The summer’s clock is tic tock-ing away and I’ve been savoring every moment possible. I’ve also been savoring a delicous dinner accompanied with reading.
This is one of my favorite fitness books I have read. The thing I love about it is that it’s organized by questions so you don’t have to read it from cover to cover. You can just skim the table of contents (which you can preview here ) and flip to the question you are most eager to read the answer of.
Since I gave you a sneak peak tease of some of the questions last week , I will satisfy your curiosity and give you the answers!
Is motivation to exercise genetic?
“Your genes do play a role in your athletic destiny”
“There isn’t an exercise gene”
How long does it take to get unfit?
“The literature on detraining, or loss of fitness, is surprisingly complex, because different adaptions to your muscles, heart, and metabolism fade away at different rates”
“As a rough rule of thumb, the evidence suggests that you retain endurance gains for about two weeks without training, but by the time you hit four weeks you’re back to baseline”
Do spinning classes offer any benefits that I can’t get from biking on my own?
“Spinning doesn’t, in fact have any magical effect on oxygen circulation. The results simply indicate that people in an ordinary cycling class managed to reach higher peak intensities than they did during the rigorous progressive exercise tests that doctors and researchers use to measure Vo2max- and much higher intensities than a typical gym user slogging away on a solitary exercise bike.”
Will taking antioxidant vitamins block the health benefits of exercise?
“Exercise stimulates the production of free radicals, which is why athletes are often adviced to take extra antioxidant supplements. But exercise itself is also an antioxidant. During exercise, the body learns to gradually produce more and more of its own antioxidants”
“One theory now gaining support is that taking extra antioxidants means that your body never gets the opportunity to adapt on its own”
-*-*-*-*-What have you been doing to enjoy the last month of summer? What are your favorite beans?
This is one of my favorite fitness books I have read. The thing I love about it is that it’s organized by questions so you don’t have to read it from cover to cover. You can just skim the table of contents (which you can preview here ) and flip to the question you are most eager to read the answer of.
Since I gave you a
sneak peaktease of some of the questions last week , I will satisfy your curiosity and give you the answers!Is motivation to exercise genetic?
How long does it take to get unfit?
Do spinning classes offer any benefits that I can’t get from biking on my own?
Will taking antioxidant vitamins block the health benefits of exercise?
- “Exercise stimulates the production of free radicals, which is why athletes are often adviced to take extra antioxidant supplements. But exercise itself is also an antioxidant. During exercise, the body learns to gradually produce more and more of its own antioxidants”
- “One theory now gaining support is that taking extra antioxidants means that your body never gets the opportunity to adapt on its own”
-*-*-*-*- What have you been doing to enjoy the last month of summer? What are your favorite beans?