Archive for the 'Cardio 101' Category
Morning Exercise vs Afternoon Exercise
When daylight saving time ended on Nov. 2, my body was already adjusted to outdoor workouts. Oh, no, I should say it's actually my mind. Running on the treadmill still doesn't sound appealing - sometime in my life, surprisingly it did! I seriously started to think about exercising in the morning.
I had some myths about morning workouts from my messy collection of knowledge and some random assumptions. There was a Korean president who made a big deal about jogging in the morning. Some Koreans followed his example until they were discouraged by researchers.
They were told that it's not healthy ...
Posted in Cardio 101, Exercise, Paradise on Friday, November 14th, 2008 | No Comments »
Sand Dune in Manhattan Beach
Neighborhood: Manhattan Beach
33rd & Bell Ave.
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
However perfect your gym is, at least once in a while, you'd feel like exercising outdoors. At least it's true for me. Actually I'd rather exercise outside most times except those days when it's either brutally hot or cold.
Sand dune in Manhattan beach is one of the best alternative (cardio) exercises that I have found in this area.
When you arrive at Sand Dune Park in Manhattan beach, located on 33rd and Bell Ave in Manhattan beach, you would be impressed by its size. As the name describes itself, the ...
Posted in Cardio 101, Exercise, Paradise on Thursday, October 9th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Perfect S Line
S Line
I haven't heard this expression before, but now I have an idea about what it means in English because I just googled it.
In Korea, we use this word, "S Line", to describe women's slim figure. It's Konglish*.
(* Konglish: using English words or words derived from English words in a Korean context)
There are certain types of exercise that help get slim sexy body. Crazy cardio exercise does not always guarantee beautiful curves. Once, I was training for a marathon and ran fairly a good amount of hours per week. My legs got stronger, but I certainly did ...
Posted in Cardio 101, Exercise, Paradise on Sunday, June 15th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Exercise 20 minutes, or 40 minutes?
How long should we do cardio to lose more body fat?
I don't remember exact sources but I heard quite a few times that longer cardio with low intensity is better than short cardio with high intensity because low intensity cardio workout uses mainly body fat as fuel while high intensity cardio workout uses more carbohydrate. It is also said that body fat starts to burn when you are into cardio exercise at least 30 minutes.
I decided to be more creative and make my own theory that we should do a cardio workout at least 40 minutes. I thought that ...
Posted in Cardio 101, Exercise, Paradise on Friday, May 9th, 2008 | No Comments »