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February 8, 2013
Burn Calories While You Work A Desk Job
Read moreAfter years of sitting at a desk I finally saw the light and started working standing up. I love my office; it is sunny, peaceful, quiet and messy. Just the way I like a room. Working from home, I have a lot of flexibility with the ergonomics and conditions of my work environment. Suffering from neck and shoulder pain for years, I
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February 15, 2012
How Many Calories Are Burned Wearing A Weight Vest?
Read moreRemember when Oprah lost weight? She went from 237 pounds to 160 pounds. Oprah looked like a new woman in her skinny jeans hauling pounds of lard representing her weight loss in a red wheelbarrow. The audience was properly appalled at the white globs of fat. With 77 pounds lost, Oprah’s had more energy, reduced her cardio vascular disease risk and she looked great. For those
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February 13, 2012
Calories Burned Walking vs Stair Climbing For 30 Minutes
Read moreWhen it comes to calories burned walking and climbing stairs, there is an advantage to weighing more According to MyFitness Pal, a person who weighs 200 lbs burns almost twice the calories walking or climbing stairs as a person who weighs 100 lbs. Combine added weight with speed and you get even more of a calorie boost. The faster you walk the
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May 31, 2008
Walk An Hour Lose 500 Calories
Read moreAnother study is being published that touts the benefits of walking as a healthy way to lose weight. According to a study by Ramblers’ Association of the UK, a brisk one-hour walk results in approximately 500 calories burned. A specially commissioned study released by the Ramblers’ Association (RA) finds that a fast 60-minute walk covering 4.4 miles (7km) burns off
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November 29, 2006
Burn More Calories – Take the Stairs
Read moreAre you trying to burn more calories without spending more time at the gym? If your answer is yes, then get yourself to the nearest set of stairs! Walking up and down the stairs is great exercise and burns calories. You can burn about 300 calories for 30 minutes of walking the stairs depending on the intensity of your workout.
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July 25, 2006
Burn Calories – Walk in Water
Read moreWeather too hot or cold to walk outside? Try walking in water at the nearest indoor pool. Water aerobics is a great exercise for many people. With all the walking I do outside I am always surprised with how tired I am after walking a few lengths of the pool. And I can definitely feel it in all of
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March 11, 2006
Nordic Walking Poles – Burn More Calories
Read moreBurn up to 40% more calories and help prevent knee and hip injuries at the same time by using Nordic walking poles. Walking with rubber tipped walking poles can help provide you with a whole body workout without making you feel like you are working any harder. Europeans have used walking poles for years as a way to burn calories,
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September 22, 2005
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August 5, 2005
Obese Walkers Start Slow To Burn More Calories
Read moreRecent University of Colorado research on obese walkers and their walking programs.