On Dec 23, 6:35 am, dorsy1943 wrote: In his book, Nathan Pritikin answers that question and says it is not the protein, but the fat which makes people taller and heavier. But he says it is a trade off and you endanger your health with more fat. I do not know if...

My aparment building just installed a new gym with Lifecycle treadmills and bikes and Precore Elyptical rainers. I have a Polar heart rate monitor and when I wear the strap it works great on the Lifecycle equipment but not at all on the Precor eliptcals. The elypticals do have the hand grips and...

I used a treadmill today for the first time. When I was done and walked off the treadmill, I felt a "headrush" -- a disorienting feeling. Is that normal? Or does it mean that I did something wrong? I walk and bike ride periodically. I tend to walk at 4 MPH on flat terrain.

I consider that Polar (or at least their UK agent Leisure Systems International) are not very open about the battery life of the sealed transmitter unit. After just 2.5 years they recommended that I spent 34 pounds on replacing the battery in the watch part AND obtaining a new sealed transmitter...

Hi there, Could someone offer some advice to an elliptical trainer (and exercise) newbie please. I've recently bought a Proform 585EKG elliptical trainer. It's very adjustable, nine positions for the pedals and three or four for the upright. The question I have is what am I looking for when I...

I bike 20 miles a day at 17-20 mph (pretty quick) during/summer/fall for exercise. Love it. However, winter is coming and that means snow and slush and that makes riding the bike a little tough. So I'm looking for an alternative for winter use. I've tried elliptical trainers (bikes) and they seem...

The local fitness center has a number of Qruzer spin bikes, manufactured / distrubuted by IQ-Sport (or Q-Sport), formerly of Santa Barbara CA. A few of these bikes are dead, and need repair parts. Unfortunately, IQ-Sport is out of business, leaving no forwarding address. Before I break out the...

I just got a Vitamaster Sports 89C Stationary Bike at a yard sale. I know it's old and nothing fancy but for $5 I figured I can't go wrong. It works except for the digital readout for calories, speed, mileage, etc. I thought it may need a battery but it seems to work by a generator mounted on the...

Finally got to try a few ellipticals at the local stores. Originally, I thought about the Eclipse 1000HR but the cheap feel and noise made me feel that it wouldn't be worth the money. I had heard good things about the Kettlers, but when I tried the Condor, I didn't like the foot pad pitch -- felt...

Dear Friends: Rosemary Vernon leads out the November issue of Dolfzine, now on line, with a review of Pavel Tsatsouline's Power to the People and then gives her personal take on how to adjust routines that seem, at first glance, too hard and to a gifted few – too easy. It is clearly winter and...

We recently purchased the NordicTrack CX 995 Elliptical, and we like it very much. It's solidly built, works very smoothly, and has a lot of useful features, including a wireless heart-rate monitor. It has one big flaw, in our opinion, in that you can't mute (or even reduce the volume of) the...

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"joeu2004" wrote in message ... On Jul 8, 12:48 pm, val189 wrote: I heard that performing aerobic ex. after resistance work will lower the blood pressure raised by the...

writes: Hello. How often should I do pushups and squats? I'm a thin guy; I don't intend to lose weight. I don't want to use equipment, I need calisthenic exercises I can do anywhere. I want to do them to ward against stiffness, and also to keep a toned body without...

On Feb 21, 2:02 am, wrote: Does weight lifting speed up weight loss quicker or does cardio exercises? Carido does -- but dieting helps most of all. You really can't burn enough calories to make up for a thousands of daily calories, unless maybe if you're Army...

It is so squeaky. I have tried putting some padding between the screws etc. Does anyone have a suggestion. Also tried oiling. Thanks Karen

I see a lot of used Lifecycle 5500 exercise bikes for sale at decent prices. For you owners of this model, how well do you like this bike? From what I understand, they aren't as quiet to ride as the newer electro-magnetic resistance bikes, right? How loud are they? How many years can you expect...

Hello, This is a research question. I am doing a project where I need to create ontologies for exercises. One of the questions I need to answer is "what kind of exercise should be avoided by a person of 55 years of age with high blood pressure?" Overall I have tree major kinds of exercises:...

Does anyone have any experience (good or bad) with the Tunturi C6 Elliptical? I'm shopping around for an elliptical exercise machine in the $1000 price range, and that model looks good on paper... Haven't had a chance to try one in the store yet, but definitely will do that before purchase.