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Sports Drinks
After a hard cardio workout for an hour and burn approx 600 calories, is it better to drink straight water or a sports drink like Powerade or Gatorade? I know whenever I get a body massage they want you to drink water to help flush toxins out of your muscles but I see athletes and people in the gym drinking the sports…
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Heart Zone Question
I recently purchased a polar heart rate monitor and during my zumba class my heart rate stayed in the area of 150 nd 175, but as I learn about the different levels ,I thought I needed to stay in zone 2 and 3. I am so confused, I think my max heart rate is 190, I am 120lbs and 5'4". Can anyone help or explain.
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Burpees are EVIL
Tried a new exercise this weekend called a burpee and they killed me!! Wowsers these are tuff stuff, I could do maybe 5 before I couldn't do anymore and that is without the pushup in the middle. Next day my whole body hurts. Definitely have more respect for this move now. Anxious to see how long it takes to achieve the 2…
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Hello from TN
Just wanted to introduce myself and say that I am loving this website alot even though I just started a few weeks ago. I have some friends and family that "fake" happy for my fitness progress but I feel like they want to keep me down where they are....misery loves company kinda thing I guess. Reading some of theses amazing…
