The Global Health and Fitness Cardiovascular Exercise Component
In this online "how-to" manual, you'll find information on:
- The benefits of cardiovascular exercise
- The principles and guidelines for:
- Warming-up, stretching, and cooling-down to assure safety and effectiveness
- How many days per week you should exercise
- How long each exercise session should last for maximum benefits
- How to monitor your training intensity
- The five different training zones and how to identify the best zone for achieving your goal
- How to overcome plateaus by using different training techniques that alleviate boredom and produce new results
- Guidelines for determining an activities potential for generating cardiovascular benefits
- How to combine strength training, flexibility training, and good nutrition into your cardiovascular exercise program
- Ways to stay motivated
- Your body type what results you can expect
- The best ways to measure progress
- The precautions you should follow to assure safety
All of the examples in this book are linked to video demonstrations that will enhance your understanding.
Exercise Instructions and Video Demonstrations
 Instructions for seven of the most popular and effective cardiovascular exercises are provided. Each exercise description includes:
A video demonstration to view on your PC. A picture of the proper technique can be printed out so you can take it to your health club.
The exercise instructions can also be viewed on your PC and/or printed out and taken to your health club.
Detailed instructions, list of benefits, the proper apparel, and recommendations for the warm-up, cool-down, and muscles that should be stretched for each cardiovascular exercise.
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Now, 24 hours a day, you can get answers to questions like:
- What is the best training intensity for what I want to achieve?
- How long should each workout be and how many times per week should I exercise for maximum benefits?
- Can you give me some new, effective training techniques that alleviate boredom and produce new results?
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