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Exercise After Lunch
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Mark D.
I like to exercise right after lunch---like walk for 30 minutes after lunch. Why? 1. It keeps me alert during those afternoon "sleepy hours." I don't get sluggish or sleepy. 2. It burns calories immediately after I just ate the calories. 3. It keeps my metabolism"humming" during the day. 4. The walk after lunch is part of my e ...
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Protein Needs After Exercise
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Richard S.
Most athletes know of the importance of eating before exercise, however, what and when you eat after exercise can be just as important. While the pre-exercise meal can ensure that adequate glycogen stores are available for optimal performance (glycogen is the the source of energy most often used for exercise), the post-exercise meal is critical to ...
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What to Eat After Exercise
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Lucky V.
It’s quite difficult to find useful and reliable articles about nutrition on the internet these days. With so much information posted everywhere, it’s easy to be confused about what is healthy and what is unhealthy.Sports nutrition is one of the most controversial subjects because of its relation to weight loss. People should carefully ...
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Exercising After A Long Layoff
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Mark D.
This time of year, many people are excited to be exercising again and trying to get more fit and healthy.....the excitement is good but remember that you didn't get "out-of-shape" overnight and you won't get "in shape" overnight..... Don't push yourself too hard, too fast! If you do, then these types of things will happen to yo ...
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Cooling Off After Exercise
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Lucky V.
Most people remember to warm up before exercising. Stretching is a very important part of any workout and is normally quickly done. Five minutes should be enough time to stretch most muscles for physical activity.However, cooling off is just as important as warming up is but, for some reason, many people normally skip this significant part of the w ...
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Exercise Helps after 40
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Cathy T.
How Exercise Helps After 40FORTY is considered the midpoint in a woman’s life. Half of your life is behind you and the next half is ahead of you. You are now officially “middle-aged.”Turning 40 is also a signal that menopause is not that far away. Though the average age when a woman stops having her monthly period is 51, menopause ...
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Eating Before or After Exercise?
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Sue C.
I always wondered about whether it’s better to eat before I work out or after. I’ve done both before, and lately I’ve eaten dinner, waited for an hour, then did my workout. Usually afterwards I do not really feel so hungry which is good, since I figured taking in more food meant consuming more calories.Anyway today I worked out before I had my di ...
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Post-Exercise Nutrition After Resistance Training
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Mark D.
If you are trying to increase muscle mass with weights and other resistance training exercises, then the timing of food intake is critical. The 60-90 minute time period immediately following your weight workout is the best time to feed your muscles and maximize your recovery/muscle gains. If you miss this window of opportunity, you have lost it f ...
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Burning During Exercise Differs from Muscle Pain After Exercise
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Dr. Gabe M.
The burning you feel in muscles during intense exercise is different from the burning and pain you feel after exercising. Burning during intense exercise is caused by the acidity from accumulation of lactic acid. When your muscles cannot get all the oxygen they need to convert food to energy during intense exercise, lactic acid accumulates in muscl ...
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