There appears to be some misunderstanding about whether or not exercise actually continues to burn calories after you’re through with your workout. The answer, as near as science can tell, is an unequivocal “Yes”.
The scientific term for the phenomena is EPOC – Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption. At the finish of your workout, your body [...]
Wow. I heard that on the news this morning. With the rising obesity rates among children, their projected lifespans are MUCH shorter. Fat kids become fat adults that not only die younger, but have many more health problems along the way, dooming themselves to a lesser quality life than what our generation had.
Luckily, there’s still [...]
Why five exercises? Well, ten seemed like too many to remember… three was too little to cover everything that needs to be done!
Staying in shape takes a lifelong commitment – and there’s no point in getting there in the first place if you’re not determined to stay there. These exercises are a minimum and are [...]
Scales will tell you how much you weigh. They won’t tell you if you’re made out of fat or made out of muscle. They won’t tell you about your health.
To be a little bit more informed about the amount of fat vs. muscle, the BMI was invented. And machines to measure it as [...]