not doing anything. So really that 30 minutes of cardio only burns an ...
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Will taking the stairs daily improve fitness for an obese adult
"Fitness" is a fairly broad term, but I'd provide a boiled down definition that it means your body's ability to handle physical exertion. Exertion comes in all shapes and sizes (moving a piano, ...
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Change my routine to use strength exercises that are also cardio exercises?
I'm going to grade my recommendations by how deep your caloric cut is, because that affects what you can safely do. In general you will find that the larger the muscle group involved, the more ...
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Is 2-hour cardio healthy?
I don't think you'll be able to survive for very long doing 3 hours of running (as an example) eating 1500 calories a day. 2,000 - 3,000 calories per day of deficit (depending on your needs) is really ...
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Is it okay to swim in the middle of a lake?
It depends what you mean by okay.
If you mean "is it safe?" then the answer is simple: No, it is not safe.
If you get into trouble you stand a high risk of death. No-one will be able to rescue you.
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Should I jump rope even though I suffer from flat feet?
You should do some research on flat feet, and I think you'll see that it's not really anything to concern yourself with. I have rather flat feet myself, and have never noticed a problem except when ...
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How to improve stamina without burning too much calories?
I have ectomorph body-type
The somatotypes is a very old theory, and one that has been under a lot of scrutiny in the actual scientific environments. It is deemed suggestive, but not conclusive.
But ...
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Is it good to take protein supplements?
Your primary nutrition should be from food. Protein powder as the name suggest are supplements, if you are using them as food, it may come up with side-effects. Regarding your coach, it's time to get ...
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Warming up without legs
It's perfectly common to warm up your upper body by simply doing upper body work.
If you're doing bench press, for instance, let your warmup consist of 5-6 lightweight, high-repetition sets of bench ...
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Do people with slow metabolism tend to gain weight (fat) if they stop exercising?
I don't see how walking on a treadmill in a gym is any different than walking outdoors, with respect to caloric expenditure. Since people who join a gym tend to stop exercising entirely if they stop--...
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Sudden burst of energy
It sounds a lot like you experienced a "runner's high". This is something that usually is experienced by runners, as running is the most common form of aerobic exercise, and runners therefore ...
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1h Cardio at 120-130 bpm EVERY DAY
First of all, hats of for the work you've put in and the weight you've lost!
Do you see anything wrong with this workout? Should I take resting days sometimes (why or why not?).
Doing cardio at ...
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Do mandatory cloth masks pose a risk to training?
Using non-medical face masks during exercise does cause some minor discomfort, however, it appears to be safe when used by healthy individuals in short-term sub-vigorous intensities. Long term effects ...
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Are there hidden units in the Pandolf equation?
Yes there are!
I found the original paper1 and the terms of the equation are defined:
(1) A metabolic cost for standing without load (M1); this is proportional to the weight of the body and is ...
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Spreading aerobic activity
Yeah, you are free to spread out the activity however you want and it will give you similar benefits. Keep in mind that 150 minutes a week of moderate exercise is a recommendation to keep the general ...
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Change my routine to use strength exercises that are also cardio exercises?
All exercises have an element of both cardio and strength. What differentiates them is how much resistance is used (or can be used) and how much of it you do. A one-rep-maximum bench press is ...
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