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Question about Heart Zones
I use a heart rate monitor during workouts that alerts me when I am going over or under my heart zone. It came with a booklet listing various benefits for each heart zone. For example, it lists "lose weight and burn fat" as a benefit for being in the 60%-70% of max heart rate, while the 70%-80% zone is listed as having the…
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I think I'm doing push-ups wrong
Okay, so I'm relatively new to the whole "exercise" thing, but so far I think I've been making good progress. It's just that, I noticed while doing push-ups today that I was feeling most of the strain in my abs instead of my chest. I don't know a lot about exercise form, but I'm pretty sure that's an indication that…
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Thinking up a sweat
Okay, so apparently the brain is the least energy-efficient organ in the human body. In fact, more than 30% of all calories consumed go toward fueling it. With that in mind, does anyone know if the brain consumes calories at a constant uniform rate, or if there are certain cognitive tasks which require more energy than…
