[FitDream], has this ever happened to you?
Published: Thu, 04/30/09
| Volume 2 Issue 9 |
April 30, 2009 |
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  Hi Must say, we have impeccable timing! Has something like this ever happened to you?
A recently planned 10 day trip to Oaxaca landed us (way) south of the border just as the Swine Flu decided to make it's showy arrival.
 As you can see from the photo left snapped in the Zocalo (main square) in Oaxaca City, crowds are thin as people country wide are advised to avoid crowded places. I've posted several articles on my blog as well as my column at Examiner.com about the week's adventures in Oaxaca and my local Swine Flu topic reporting; you'll see them linked in Highlights below.
Long short, all plagues and pandemics aside, it's been an incredible stay here with expansive views across the valley to the Sierra Madre, balmy pre-wet season weather, gorgeous displays of food and wares in market, and hiking trails galore. We're here for a few more days all threats of airport closures aside, should be back stateside with no flu and just a little jet lag in our pockets.
Thanks so much to all the responders to my "5 Top Fitness and Fat Loss" questions survey! Oodles of responses came in and I can't wait to sort through and respond. I've already even got a specialist creating an entire article in response to one of the questions!
And as I couldn't wait to get started, one of these questions was selected for today's Feature Article.
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   Recent Blog Posts:
Weights or Cardio For F"at Loss: Which Is Better? Feature Article and Link Below
Ultimate Fitness On The Road: Climbing Pyramids in Oaxaca: Who needs a StairMaster when you are climbing pyramids all morning?
Come by and look at the gorgeous picture of our haul from the food market!
Hill Trekking Behind Our Casa: Fitness just footsteps out the door  This week, my blog entries include some local (Oaxaca is local to me this week!) observations and perspectives regarding the Swine Flu situation in Mexico. Click on the examiner.com button at left to go to direct to my home page.
 Weights Or Cardio For Fat Loss: Which Is Better? by Lani Muelrath, M.A.
Weights or cardio for fat loss: which is better?
Short answer? Weights. Long version: read on.
Last week, I invited readers to send me their top 5 fitness and fat loss questions. I received an avalanche of incredibly good, well thought-out
questions (thank you!) and am going to respond to one of the most
common today.
"Deana" asks:
Great question Deana and one that surfaces
frequently. With so many trends coming and going in fitness, we can be
left scratching our heads wondering which way is up! And the same is
true of the the old "cardio vs. weights" for fat burning question.
Intensity is Queen of the Prom: Remember EPOC
EPOC, or excessive - post - exercise - oxygen consumption, is the
situation which we want to create to maximize calorie burn, which can
translate into fat burning, provided we are keeping mindful of the
overall energy balance with caloric intake. (See EPOC parts 1 and 2 for more information and background).
Simply put, EPOC
represents the oxygen consumption the body uses to return to its
pre-exercise state. It uses a certain degree of oxygen in the recovery
process. Thus the term "post - exercise oxygen consumption".
There are many physiological mechanisms and processes that are responsible for an increased metabolic rate following exercise.
These include:
1) oxygen replenishment, 2) phosphagen (ATP-PC) resynthesis (fancy speak for part of the fueling process), 3) removal of lactic acid, increased circulation of the blood, and 4) deeper breathing (greater oxygen consumption)
Long short, when looking to increase our calorie
deficit through the use of exercise, it is not the calories burned
during the exercise that matter so much as those burned post-exercise
session.
Let me give you an example....
Read the rest of this article on my blog here:
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