Aerobic Exercise Articles

Running is perhaps one of the most popular types of physical activity today. One distance running event—the marathon—has steadily increased in popularity over the past several years. The 2005 USA Marathon Report states that in 2000 there were 299,000 marathon finishers. That number had increased by 83,000 in 5 years. As the popularity of running increases, reports of running injuries follow suit. Scientific studies indicate that 60%–65% of all runners experience some form of injury each year. This raises the question: Are we meant to run?

FACTS Fitness, a fitness company based in suburban Philadelphia, offers a program called C.L.I.M.B. (Creative Ladder Intervals and Mega BootCamp). “This class is a high-energy, dynamic workout that combines creative agility ladder drills and boot-camp-style activities and exercises to work on speed, agility, muscle tone, fat burning and stamina,” says IDEA member Debbi MacArthur, who is the director of marketing and public relations at FACTS Fitness. “We also do partner exercises for added motivation, encouragement and team building.”

Whether you are a gym rat, enjoy a class setting, play a team sport or just like adventure, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has something to offer. Popular fitness classes in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the two largest emirates, include Spinning®, RPM™, BodyPUMP®, BodyCombat™, step, Pilates, yoga, t’ai chi, aqua, mind-body, FitBall™ and strength training.

HERE'S AN EXERCISE class with no pushups, squats or crunches. There are no sets or reps. Instead, hips shake, shoulders shimmy, bodies twirl and feet step-touch to the beat of funky music pumping through a workout room at the Health Quest fitness club in Flemington. No groans of protest are heard from this group of mostly women, some of them pushing 45...

Gazette News Service Here's an exercise class with no pushups, squats or crunches. There are no sets or reps. Instead, hips shake, shoulders shimmy, bodies twirl and feet step-touch to the beat of funky music pumping through a workout room at SWAT Fitness Club in Oshtemo Township. The class, which ranges in size from 10 to 30 people, uses a combination of different types of musi...

1 984. It was the year of Boy George, big hair and parachute pants. It was also the year Montrealer Lindy Langhame taught her first aerobics class. Fast forward to 2007, and Langhame, 58, has decided to retire. After more than two decades of grapevines and knee lifts, Langhame called it quits last month. During her years of teaching, Langhame has seen the fitness scene evolve from dance...