Christi Taylor

Christi’s workouts are very dance-oriented and include some fancy steps. These are Advanced Level routines.

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Solid Gold Step — 90 minutes – The best home videos are here

Christi Taylor

Christi’s workouts are very dance-oriented and include some fancy steps. These are Advanced Level routines.

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With a pair of light hand weights, Cindy’s expert training routine will push your muscles to the max. You’ll quickly define your arms and boost your upper body strength by working muscles you didn’t know you had. At the end of ExerciseTV’s challenging 10 minute body sculpting burn, you’ll be stronger, leaner and tighter.

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We’ve all heard of the ‘Fat Burning Zone’, but what exactly is that?  Exercising in the Fat Burning Zone refers to the concept that if you exercise at a moderate intensity with a lower heart rate and at a slower pace you’ll burn more fat calories. Sounds great … but when it is all said and done it is just Not True! Let me explain why with this example. Two ladies’ both weigh 130 pounds and both are exercising for 30 minutes on a treadmill. The first lady is working at an exercise intensity of 60%, in the 30:00, she will burn 146 calories, half or 76 calories are from fat. The second lady is working at an exercise intensity of 80%, in the 30 minutes she will burn 206 calories, and 82 are from fat! As you can see the second lady burned a little more fat calories, but the total overall calories burned was a much larger number. Remember 1 pound equals 3,500 calories, if you eliminate 3,500 calories either with diet or exercise you will lose 1 pound.  For the average person the bottom line in weight loss is the number of calories burned or eliminated not the source that they come from.

That leaves us with the questions “How hard should I be working out?” And “How do I figure that out?” There are many scientific ways to determine your exercise intensity including; VO2 max and Oxygen Consumption, Age Predicted Maximal Heart Rate or Metabolic Equivalents (METS) but the easiest way is to use the Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) Scale. It is a simple 1 to 10 scale; where 1 requires no effort and 10 means you could not possibly do another repetition. The thing I like most about the RPE Scale is that you are listening to your body. Next time you are on the treadmill up the speed each minute until you get to a 9 /10 on the RPE scale then you will know how to judge how hard your exercising by listening to your body. The RPE Scale works for cardio and strength training fitness exercising.

Follow the below RPE guidelines and listen to your body when you workout.  No equipment necessary!

RPE 1-2      Very easy – you can converse w/ no effort
RPE 3         Easy – you can converse w/ almost no effort
RPE 4         Moderately easy – you can converse comfortably
RPE 5         Moderate – conversation requires some effort
RPE 6         Moderately hard – conversation requires a lot of effort
RPE 7         Difficult – conversation is challenging
RPE 8         Very difficult – conversation is very difficult
RPE 9-10    Maximum effort – basically no talking

For the best possible fitness results – forget exercising in the Fat Burning Zone and work as hard as you can!

Be Fit, Be Healthy, Be Happy!  ~ Tanya

Workout for a Fitter, Healthier You, it’s easy @ tanyastroh.com

Tanya Stroh, B.S., NSCA, ACE

Tanya is the founder and creator of Tanya Stroh Training Solutions, an on-line, fitness and personal training website, featuring uniquely, individualized workouts and the proprietary software technology, TS Trax. Tanya’s philosophy has always been that exercise along with a healthy diet & lifestyle produce the best results. Tanya’s clients, ranging in age from 12 to over 70 years old, have successfully improved and achieved their health and fitness goals because of her highly individualized approach to fitness. And now with Tanya Stroh Training Solutions so can YOU!

Tanya has dual national certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and the American Council on Exercise (ACE). She also holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Education/Physical Education from West Chester University.

As a contributing writer, Tanya is the fitness expert for the “Chester County Women’s Journal” and has provided fitness articles to Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong.com. She is a regularly featured fitness guest on the radio show “Mission Nutrition” which airs live and on-line. With her passion for fitness, Tanya has also spoken at numerous charity events including; cruiser weight boxer champion, Steve Cunningham’s Kids Camp.

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