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Calories Burned During Turbo Jam
Thumping dance music fills the room as choreographer and fitness leader Chalene Johnson leads you in “Turbo Jam’s” high-energy routines designed to tone your body and burn calories. The two-DVD set presents five workouts in a combination of…
How to Burn Stomach Fat Fast Doing Nothing
You can burn stomach fat day and night whether you are playing or sleeping. You can burn stomach fat every moment of every day. To burn fat constantly you will need to build up fat burners called muscles. The more muscle you build, the more…
How to Choose The Right Size Road Bike For Your Height
Getting the right size frame for your height is probably the most asked question when trying to find the right road bike size to fit your frame.
Though there are many aspects to getting the right fit for your road bike, the first one is…
How to Use A Jump Rope to Build Cardiovascular Endurance
Jump ropes have long been associated with elementary-school recess games or agility training for boxers. A quality jump rope can be as inexpensive as $2 but can allow you to build some extreme cardiovascular endurance.
Jump roping…
How Many Calories Does Skating Burn?
If your goal is to lose weight or to maintain a healthy weight, skating is an intense cardio exercise that burns significant calories. How many calories you burn depends on your weight and on how long and hard you exercise.
Create a…
Endurance Exercises for Kids
An article reviewed by Mary L. Gavin MD states that children over the age of 2 should get an average of one hour of daily exercise for good health. Children are spending more time in front of the television and computer than in the past,…
How to Build Endurance on a Treadmill
Your level of endurance will dictate how long you can continue cardiovascular exercise before becoming fatigued. You can build your endurance by working out on a treadmill if you’re consistent with your training and gradually build the…
What Are the Benefits of Using a StairMaster?
Gyms have many exercise machines, including the StairMaster. The StairMaster works the lower body's muscle groups and it also helps with physical fitness and weight loss.
Lose Weight
One reason to use the StairMaster is to lose…
How to Use Walking Poles
Walking with trekking poles, also known as Nordic walking, originated in the 1930s in Finland when cross country skiers sought a method of training during warm weather and when snow was scarce. Also called pole walking and ski walking,…
What Is Your Target Heart Rate During Exercise?
Target heart rates are the most popular method of ensuring individuals achieve the most out of their workouts. They became popular in the late 1960s after two doctors developed a formula for predicting maximum heart rates and based…