Guest guest Posted October 24, 2000 Report Share Posted October 24, 2000 a go to a video store and rent some that is the easiest way I know to find the ones that are best suited to your taste. HTH Cheryl Ü << I do not have time to go to a gym (I have a 3 year old and my husband works until 8-9pm nightly) Does anyone have any good home exercide videos they would reccommend? I want to get a few good ones, but wonder which are best. Some are such a waste and then you can not return them. Let me know. >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2000 Report Share Posted October 24, 2000 >> Kirstina, instead of buying them why not rent them from a video store until you find one you like. That way you could save yourself some money and not be disappointed in what you bought. Just a thought. Laverne >> Or, another way to do this is visit the library. The library around us has some great videos, and you don't even have to pay!!! That is how I got started on step aerobics-my personal favorite exercise because it is high intensity and low impact. If you want my other personal favorite exercise videos are The Firm videos. They combine aerobics and weight training, so it's like killing 2 birds with one stone. They guarantee results in 10 workouts and honey believe me you get results!!! I have about every one ever made!! (I, too, have kids and don't want to go to a gym) Their website is www.firmdirect.com . The best ones to start off with are the Frim Basics. HTH Dawn in SC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2000 Report Share Posted October 24, 2000 WTG a! Sorry but I can't help you on the videos -- maybe someone else can. Rhonda > Ok, well I did it, I broke down and did an exercise video last night! I did > a 25 minute low impact tape then a lower abs 20 minute workout, I thought > after the lower abs I was going to die, my things were BURNING! > > I do not have time to go to a gym (I have a 3 year old and my husband works > until 8-9pm nightly) Does anyone have any good home exercide videos they > would reccommend? I want to get a few good ones, but wonder which are best. > Some are such a waste and then you can not return them. > > Let me know. > > a in NY > 240/196/165-goal > since 11/99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2000 Report Share Posted November 14, 2000 Yes, of sorts, the staff is all trained, you can add free weights if you like, but all the machines are hydralic weight machines, each focus' on a different muscle group so you get a total body workout... its wonderful! >Annie, do they have weight training there too? >Laverne _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2000 Report Share Posted November 15, 2000 Annie, do they have weight training there too? Laverne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2000 Report Share Posted November 15, 2000 Annie: How much does it cost to go to Curves for Women? How many times a week do you go? We have one in my small town (pop. 17,000), so I was just curious. Kathy B. - Kansas a serious lurker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2000 Report Share Posted November 15, 2000 Kathy, the cost is based on how you choose to pay....monthly I think it is somewhere like 32.00, if you auto pay from your checking it is 29.00 and if you enroll for a year and pay cash or auto pay its 27.00 I think.. don't quote me......I enrolled for a year, and although I have been slacking lately, I go 5 days a week normally. They are typically in small towns only as they are an alternative to the big gyms, but I think it is a much easier, more efficient program, and the staff is trained for us......new exercise buffs.......and one more thing.......don't be worried about being a lurker......more than half of all groups are, for different reasons.........we love you guys anyway, and when you pop in and post it makes our day!!!! Annie Annie: > >How much does it cost to go to Curves for Women? How many times a week do >you go? > >We have one in my small town (pop. 17,000), so I was just curious. > >Kathy B. - Kansas >a serious lurker _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2000 Report Share Posted November 15, 2000 , most curves have a policy that you can go in and try the program a couple of days before you decide to join, just to check it out! It is worth the money, let me tell you, we sold our weights and treadmill, because I wasn't getting near the workout I was at the gym......and it paid for my years membership Annie >Annie- > >A " Curves " just opened up in our small town. I popped in to get the >information and was pretty impressed. There was a group of about 12 >women exercising at that time. I liked the fact that it was only 30 >minutes and you could come in whenever you wanted, when they're >open. They were only open 9 - 12 am and 3:30 - 7:30 or something >like that. Maybe they'll add some hours later, don't know. Anyway, >I was considering joining. Not sure I can justify spending the $ >when I have some equipment in my own basement though! > from NY _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2000 Report Share Posted November 15, 2000 Annie- A " Curves " just opened up in our small town. I popped in to get the information and was pretty impressed. There was a group of about 12 women exercising at that time. I liked the fact that it was only 30 minutes and you could come in whenever you wanted, when they're open. They were only open 9 - 12 am and 3:30 - 7:30 or something like that. Maybe they'll add some hours later, don't know. Anyway, I was considering joining. Not sure I can justify spending the $ when I have some equipment in my own basement though! from NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2001 Report Share Posted September 18, 2001 All couch potatoes....Unite! Carol T Six Months Of Endurance Exercise Reverses 30 Years Of Aerobic Decline September 18, 2001 DALLAS (AHA) - A six-month endurance-training program reversed the decline in cardiovascular fitness that occurs during middle-age, according to a landmark study that began 30 years ago with five men in their 20s. The follow-up report published in two parts in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association is one of the longest studies to evaluate the effects of age and physical activity on cardiovascular capacity. " This pair of studies together underscore the relationship between physical activity and cardiovascular fitness, or aerobic power, " says Darren McGuire, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and lead author of the studies. " An endurance exercise program using a relatively modest intensity of training was able to return the group to the levels of aerobic power they had 30 years before. " Researchers studied five healthy men in 1966 as part of a research project to determine the adverse effects of bed rest on physical fitness. Fitness data obtained at that time in what became widely known as the Dallas Bed Rest and Training Study were used for comparative purposes in the 1996 study. In the latest report - a project developed by study co-author Jere , M.D., clinical professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern - researchers put the same men, now in their 50s, through a six-month endurance-training program. The tests in the follow-up compared age-related changes in cardiovascular performance over 30 years to cardiovascular performance levels achieved after the training program. The men in the study were not athletes and only one of the subjects engaged in regular physical activity. The men, ages 50-51, participated for up to 24 weeks in an exercise training program that included walking, jogging or cycling. By the end of the study, the subjects were exercising weekly about 4 ½ hours divided into four or five sessions, says McGuire. A measurement of maximal oxygen uptake (Vo2max) during treadmill exercise was used to document changes in cardiovascular performance. " The studies indicate that middle-aged men can actually reverse many of the negative results of non-exercise, even after being physically inactive for a long time, " says D. Levine, M.D., study co-author and medical director of the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. " We found that 100 percent of the age-related decline in aerobic power that occurred over 30 years in these men was reversed by six months of endurance training. " The participants' Vo2max was measured before and after the training program. On average, Vo2 max increased 14 percent (2.9 to 3.3 L/min) after the training period, achieving the level of aerobic power observed when the men were studied 30 years ago. " Our findings should be a beacon of hope for all those people who wrongly assume that reduced physical fitness is an inescapable part of growing older, " says Levine, who is also an associate professor of medicine at UT Southwestern. " This sends a strong message that regular exercise should be a part of everyone's lifestyle, and that it is never too late to start exercising. " Another part of the follow-up study examined age-associated changes in the subjects' cardiovascular capacity - the body's ability to take in and use oxygen. Researchers compared the cardiovascular capacity lost over 30 years of aging to that lost during three weeks of bed rest when the men were 20 years old. " It's remarkable to note that three weeks of bed rest - which is the ultimate 'sedentary' state - in these subjects when they were 20 years old had a more profound negative impact on their cardiovascular fitness than did 30 years of aging, " says Levine. Cardiovascular capacity declined over the 30-year interval primarily because the men's muscles had a decreased ability to extract oxygen from the blood. On average, Vo2 max decreased 11 percent - from 3.30 liters per minute (L/min) as young men to 2.90 L/min as middle-aged men. In addition, body weight increased 25 percent on average (from 77 to 100 kilograms), and percent body fat increased 100 percent (from 14 percent to 28 percent). " Except for their ages and the fact that all were Caucasians, there were wide variations in the physical characteristics and lifestyles of these men, " Levine notes. " In 1966, one was a semi-pro football player and one was a long-distance runner, while the other three were basically sedentary. Over the 30 years, some gained weight and got out of shape, while others stayed reasonably fit. " To determine their levels of fitness before they began the 1996 follow-up studies, each man was asked to recall and describe his physical activity during a typical seven-day period. The researchers found that the more active the men were, the less fitness capacity they had lost compared to 30 years earlier. These studies re-emphasize the potentially devastating effects of physical inactivity, especially prolonged enforced bed rest for all patients, either young or old, McGuire points out. Other researchers taking part in the bed rest follow-up study include Jon W. on, Ph.D; G. Snell, Ph.D.; C. Gunnar Blomqvist, M.D., Ph.D.; and Bengt Saltin, M.D. Copyright 2001 The American Heart Association. All rights reserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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