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...accounts, a good program should include a combination of cardio (which can lessen the effects of, even help fend off, chronic ailments like diabetes and heart disease) and strength training (for balance, flexibility and range of motion). But for the previously sedentary, the chest presses and leg extensions can be critical in getting strong enough to do cardio at all. And training doesn't have to be done on weight machines. For the very frail, weight training can be as simple as raising a leg to learn balance...
...very West Texas," Archer says, "and I thought he would flip when he saw what we did." Yet in eight months the mechanic has sweated his way up from beginning to advanced work. At the 8 Count exercise studio in Monticello, Ga., Suzanne McGinnis runs a "yoga cardio class" that mixes postures with push-ups, all to the disco beat of tunes like Leo Sayer's You Make Me Feel Like Dancin'. As yoga classes go, this is not an arduous one, but the students don't know that. They grunt and groan exultantly with each stretch, and are happy...
...very West Texas," Archer says, "and I thought he would flip when he saw what we did." Yet in eight months the mechanic has sweated his way up from beginning to advanced work. At the 8 Count exercise studio in Monticello, Ga., Suzanne McGinnis runs a "yoga cardio class" that mixes postures with push-ups, all to the disco beat of tunes like Leo Sayer's You Make Me Feel Like Dancin'. As yoga classes go, this is not an arduous one, but the students don't know that. They grunt and groan exultantly with each stretch, and are happy...
...questions in, eDiets determined that I needed to lose 20 lbs. It set my calorie intake (2,100 a day) and whipped up a weekly meal list that was surprisingly edible and offered an inexhaustible supply of substitutions. We settled on an exercise plan--I wanted to do cardio and toning on alternate days--and the site designed a day-by-day exercise routine based on the equipment I own (dumbbells and a rowing machine). Full-size 3-D animations demonstrated each exercise--including walking, in case I had forgotten...
...aside from the occasional cardio-thoracic surgeon and possibly the President, there is no one in this country who shouldn't be able to drive to or from work without having to talk on the phone. If you do find yourself captive to your phone, do yourself and everyone else a favor. Throw it out the window of your car - in the driveway, please - and run the thing over a few times. Chances are, you'll feel much better. I know the rest of us will...