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aerobic exercise
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Aerobic exercise is any physical activity that uses large muscle groups in a rhythmic manner for an extended period of time. This type of exercise can be sustained for 12 minutes or more.
Gunnar Borg and Your Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE)
Exercise intensity can tell you if you’re working too hard or not. And your Rating of Perceived Exertion…
How to Stop Overthinking with Exercise, Meditation, and Breathing
How to stop overthinking is the practice of non-judgmental awareness. The act of being aware of the present…
What is the FITT Principle?
When it comes to building muscle and burning fat, it doesn’t matter how much you exercise. It’s about…
Tai Chi Styles and Techniques for Exercise
Tai chi developed in ancient China as a martial art and self-defense system. It is one of the…
Why Bonking Feels like “Hitting the Wall”
Bonking is an incredibly unpleasant phenomenon brought on by the depletion of muscle glycogen during prolonged exercise. This…
Top Five Reasons Kenyan Runners Dominate Marathon World Records
There are primarily two popular schools of thought behind Kenyan runners’ phenomenal dominance of endurance running. The first…
Try Continuous Training Sessions to Get Started
Continuous training is a way to dial down the reliance on interval training and pay more attention to…
Why the Karvonen Formula is Important to Intensity
The Karvonen formula is the most common means to calculate your exercise intensity. It’s an equation that blends…
