The Perfect Strapless Heart Rate Monitor for Accuracy and Comfort

By Pam Carroll

Is your Heart Rate Monitor giving you the screaming ab dabs, slipping down your abs?
Are you an avid sportsperson? Are you having problems keeping your monitor in place and giving you the correct readings? This is a problem that occurs when training or exercising with a chest strap.....stopping the slipping with water or messy electrode cream...yeuk! Thankfully they have now made strapless monitors.

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Running: Pro or Con?

By Lauren DeLong

Running has always been a part of many cardio workouts and early morning races. Whether training for a marathon, interval sprints or a casual jog, running is how we complete or start our workout. However, did we ever take a minute to stop and justify if this form of exercise was the best for maintaining a healthy body weight, increasing aerobic fitness and decreasing the risk of cardiovascular disease?

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A Personal View of Getting and Staying in Shape

By Jack Schmerer

I learned a several years ago that playing team sports wouldn't last forever. If I wanted to get in shape and stay there, I had to find other fitness activities.

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Snowshoeing - Fun Fitness for 50s Plus

By Andre Noel Potvin

When thinking about winter activities that can bring satisfaction and provide aerobic health benefits, a simple yet entertaining form of recreation is often overlooked...snowshoeing! Many people use winter as a perfect excuse to enjoy the 'home comforts' of good food, warm beverages and indoor pleasures due to a lack of safe, affordable, and enjoyable activities to pursue. Snowmobiling, skiing, and snowboarding are three of the most common forms of winter activity that come to mind when one thinks of winter sports... unfortunately, for people in the age category of fifty+ these may not be easiest to get into due to the required time investment, relatively weaker health, and lower fitness levels involved. Well, with the advent of snowshoeing as a form of recreational enjoyment the time for enjoying warm hot chocolate and rich foods can be balanced with positive activity!

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Aerobics and Cardio for Beginners

By Kevin Pola

Aerobics and Cardio
Unfortunately, many people cringe at the mention of the phrase "cardio exercise". To achieve all round fitness aerobic, or cardio fitness exercises need to included along with weight training.

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Getting Creative With Your Cardio at Home or at the Gym

By Eugene Madondo

Cardio exercises are a must when it comes to being fit or shedding fat, but that does not mean you do not have options. Cardio does a lot for your health in general, it increases your metabolism, burns fat, makes your heart and blood vessels healthier, decreases your blood pressure, increases your stamina, improves your sex life and the list goes on.

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The Physical Benefits of Cardiovascular Training

By Terry L Pingel

The physical benefits of cardiovascular training, is exercise of relatively low intensity that depends primarily on the aerobic energy generating process. The physical benefits of cardiovascular training, literally means living in air, and refers to the use of oxygen to adequately meet energy demands during exercise via aerobic metabolism. Generally, light to moderate intensity activities, that are sufficiently supported by metabolism can be performed for extended periods of time. The physical benefits of cardiovascular training, can be contrasted with anaerobic exercise, of which strength training and short-distance running are the most salient examples. The two types of exercise differ by the duration and intensity of muscular contractions involved, as well as by how energy is generated within the muscle. In most conditions, the physical benefits of cardiovascular training, occurs simultaneously with exercises because the less efficient anaerobic metabolism must supplement the aerobic system due to energy demands that exceed the cardiovascular system's capacity.

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