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Submitted by Dr. BT on Sat, 2008-05-10 18:51.

In my blog entry "Is Exercise for Burning Calories?", I talked about why it's not an efficient way of losing weight. In this post, I'd like to talk about other myths of exercises.

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Submitted by Dr. BT on Wed, 2008-04-02 21:37.


Have you seen thin people with a belly? As one age, there's a gradual fat redistribution, some areas such as face, neck, arm, hands, lower legs lose fat, while others such as belly (both visceral and subcutaneous), hip, upper legs, beasts gain fat. It is as though nature makes you ugly after you become useless from the aspect of re-productivity.
The worst of this redistribution, not mentioning about the beauty side of it, is the growth of visceral fat, for it is the main cause of many degenerative diseases.

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Submitted by Dr. Ping on Tue, 2007-11-20 09:31.

If you sit in front of computer or tv all the time, this chair can help you exercise your mid section, plus many other health benefit, at the same time.

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Submitted by Master Taichi Tzu on Mon, 2007-07-30 14:43.

I tried this chi machine. I am convinced it is a good product. For those who don't have time to do meditation, this machine would get your chi and blood flow in just 10-15minutes.

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Submitted by Master Taichi Tzu on Fri, 2007-07-27 11:36.

The reason for reading glasses is due to eye muscles losing flexibility to zoom in and out. A simple yet effective exercise, while costing you no time, is the following:

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Submitted by Dr. Ping on Fri, 2007-07-27 11:26.
This page shows a good set of hip exercises.
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Submitted by Dr. BT on Fri, 2007-07-27 11:22.

CompletePT, by leading therapist Lynda Huey, is a good resource for aqua therapy - one of the best workout methods which minimize injury.

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Submitted by Dr. Ping on Fri, 2007-07-27 11:04.
For those office people, and who have stiff and injured neck, these exercises are good for the neck.
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Submitted by Dr. Ping on Fri, 2007-07-27 10:53.

Here is a good knee exercise routine.

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Submitted by Dr. Ping on Fri, 2007-07-27 10:23.
Angela Joyce has a free video about her total body stretch exercises. It's easy to do and follow, and yet effective for flexibility training.
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Submitted by Dr. BT on Thu, 2007-07-26 18:36.

MyYogaOnline.com is a good site for learning Yoga if you don't want to join a class, or if a class is not available locally. Here is an example of a free video.

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Submitted by Dr. Eric Li on Tue, 2007-06-05 10:49.

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