Sports aerobics, also known as aerobic gymnastics, is a competitive form of aerobic exercise in which athletes perform a variety of aerobic exercises and movements to a musical accompaniment. Sports aerobics is a highly enjoyable form of aerobic exercise for many people, who find the dance-like moves and musical theme an excellent motivator for an [...]

Aerobic exercise is any kind of exercise routine that improves your body’s ability to transport oxygen throughout its various tissues. A well-planned aerobic exercise regimen can improve heart and blood vessel health, increase lung functioning, and upgrade the overall functioning of the body. There are any number of different types of aerobic exercise routines, and [...]

Play By Numbers First, calculate your maximum heart rate (MHR) by subtracting your age from 220. The American College of Sports Medicine recommends hitting at least 70 percent of your MHR while you exercise to maximize your calorie burn and fat loss. If you don’t have a heart rate monitor, count your pulse for 10 [...]

Body building or strength training, is simply the art and science of developing muscle groups in a way that they grow and thus become capable of doing more work in a more efficient manner. In some occupations that involve heavy lifting (such as moving freight), this happens naturally, but in a haphazard way; the muscle [...]

Although some old fitness fictions, such as “no pain, no gain” and “spot reducing” are fading fast, plenty of popular exercise misconceptions still exist. Here are some of the most common exercise myths as well as the not-so-common facts based on current exercise research. Exercise Myth 1. You Will Burn More Fat If You Exercise [...]

Multistation Machines There is no getting around it. When you begin looking at high end equipment, you can pretty much bet that you are going to have to spend quite a bit of money. These are often referred to as “home gyms.” This piece of equipment is multi-purpose and able to serve more than one [...]

If you’ve ever been at the gym and spied someone in the corner jumping up and down on boxes, hopping around wildly or catching and throwing medicine balls, you’ve seen plyometric training. You may have been curious but, more than likely, you wondered, “Why would anyone do that to themselves?” One reason? To burn more [...]