Exercise and fitness: how to burn 100 calories
Self-tutoring about exercise and fitness: the tutor mentions a way to burn 100 calories. Apparently, 10 minutes walking the stairs burns around 100 calories. verywellfit.com
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Exercise and fitness: drama lifting: two points of view
Self-tutoring about training in the gym: the tutor mentions drama lifting. I don’t know if I’ve heard it called “drama lifting,” but what I mean is when someone is lifting weight almost at their limit, so struggling to make it, …
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Exercise and fitness: cardio machines: fat burn vs aerobic course
Self-tutoring about pre-set workouts on cardio machines: the tutor mentions an observation. After age 30, most of us on a cardio machine probably hope to lose fat. Moreover, we’ve typically heard fat burn connected with aerobic activity. Therefore, when an …
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Exercise: leg lifts (six inches)
Self-tutoring about health and fitness: the tutor makes an observation. I was in a boxing club years ago where we did an exercise called “six inches.” To begin, you’d lie full length on your back on the floor, possibly with …
Exercise and fitness: running redux
Self-tutoring about running: the tutor makes a few observations. Running was once my main form of exercise. However, possibly about six years ago, I started to feel it differently. At the same time, I began hearing about people a little …
Exercise and fitness: baseball cap on backwards
Self-tutoring about modes of outerwear: the tutor mentions why wearing a baseball cap backwards might make sense. The other day, on my way out for a run, I felt like wearing a baseball cap. I seldom wear one except for …
Exercise and fitness: three-way rugby
Self-tutoring about keeping fit: the tutor relates… With such a strong suggestion that people should stay home, yet a 15-yr-old and 17-yr-old, plus myself, needing exercise, what were we to do? I decided we’d play 3-way rugby. The ball was …
Exercise and fitness: 30 down
Self-tutoring about exercise: the tutor mentions an impromptu one from last night. My older son, who used to use weights a lot, now centres his workouts on calisthenics: push-ups, pull-ups, squats, etc. Such exercises allow for much improvisation. Last night, …
Exercise and fitness: how to work “the” stair-climber
Tutoring workout equipment? The tutor mentions an impromptu situation. Let’s play a game. I’m going to talk very specifically about a stair climber, but not tell you where it is. Maybe you use it, maybe not. Possibly, you use one …
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Health and fitness: why people gain weight with age
Self-tutoring about health and fitness: the tutor explores the reason people tend to gain weight with age. According to an article I read recently, weight gain with age, for the most part, isn’t for the cliche reason that “your metabolism …
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