Workouts

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Anaerobic exercise

Fitness; Workouts

An intense or fast activity where you become breathless. Your body can't process oxygen fast enough for use. Literally, "without oxygen."

Antioxidants

Fitness; Workouts

Substances such as Vitamins A, C and E and minerals such as copper, magnesium and zinc. Believed to destroy free radicals, which some scientists think may not only accelerate ageing but also ...

Asana

Fitness; Workouts

The term for any of the many poses done in yoga.

A constriction of the bronchial passages during exercise only that causes wheezing, coughing, laboured breathing, and shortness of breath. Can usually be remedied by physician-prescribed inhalers. ...

Barbell

Fitness; Workouts

Weights attached to a long bar which requires both hands to pick up.

Bicep

Fitness; Workouts

The muscle running along the inside of the upper arm which bends your arm at the elbow. Paddling a canoe (and a kayak, to some degree) exercises your biceps.

Bicep muscle

Fitness; Workouts

The muscle in the front of your upper arm above the elbow. It has two heads (hence, "bi") that attach to different parts of your shoulder. Flexing makes you feel studly.