CEC Articles

Why do some people breath more deeply and more rapid than others during and after exercise performance? Why does the heart rate increase? The answers to these questions lie in how much oxygen you owe your muscles and how much oxygen you possess. If the balance of your debt is greater than the balance of your reserves, the muscles must first demand these reserves as a down payment. It is only through increased respiration and accelerated heart rate that your oxygen payment in full is transacted. Let's take a closer look at the variables that dictate supply and demand of oxygen to working, or in some cases 'already worked', muscles.

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How many of you consider yourself a skeptic? I know I do. When an expert or authority makes a pronouncement that Cause A leads to Effect B, I'm a lot more likely to accept his or her ideas if this expert can explain how or why Cause A leads to Effect B or in some way describe the mechanism of its action. I have a hard time going on faith alone, especially since our playing field is littered with "experts", many of whom disagree with each other. So when our experts tell us that aerobic exercise causes an increase in the amount of HDL cholesterol in our bloodstream, I would like to know how it happens.

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Whether you use machines (eg. Cybex, Nautilus) or free weights (eg. barbells, dumbbells) or you simply use resistance bands in your strength training routine, you can benefit from any one of these modalities as long as your exercise is regularly performed. The most common question from beginning exercisers is: "What are better - machines or weights?"

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If you watch TV on a weekend morning you can be introduced to hundreds of abdominal exercise devices.  You go to a health club and see a slew of abdominal exercises undertaken.  Unbeknown to most who fall victim or waste their time, 90% or more of these exercise methods are nothing short of garbage. 

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