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Q. I just bought a trainer for winter/bad weather training and would like to download some spin class-type videos online (for free) please point me in the right direction (youtube works too, but i cound'nt find any)
Thanks a lot!
Thanks a lot!
Answer
I looked a long time ago and never found anything. I just recorded one of my favorite programs on TV and played it back when I exercised. Start out with a very easy 10 min warm up and the increase your pedaling speed to 70-90 rpm's with just enough resistance to get you heart rate to 70-80% of max. A heart rate monitor is a great help during any exercise. Stationary bikes are very boring and people tend to try to rush though the exercise just to get it done and end up quiting after 15-20 min. You want to ride for 45-60 min or longer.
I bought this one and it comes with a mount so you can put it on your handlebars. It makes riding on a stationary bike more rewarding when you know how well your are doing.
http://www.amazon.com/Omron-HR-100C-Heart-Rate-Monitor/dp/B000A5CEUO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1284654148&sr=1-1
I looked a long time ago and never found anything. I just recorded one of my favorite programs on TV and played it back when I exercised. Start out with a very easy 10 min warm up and the increase your pedaling speed to 70-90 rpm's with just enough resistance to get you heart rate to 70-80% of max. A heart rate monitor is a great help during any exercise. Stationary bikes are very boring and people tend to try to rush though the exercise just to get it done and end up quiting after 15-20 min. You want to ride for 45-60 min or longer.
I bought this one and it comes with a mount so you can put it on your handlebars. It makes riding on a stationary bike more rewarding when you know how well your are doing.
http://www.amazon.com/Omron-HR-100C-Heart-Rate-Monitor/dp/B000A5CEUO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1284654148&sr=1-1
What is the best way to burn fat?
Jamie
I'm 19, 5'4'' and 110 pounds. Clinically I'm considered underweight, but I do have problem areas. I would like to burn fat from my butt and stomach, I'm just not sure how. I stretch, do yoga and walk occasionally, but these don't seem to work. Any suggestions? Thank you.
Answer
Moderate intensity cardio.
And if you want to increase the results, include intervals (aka wind sprints).
And obviously, adopting a diet that avoids eating fat as much as you can will minimize sabotaging your exercise efforts.
If you're not walking at intensity that makes you breathe open mouth, it's likely just not intense enough (but still, it is better to be doing that, than nothing at all).
Cardio could be jogging, biking/spinning, elliptical machine, rowing, Zumba, etc.
Also, although it's a popular belief that advertisers still use to sell exercise equipment, you CANNOT control where your body consumes stored fat.
In general, the body consumes fat in reverse order that it stored it.
Thus, the first place one gets fat, will likely be the last place to get lean/toned.
Fat loss is systemic, meaning thoroughout the body.
Research has shown that men tend to get fat in the belly first, whereas women first tend to deposit weight in thighs and glutes (butt).
You CAN target building muscle, however.
So, if you used to have fat, saggy triceps (back of upper arm), with exercise alone you could build the tricep muscle, making it firmer, but you will still have a layer of fat over the muscle.
If you want to learn more about above info, read Covert Bailey's "The Ultimate Fit or Fat."
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Fit-Fat-Covert-Bailey/dp/0618002049/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1/181-6546497-7248637
But I warn you, his position is that there is simply no shortcut to combined good excerise and diet.
That's why it's important to find some kind of cardio activity you enjoy so that its easier to stick with it.
Namaste',
dwb
edit: Just saw this article about the big benefits of variety in workout activity.
(i.e. don't do the same thing every day of every week, because the body is just too darn good at adapting to the same old routine).
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41198554/ns/health-womens_health/
Moderate intensity cardio.
And if you want to increase the results, include intervals (aka wind sprints).
And obviously, adopting a diet that avoids eating fat as much as you can will minimize sabotaging your exercise efforts.
If you're not walking at intensity that makes you breathe open mouth, it's likely just not intense enough (but still, it is better to be doing that, than nothing at all).
Cardio could be jogging, biking/spinning, elliptical machine, rowing, Zumba, etc.
Also, although it's a popular belief that advertisers still use to sell exercise equipment, you CANNOT control where your body consumes stored fat.
In general, the body consumes fat in reverse order that it stored it.
Thus, the first place one gets fat, will likely be the last place to get lean/toned.
Fat loss is systemic, meaning thoroughout the body.
Research has shown that men tend to get fat in the belly first, whereas women first tend to deposit weight in thighs and glutes (butt).
You CAN target building muscle, however.
So, if you used to have fat, saggy triceps (back of upper arm), with exercise alone you could build the tricep muscle, making it firmer, but you will still have a layer of fat over the muscle.
If you want to learn more about above info, read Covert Bailey's "The Ultimate Fit or Fat."
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Fit-Fat-Covert-Bailey/dp/0618002049/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1/181-6546497-7248637
But I warn you, his position is that there is simply no shortcut to combined good excerise and diet.
That's why it's important to find some kind of cardio activity you enjoy so that its easier to stick with it.
Namaste',
dwb
edit: Just saw this article about the big benefits of variety in workout activity.
(i.e. don't do the same thing every day of every week, because the body is just too darn good at adapting to the same old routine).
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41198554/ns/health-womens_health/
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