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Workout Playlists: Spinning Songs
Filed under BloggingOct 30Workout Playlist plan Up-tempo tunes
Why it works It’s not because all spin instructors are ecstasy-loving club kids in disguise. It’s because fast music inspires you to move. A 2007 study at Brunel University in London found that runners on a treadmill were more productive when they matched their stride to music with a tempo of 120 to 140 beats per minute (aka bpm–for the average music buff, that’s the number of times you tap your foot to a song in one minute).
How does this translate to spin class? According to a study by Costas Karageorghis, Ph.D., a senior lecturer in sports psychology at Brunel, you’ll work up to 7 percent harder while grooving to music synched to your pedal stroke and not feel any more fatigued. To get the most pedal power from your playlist, Karageorghis recommends songs around 120 bpm for medium to high levels of exertion (when you can speak in spurts of three or four words). When it’s time to raise the intensity, bump up your soundtrack to 140.
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Source: http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/workout-songs-spinning-playlist
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78 Ways to Cut 100 Calories
Filed under BloggingOct 30Calories can be cruel. Sweat through a 30-minute workout and you can torch 200. Take three gulps of a foamy frappuccino and you’re right back where you started. But slashing those suckers can be as effortless as piling them on. We’ve found 78 ways you can cut 100 or more calories at a pop. From picking the right slice at Pizza Hut to skipping the whip on your latte, they’ll add up so fast, you won’t miss a thing?until poof! Your love handles are gone.
Best of all, you can print the entire list to take wherever you go. Learn more about the list or get the printable version now.
Source: http://www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-loss/eat-fewer-calories
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Novel, Noninvasive System Designed That Allows Users To Control A Virtual Helicopter Using Only Their Minds
Filed under BloggingOct 30Scientists have designed a novel, noninvasive system that allows users to control a virtual helicopter using only their minds, as reported in the online journal PLoS ONE on Oct. 26. The researchers, led by Dr. Bin He of University of Minnesota, created an EEG-based, noninvasive brain-computer interface that allowed users to accurately and continually navigate a virtual helicopter simply by thinking about where they wanted to craft to go…
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/OaFiUV4Pr0I/236669.php
