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Cardiovascular Exercise

Cardiovascular exercise, also called cardiorespiratory exercise, involves movement that gets your heart rate up to improve oxygen consumption by the body. An essential part of every exercise program, cardio not only helps you lose or maintain weight, it helps you build endurance so you can remain active for a longer period of time.

33 Fit Facts Found in Cardiovascular Exercise

High-Intensity Interval Training

Looking for a way to add variety to your exercise plan while taking your fitness to the next level? High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a cardiorespiratory training technique that alternates brief speed and recovery intervals to increase the overall intensity of your workout.

Couch Potatoes Arise

When most of us think of ways to improve our health and lower our risk for disease, activities like aerobic exercise and resistance training come to mind. But that’s really only part of the story. Recently, scientists have begun to recognize that the time we spend doing sedentary things can also have a significant and direct impact on our health.

Gearing Up For A Triathlon

With the rising popularity of triathlon racing and the dozens of new sprint races popping up nationwide every year, it is exciting to see so many newcomers giving this swim-bike-run sport a tri.

How to Train for a Sprint Triathlon

The sprint triathlon distance (0.47-mile swim, a 12.4-mile bike ride and a 3.

Thriving at Work, Loving Your Life

Virtual technology and around-the-clock availability has made the line between work and personal life increasingly fuzzy. Performing optimally on the job while relishing your off-time is a constant juggling act — but with some planning and self-advocacy, you can find a rhythm that works for you.

Jumping Rope: Not Just for Kids Anymore

Remember the song, “Not last night but the night before, twenty-four robbers came knockin’ on my door?” Those were the days when playing hopscotch, jumping rope and hanging on the monkey bars were our primary occupations. While hopscotch and swinging from the jungle gym may no longer be a part of your leisure time, jumping rope could be.

Be a Savvy Fitness Shopper

The benefits of exercise are well-researched and well-documented. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case with advertising claims for exercise equipment. Some advertisers claim—without evidence—that their exercise products offer a quick, easy way to shape up, keep fit and lose weight.

Test Your Supplement Savvy

Advertised throughout the media, displayed in grocery stores and pharmacies, and promoted widely on the Internet, dietary supplements look like just another consumer product on the shelf. But are they? Take this quiz created by the Federal Trade Commission to find out how much you know about safely using dietary supplements.1.

Supplement Specifics

Performance-enhancing substances, also called ergogenic aids, are surrounded by controversy. However, not all of them are banned. There are a few that are legal in athletic competition. But just because they’re legal, doesn’t mean they work or are necessarily safe. Remember, supplements are not regulated by the U.S.

Off-season Success

Has the long, hard-fought season come to an end? Are you left telling yourself that there is always next season? If so, start preparing for next season today and allow yourself the peace of mind that comes with knowing that you did everything in your power to be all you could be. Creating an off-season training program is not a one-size-fits-all proposition.

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