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Aerobic Exercise Strength Training
542 wordsWe all know that regular aerobic exercise raises the Basic Metabolic Rate, or BMR which in turn burns calories, thus resulting in weight loss. There is, however, increasing evidence to support the idea that there is another way to increase metabolism and keep it up over a long period of time. This other exercise is called strength training, or isometrics. Strength training involves working an isolated muscle group against resistance repeatedly. Most commonly known would be weight lifting. Many v...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs York Chelsea House Publishers
1,355 words... use such dangerous materials? That is one question no one can yet answer. Performance-enhancing drugs are not solely used by men in these types of activities. Women also have been known to use them, especially Chinese women. For example, there was quite a controversy in the recent National Games in Shanghai, China. According to Phillip Whitten of The New Republic, ... in the weight-lifting arena alone, Chinese women eclipsed every world record in all nine weight classes... in some weight-lif...
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Track And Field Ancient Olympics
1,170 wordsThe Olympic Games are an international sports festival that began in ancient Greece. The original Greek games were staged every fourth year for several hundred years, until they were abolished in the early Christian era. The revival of the Olympic Games took place in 1896, and since then they have been staged every fourth year, except during World War I and World War II. Perhaps the basic difference between the ancient and modern Olympics is that the former was the ancient Greeks' way of salutin...
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Long Term Affects Pros And Cons
419 wordsLong term affects of weight training Weight training has become a very popular sport among people of all ages and sex. Whether a person is young or old, male or female, the in thing to do these days is stay in shape. Though, From working out, a person does indeed achieve noteworthy results, at the same time also receiving long term affects. These affects will be discussed shortly. For every good thing there is in life, bad things are to be expected as well. This is no exception when it comes to ...
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Times A Week Muscular Strength
689 wordsWeight Training Due to the nature of my employment and future career plans I chose Weight Training to be my primary exercise. My busy college and work schedule leaves me less time to take care of health and fitness issues than I would like to. I found Weight Training to be most efficient method of exercise with regard to my schedule. I am 21 years old 220 lb 602 male, with previous history of overfat. My current level of activity varies from 8 hours long walks and sometimes runs to 8 hours spent...
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Deal With Stress Eating Habits
1,373 wordsPsychology Stress 3 K. T. Gray Psychology 228 March 2, 2000 Stress What is stress? Basically, it is anything that changes us, either for good or bad. Traditionally, stress is considered to be a negative thing, something that can either physically or mentally unbalance us. In order to deal with stress, we have to be able to identify how it affects us, and then find ways to cope with it. Many different things can cause stress, from your job, your home, and even your surroundings. It is often about...
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