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Training Intensities
Find out about the five intensity levels to train in, based on a percentage of maximum heart rate.
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Shape Up Your Legs and Glutes
Strength training provides many important benefits, both physical and psychological. This column describes how to start a strength-training program, beginning with the body's largest muscles, those of the lower body.
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The Recovery Rule
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When Less Equals More
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Sustained Slow Running Will Make You Faster
Longer, slower training builds aerobic benefits better than speedwork.
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Predicting Performance Rule #1
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Cross Training Perks
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Physical Education
Before you plunk down your hard-earned cash to join the trendy new gym, it's important to understand why you want to join a gym.
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Never Skip a Beat
Here are a few maintenance tips and tricks that'll allow your heart rate monitor to operate properly--and last and last and last.
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Jumping Jack
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Train in all Five
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Relax! It's Normal
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Get Fitter Faster
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Long-term Calorie Burning
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Heart Smarts
Heart rate monitors are important training aids. Here's a guide to good affordable models with basic features, plus a guide to using your new HRM.
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Did you miss training days?
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Understand your Air Bags
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A Smarter Way to Train
For the most accurate measure of your fitness, rely on the digits transmitted by your heart rate monitor.
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Step Master
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Dippity-Do
Dips are the perfect single upper body pushing exercise. If you're limited by time, dips replace bench presses, incline presses, and triceps extensions--all in one easy-to-do exercise.
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