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Chris
Monday, November 19 2007
Here's some more good news: of all the things we recommend that you do to make yourself Younger Next Year, I think that doing aerobic exercise is the easiest. Not on day one, maybe. On day one, it's all hell and there's nothing to be done about it. But after you do it for a couple of weeks, I predict you'll think of your four... Read more
by
Chris
Thursday, November 08 2007
There are strong, early indications that aerobic exercise - while it's saving you from those pesky heart attacks and strokes and stuff - is also cheering you up. A lot. Doctors at Duke have been studying depression for a long time. Just recently they did a test of exercise, antidepressant drugs and a placebo, to see what effect they... Read more
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Chris
Tuesday, October 30 2007
The knowledge of the reason aerobic exercise is so important has only developed recently. And here's the weird thing: when you get your heart rate up to, say, fifty-five or sixty percent of your maximum heart-rate (when you start to sweat and are breathing a bit hard), you actually change your blood chemistry. Your blood becomes slightly... Read more
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Chris
Friday, October 19 2007
This is part of a series on aerobics. You can read part one here. Aerobic exercise may sound hard, if you're not doing it. Hell, all exercise sounds hard, if you're not doing it. And it is, in a way. But the beauty part is that, if you just do it...just pick away at it consitently...it gets really easy. And it works. Harry... Read more