The Best Paraplegic Exercises

If you have paraplegia, strengthening exercises are key to maintaining your ability to perform daily tasks.

Aubrey Bailey
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Weights vs. Cardio: Your Guide to the Perfect Body

You run and run and run, but you don't shed a pound. What gives? It's one of the most common pain points for people who exercise. All of that effort and so little reward, but why is that?

Mike Robertson
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Can Too Much Exercise Slow Weight Loss?

The more exercise you perform, the more calories you burn and, in theory, the more weight you shed. When you push exercise and diet to extremes, however, you can throw your body out of balance and slow your progress in weight loss. Exercise improves your health, but lower weight and fitness do not necessarily mesh.

Barrett Barlowe
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What Can a Sudden Change in Diet & Exercise Do?

There are many reasons why you would suddenly change your diet or exercise routine. Maybe your work hours have changed and you have more time available. Or maybe you have a specific goal in mind, such as losing weight, and are making immediate changes to achieve that goal.

Tammy Dray
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The Best Workout Videos for Weight Loss

Fitness videos are a smart way to get your exercise in the privacy of your home. Exercise will help you burn a lot of calories. The more calories you burn, the more weight you lose. There are a wide variety of exercise videos to suit different personalities.

Jessica Kucinski
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What Cardio Machines Slim Your Waist?

Shedding pounds from your waistline isn't nearly as difficult as you may believe, as long as you put in the effort on your favorite machine.

Timothy Owens
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Basic Fat-Burning Workouts for 40-Year-Old Men

As men age, fat often develops at a faster rate on the body. This is due to several factors, including a less-active lifestyle and genetics. However, fat can be lost from around your body at any age. If you are a 40-year-old man wanting to lose excess body fat, implement an aerobic exercise routine to burn calories.

Tina Pashley
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Does Sunbathing Burn Calories?

When summer comes, sunbathers flock to beaches, parks and poolsides to bask in the sun's ray. Sunbathing has a long history of being associated with health; ancient Greek athletes sunbathed because they believed it would make them stronger. But does sunbathing actually help burn calories?

James Holloway
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Calories in Jowar Roti

As the culinary website IndiaCurry.com explains, jowar roti is a flatbread made of sorghum flour. This bread is popular in North India and is rich in carbohydrates and high in calories.

Brian Willett
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Good Workouts to Lose Weight Fast

All workouts aren’t created equal as some routines burn calories much more efficiently than others. The key to losing weight is to expend more calories than you consume, so finding exercises that burn the maximum amount of calories is the best way to go.

Joseph Eitel
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The Best Gym Exercises to Lose 40-Plus Pounds

Gym exercises help increase metabolism, allowing your body to burn more calories, which means losing more weight. Losing 40-plus pounds takes time and discipline, and adding the best gym exercises can help in the process.

Patti Richards
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Calories Burned in BodyCombat Class

BodyCombat is a cardiovascular workout program that incorporates moves from martial arts and kickboxing to burn 600 or more calories per hour. According to the textbook “Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition and Human Performance,” the number of calories you will burn is based on your height, weight and fitness level.

Sapna Pathak
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