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This is our LAST GetFitRadio show as Nightline and GetFitRadio leave the program grid on DubaiEye
50/50/50 recap what was the hardest part for you?
Q. Marcus my daughter is off to college and I really want her to get into a fitness class any tips on not being pushy but getting the hint to her?
Q. MARCUS I was told that I need to walk more and that this is going to be good for me, maybe as good as jogging, thoughts?
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Walking for 15 minutes, four times a day burns as many calories as walking steadily for an hour.
There may be benefits to combining them into one long walk, but you need to weigh that against what you enjoy doing and what fits into your schedule.
The American Heart Association and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control say in their exercise guideline for healthy adults that you should get 30 minutes of moderately intense exercise, such as brisk walking, five days a week, or a total of 150 minutes spread out over the week. To keep off weight, they say you may need to accumulate even more exercise time over a week. But they also say that your exercise time can be broken up into two to three bouts of exercise of 10 to 15 minutes and there is no prescription that it needs to be 30 minutes or more at a time.
Benefits of Walking Over 45 Minutes for Weight Loss
After walking steadily for approximately 45 minutes, your body has burned off the available sugars (glycogen) it has stored up. Now it needs to begin to burn fat.
Walking is a good way to turn the body on to burning stored fat. If you walk for 30 minutes or less, you are still burning calories, but they are the stored sugar calories (glycogen) rather than having to dip into the stored fat.
Q. Marcus, I know you have said this probably a million times and then one but can you tell me what the best all-round exercises are I should be doing as a daily or 4 times a week routine at home using body weight
Q. Worst advice you ever got while in Rugby or training and how did you react.
Q. Marcus , we have had this one before, is it possible to exercise too much?
Q. How do I know if I am working through an injury or working into an injury? How do we really know when to stop and not just be a quitter?
Q. Marcus what has made you stick with Nightline all these years from coming into the show to us doing it at the gym?
Q. Cross-fit and age is there an upper limit?
Q. Do you think when it comes to physical ability most people underestimate their ability?
Q. You and James spoke about your morning stretch routine can you walk us through it.
Q. tips for better sleep?
Q. Loaded cary is it really the best way to improve grip strength?
For most, the loaded carry is an afterthought, but it truly is the best method I know to train grip, core, and work capacity. These three factors have a broader carryover to every other exercise and performance goal than any other. The grip connects us to our environment. The core connects each piece of our body and, with grip strength, allows us to utilize every part of our body in manipulating the environment.
Finally, work capacity stretches our ability to do work longer. It is very important to carry hard to stay healthy. Despite a far less active and physically demanding upbringing, wrist fractures are 50% more common today in our youth than in the 1950’s. Nearly half of all boys and a third of girls will fracture their wrist during childhood. We are missing out if we continue to dismiss and disrespect the loaded carry’s power.
(not a question as much as a statement) Time management an important skill that fitness helps us understand and activate from starting, stopping and knowing when to move on.
Sitting is killing us!
The Current State Of Sitting
People are sitting far more than ever before.
Conservative estimates, taking into account those who are not office workers, puts the average person sitting for around 6 hours per day.
However, there are some who estimate the average person’s time spent sitting at closer to 12 hours per day.
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And it makes perfect sense when you break down an average work day for most people in the West.
Average commute times in the US are about 30 minutes each way. Assuming an 8 hour work day, you’re spending 9 hours of your day mostly sat down already.
We can safely add an hour throughout the day sitting down to eat, bringing our total to around 10 hours.
We’re not even including any leisure time, yet, which for many people involves multiple hours of TV or computer activity.
I think it’s plain to see that for most people, it’s only too easy to hit the 12-hour threshold.
Q. Marcus check out Grease the Groove think it is for real?
