That depends on your goals and your heart… Target Heart Rate is the best way to make your training effective. Different zones can be used for different personal goals and different levels of fitness. Your heart rate is the most accurate form of measuring exertion because it accounts for all aspects beyond the activity itself:Continue reading “Am I in the Zone??”
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Measure Your Body Composition at Home
Calculate at home, with just a soft tape measure and scientific calculator or online calculation links (below). Just be aware that these results will not be 100% accurate, as measurements can vary. Best to do it a few times for an average result. FOR WOMEN Measurements (round any fractions to the nearest ½”) N =Continue reading “Measure Your Body Composition at Home”
Ditch the Scale
Body Composition is a Better Goal Weight isn’t the best measure of health. It’s the muscle to fat ratio that matters Quick Weight Loss often means you’ve lost body fluid and lean tissue. (Bodies can’t really convert more than 2.5 lbs per week into energy, so anything more than that isn’t really ‘weight loss’ andContinue reading “Ditch the Scale”
Study: Exercising later in life reduces chronic illness
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff A new study from researchers at Harvard University has found that exercising later in life may help stave off chronic illnesses like cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and even some cancers, the school said in the Harvard Gazette, a university publication. “It’s a widespread idea in Western societies that asContinue reading “Study: Exercising later in life reduces chronic illness”
Trainer’s Lament
Body Math
Staying at home has been a change for many of us. Some of us are eating more, some are eating less. But what do we really need to stay healthy and either lose, gain, or maintain weight? Here’s website with a helpful tool. BMR Calculator Calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate. It will tell you howContinue reading “Body Math”
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