Biking for Your Health – Join the Fight to Stop Diabetes
(ARA) – Maybe you started biking to work when gas prices were hovering near $4 a gallon. Or perhaps you and your family cycle as a great way to spend time together on a Saturday afternoon. But did you know that using pedal power could help to find a cure for one of the nation’s deadliest diseases? With your family, on your own or as part... more
Exercise needed to stave off Type II diabetes
If obese or overweight Americans don’t begin to eat right and fit more exercise into their schedules, there could be another economic crisis on the horizon, according to Dr. Joseph Donnelly, director of the Center for Physical Activity and Weight Management at the University of Kansas. “No one, and I mean no one has any idea how we’re going to... more
My exercise and fat burning equipment #2
My second most important piece of equipment for exercising and fat burning is a good quality heart rate monitor. If you want to increase the effectiveness of your exercise, get more out of each workout, and spend less time with better results, then you owe it to yourself to check out today’s heart rate monitors. Heart rate monitors that come with... more
Cycling – Push Those Pedals to Lose Weight and Get Fit
Pedal power, in all its varieties (road bike, exercise bike, or spinning bike) offers a wide range of health benefits including: Excellent calorie burn. (Typically 400 calories an hour for an exercise bike, 700-800 for a road bike, and 1000 for a spinning bike.) Superior cardiovascular conditioning. Cycling builds stamina and increases endurance while... more