All exercises need to be done regularly to be effective. From what I have read, strength training ought to be alternated with higher intensity aerobic exercise throughout the whole week, with maybe one rest day. Continue reading ‘Easy Exercises’
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Archive for December, 2005
A good guide to fitness that includes performing your own fitness assessment and exercises to do at home. ACSM recommends aerobic exercise to be carried out five times to reduce fat.
Exercises recommended may be a bit simple for some, but the whole point is to start exercising!
A good book to get started on basic strength training exercises. First of all, it can be read within an hour and that leaves you with more time (and less excuses) to get started. The book covers exercises using body weight, dumbbells and a combination of both.
After reading this book, you can’t use the excuse that you need a gym to start exercising.
A good guide to fitness that includes performing your own fitness assessment and exercises to do at home. ACSM recommends aerobic exercise to be carried out five times to reduce fat.
Exercises recommended may be a bit simple for some, but the whole point is to start exercising!
Enough of romance novels. I started with this really thin fitness book which also means that it is a fast read and light to carry. My guy friends who sometimes carry my bag always complain that I carry a 10-kg stone wherever I go. This is partly because I always have books in my bag.
This book provides a timely reminder to watch body posture. For instance, NOT to carry too heavy a bag otherwise the spine will tend to be lop-sided (Most girls, unlike me, do not have this problem).
It is also good to position the monitor screen at eye level and keep the elbows bent at 90o. Unlike in 1953 (when the book was written), desktops are not as common and it is quite difficult to achieve the recommended position with laptops.
One final tip is to exercise before you eat. I guess this ensure you do not procrastinate too late into the night and the metabolic rate after exercising stays high so the dinner will still be burned.
Just took me 20 minutes for some timely reminders.
