Cardiovascular Ability
The ability of your heart, blood vessels, and lungs to supply oxygen to your muscles is improved through aerobic activity. The harder your body works, the more oxygen it needs and the harder your...
View ArticlePerceiving Your Workout Intensity Post 1
Increasing the intensity of your aerobic workout improves your body’s ability to process oxygen, gives you greater endurance, improves sports performance, makes you healthier and prolongs your life....
View ArticlePerceiving Your Workout Intensity Post 2
An alternative method of gauging how hard you are working is the Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE), also called the Borg scale. It has been widely used in both clinical and recreational applications...
View ArticleHow to Start a Pilates-Based Program
Pilates-based exercise meets the sophisticated demands of the mind/ body enthusiast, and takes quality instruction and smart marketing. The dramatic increase in consumer demand for anything “mind/body”...
View ArticleExercise and Emotional Change, Part 1
The positive emotional change that is associated with physical activity can be leveraged for adherence-support purposes in your members. One use of emotional change involves prescribing exercise...
View ArticleKeeping an Exercise Journal
The benefits of keeping an exercise journal outweigh the commitment and time it takes to keep one. Here are some easy-to-follow suggestions to writing your way to fitness. You feel like you’ve spent a...
View ArticleGetting Back in the Pool. Part 1
For many of us we loved going to the pool or lake in the summer. We had a great time playing with friends and staying cool. It was even better when we got to go to a hotel in the wintertime. It seems...
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