Facts and Fallacies of Fitness – Fat Loss – The Myth of Spot Reduction
The issue of exercise of one body region to promote fat reduction locally in that area would appear to have been settled by research: local reduction of excess fat is not possible. Studies have examined the effects of electrical stimulation or low resistance, relatively high repetition exercise on certain body parts such as the [...]
Facts and Fallacies of Fitness – Health – Losing Weight
The concept of ‘losing weight’ is central to the lives of millions of beauty conscious women and a growing following of men, yet the term is ill understood by most of them.
It is even most important to appreciate that one does not wish simply to lose weight, but excess body fat.
Some individuals are obese, others [...]
Facts and Fallacies of Fitness – Elastic Band Aid for Fitness
Elastic resistance training has been touted as a new method of introducing resistance into the aerobics class, although they or springs were used as home exercisers many years ago by our grandfathers. They can certainly provide adequate resistance for improving muscle strength or endurance, but their effectiveness depends entirely on how they are used.
The successful [...]
Facts and Fallacies of Fitness – Is Low Impact Exercise Safer?
Low Impact aerobics, yoga, ‘Callanetics’, ‘Aquarobics’ or ’stretch and tone’ are the main systems being touted as the ultimate in safe training, mainly because they usually avoid all movements which may produce an impact on contact with any surface.
While this may be true under certain circumstances, it is not generally true, since high impact exercise [...]
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