Cardio Workout – Is Burning Calories Enough?

Before we get into answering this question, it's important to know that there is only ONE right answer. Most people firmly believe that where fitness is concerned, what works for you will never work for me and that is incorrect. The basics of fitness will always be the same for everyone. How you apply it will differ. Therefore, the short answer would be no: In a cardio workout, it is not enough to burn calories because the true meaning of...

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[Practical Fitness Tip] Ideas for Home Workout Cardio

Home workout cardio is a great solution for those of us who never find the time to hit the gym or neighbouring joggers’ parks. Still, many tend to equate cardio exercise with gym exercises like running on the treadmill, peddling on stationary exercise bikes, pounding away on the elliptical machine, and spending one soul crushing hour after another on the infernal stepper. But, cardio exercise is simply about elevated heart rate, sustained activity, and set time durations. Chalk home workout cardio routines for yourself and you’ll feel pumped and fit in no time. Let’s take a look at what these home workout cardio exercises are…
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What’s a Good Speed to Run on the Treadmill

Whether you're a beginner or someone for whom the 30 minute treadmill run is part of life, the questions always - Is my speed good enough? What's a good speed to run on the treadmill? Should I be running faster than my current speed? Things get even more confusing when you include reports of the 5 minute mile being a good thing or the 6 minute mile is what you should aspire towards or that anything less than 20 minutes...

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What is Interval Training?

Practically speaking, the answer to what is interval training ought to be: A way to get a workout done in very little time. It is the answer to the most common excuse that people have for not working out i.e busy schedules, no time away from work, long days, family keeps me busy - you know them and dare I say you've used some of them. The second great answer to the question to what is interval training is that...

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Cardio Playlist Resource – SteadyMixes.com

We've been following Steady130 since we discovered them through Twitter in March this year. Their concept of free-to-download, uptempo workout music is simple and their library, that spans across genres, is already big enough to get lost in. A month later, they started their feature of offering up one-hour long workout playlists for free downloads. And looks like there's no stopping them as they have now started up a sister site called SteadyMixes.com that only has their one-hour long workout...

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Benefits of Uphill Walking

Cardio exercises, along with controlled nutrition, is a crucial part of any weight loss effort. Not just that, given the sedentary lifestyle of most urban workers, it is important that everyone gets at least 30 minutes of an intense cardio workout at least three days a week. And since everyone's favourite form of cardio exercise is to workout on the treadmill, we thought it might be useful to look at the benefits of uphill walking. Needless to say that the...

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