Sentences with phrase «periods of aerobic activity»

Synthetic erythropoietin, or EPO, a chemical naturally produced by the kidneys, is a favorite of cyclists, triathletes, marathon runners, and people who engage in long periods of aerobic activity.

Synthetic erythropoietin, or EPO, a chemical naturally produced by the kidneys, is a favorite of triathletes, marathon runners, Tour de France cyclists, and others who engage in long periods of aerobic activity.

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These studies have also suggested that aerobic exercise, or any kind of activity which increases the heart rate and gets you sweating and moving for a prolonged period of time, has a significant, tremendously beneficial impact on your brain.

Developing aerobic endurance means that you're training your body to sustain some level of activity for a prolonged period of time, (typically 30 minutes if not much more), and you're utilizing fat as a fuel source rather than glucose (sugar) or some other energy source.

Since you won't easily be able to maintain your maximum aerobic heart rate for the whole workout, or if it's just too challenging for an everyday activity, you can perform a short interval at or near your maximum aerobic heart rate, then slow down for a period of time, then go back to the maximum aerobic level.

Participation in any strength training was associated with a 30 % rate reduction of type 2 diabetes (HR = 0.70, 95 % CI = 0.61 — 0.80, P < 0.001) compared with no participation, adjusting for time spent in lower - intensity and aerobic activities and model 1 covariates (age, smoking status, alcohol consumption, vegetable and fruit intake, saturated fat intake, total caloric intake, parental history of myocardial infarction, postmenopausal status, hormone therapy, and randomization arm during the trial period).

In a second study, Pikosky et al. (16) demonstrated negative nitrogen balance in healthy young volunteers in response to a 7 - d period of negative energy balance (− 4184 kJ / d or − 1000 kcal / d) elicited solely by an increase in aerobic - type physical activity when protein was consumed at levels similar to the current RDA (0.9 g · kg − 1 · d − 1).