Archive for April, 2010
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Tire Pressure: What’s the Big Issue?
If you’re a cyclist who’s been working with the same bike for a while, you’ve probably run into a familiar situation: you want to enjoy a nice relaxing bit of exercise on your bike but realize that you won’t get anywhere because one your tires has gone flat, losing its tight pressure that gives [...]
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Should You Get Swimming Fins?
Anyone who has a hefty amount of swimming experience knows the kind of work involved with training – human beings aren’t naturally fit with a lot of webbing to catch and displace water, so we have to use plenty of muscles to propel us forward. One way people have found to “correct” some of [...]
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Five Tips for Running On Vacation
If you’ve got a strict running plan going but notice that a vacation with your family is just around the corner, you might feel a little apprehensive. You’ve carved out a nice little niche for yourself in your local area, always running at the same route and working on a continual basis. Will [...]
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Why Do Swimmers Eat So Much?
If you’re like me, you took special note when stories about the diet of American Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps came to light – he apparently can eat some 10,000 calories in a day when he’s training, including fried egg sandwiches. How does someone who eats so much look so good? Many people are [...]
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How Often Should You Run?
Like many questions, the answers you get to “how often you should run” usually vary depending on the person answering them. If you were to ask an exercise junkie who loves running ultramarathons, they might tell you that you should run six days a week. If you listen to a doctor, you might [...]
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How to Prevent Blisters While Running
It can be one of the most annoying things to have to deal with. You’ve put in the mental and physical preparation to handle a nice, long run, and you’ve adapted to some of the exertion that it requires. You’ve gotten your butt out of the house, and you should feel great about [...]
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Should You Run Barefoot?
When you first got into this whole “running” thing, this might not be a question you originally pondered: should you run barefoot? After all, today’s running industry seems built around equipment like iPods, heart-rate monitors, and of course, running shoes. Is ditching the shoes a possibility – or even a reality? [...]
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Is Swimming a Good Exercise for Women?
It doesn’t take your average TV-sitcom to realize that men and women are different in many ways. In fact, the differences between men and women are the reason behind separate events in the Olympics, including swimming. But when it comes to that aquatic exercise, is swimming a more effective workout for men, or [...]
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Walking Vs. Running
One of the biggest questions when people start to exercise is “is walking just as effective as running?” If you move the same distance, does it really matter how you reach the goal? Well, there is clearly a difference between walking and running, but how large, and will it really make or break [...]
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Running for Abs: How to Get a Six-Pack with the Help of the Treadmill
Getting a six-pack isn’t easy, or else everyone would have them. Just the phrase “six-pack” seems to carry with it a sense that it is the truly defining characteristic of a strong physical specimen. Yet some people seem to work out constantly and never find that they have a six-pack. Why is [...]
