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Breathing rate increases even before you start your sprint. Image Credit: flytosky11/iStock/Getty Images Sprinting is an intense anaerobic workout that recruits more muscle fibers than traditional light or moderate aerobic cardio workouts. Because of this, sprinters often exhibit more muscular, powerful physiques than distance runners. It’s impossible to say how long it will take to get ripped doing sprints, but the practice can help you reach your fitness goals by building muscle and burning calories....

When riding outdoors for 20 minutes, you can burn between 160 and 489 calories. Image Credit: GibsonPictures/E+/GettyImages Cycling is a fun and low-intensity form of exercise that you can do indoors or outdoors. The number of calories burned biking for 20 minutes ranges between 140 and 498, depending on the intensity of your session and your body weight. Advertisement Tip When riding outdoors for 20 minutes, you can burn between 160 and 489 calories....

Most teen girls have the benefit of a high basal metabolic rate. Image Credit: Stígur Már Karlsson /Heimsmyndir/E+/GettyImages About one-third of American girls aged 10 to 14 are on a diet. Many of them resort to cigarette smoking, vomiting, fasting and other unhealthy behaviors in an attempt to lose weight. Over time, these habits can lead to full-blown eating disorders and affect overall health. The key to achieving a healthy weight is to understand your metabolism and take the steps needed to keep it functioning optimally....

Close-up of an assortment of blood samples. Image Credit: luchschen/iStock/Getty Images In the United States, blood glucose readings are usually expressed in units of milligrams of glucose per deciliter of blood, or mg/dL. Internationally and in scientific journals, blood glucose is typically expressed in millimoles per liter, or mmol/L. The same way you can convert your weight in kilograms to pounds, you can easily convert your blood glucose values from mmol/L to mg/dL....

Make a tender chuck roast with or without vegetables in less time. Image Credit: MayaCom/iStock/Getty Images Cooking a chuck roast to tender perfection normally requires moist heat, low oven temperatures and lengthy cooking times. Chuck roast comes from the neck – a less tender area of a beef cow – and because it contains tough meat fibers and large amounts of connective tissue, it needs to cook about 40 minutes per pound, usually at 325 F....

Copper is good for more than pennies or pretty pots and pans. As an essential mineral, your body depends on copper to carry out basic life functions. While copper is found in all body tissues, it’s most well-known for its relationship with iron: Together, the two minerals help the body form red blood cells, which carry oxygen to cells and tissues. Copper also supports the health of your blood vessels, immune system, nerves and bones, according to the U....

A woman is riding a three wheeled bicycle. Image Credit: cindygoff/iStock/Getty Images Three-wheeled bicycles, more commonly referred to as trikes, come in a range of designs. Some resemble traditional two-wheeled bikes with frame modifications to accommodate a wider axle and additional rear wheel. Others are recumbents, supporting the rider in a chair-type seat, with a frame that is low to the ground. Three-wheeled bikes are known for their stability and ease of riding....

Heather Dorak, owner of Pilates Platinum in Los Angeles, demos a great HIIT workout you can do anywhere that's also gentle on your knees. Image Credit: Travis McCoy/travismccoy.com The health and fitness benefits of HIIT (aka high-intensity interval training) are well documented: In addition to improving your overall fitness, torching belly fat and building muscle mass, it also helps you maintain healthy blood pressure, cholesterol and insulin sensitivity. Advertisement But if you've suffered an injury, incorporating HIIT into your fitness regimen can be a challenge....

Removing your own stitches could lead to an infection, the wound reopening and other bad outcomes. Image Credit: LIVESTRONG.com Creative How Bad Is It Really? sets the record straight on all the habits and behaviors you’ve heard might be unhealthy. You went to the ER or urgent care to get stitches for a nasty laceration. Now the wound looks basically healed (thanks, smart cut care and healthy habits) and like it’s time for the sutures to come out....

Being a healthy weight is great! But there are a few side effects to know about. Image Credit: Milkos/iStock/GettyImages Reaching a weight-loss goal is beyond rewarding — it’s empowering, uplifting and satisfying. To have accomplished such a task calls for a serious celebration, so GO YOU! As you likely know by now, being a healthy weight involves a lot of benefits, including improved sleep, mood and self-confidence. Advertisement But there can also be some not-so-nice side effects of weight loss that don't often make headlines....

Yes, pancakes can be a healthy breakfast for weight loss. Image Credit: hsyncoban/E+/GettyImages Are you a breakfast-skipper? Or do you usually just toss a piece of toast in your mouth on your way out the door? Hate to break it to you, but skimping on your a.m. meal is a big mistake. What you put on your plate in the morning may have a major affect on your metabolism throughout the day....

Your decision-making skills are compromised when you're hungry. Image Credit: AndreyPopov/iStock/GettyImages Admit it: You’re not yourself when you’re hungry. But it’s not just you: An empty belly has a way of bringing out the worst in people (hence the term hangry). Advertisement Hunger affects much more than your mood, though. Which is why there are certain things you should definitely put on hold when your stomach is rumbling. Video of the Day We tapped Bonnie Taub-Dix, RD, registered dietitian, creator of BetterThanDieting....

Even when you don't feel like it, a little exercise will do you and your baby some good. Image Credit: Antonio_Diaz/iStock/GettyImages Backaches, swollen feet and low energy — pregnancy seems like the perfect time to take it easy. But unless you’re experiencing complications, being idle likely won’t do you any good. In fact, when you have a bun in the oven, physical activity is important for you ​and​ your baby....

Pushing yourself to your max is a key component to re-creating your favorite studio workout experience. Image Credit: RichLegg/E+/GettyImages By now, your favorite HIIT and circuit workout classes may seem like a distant memory — the high energy, the loud music and the high-fives. Unless your fitness studio is streaming their classes or they’ve moved everything outdoors, you might be longing to recapture the magic at home. Advertisement Part of what makes these classes super effective is the effort you put it....

Green bananas are high in starch and fiber. Image Credit: bhofack2/iStock/GettyImages Bananas are the world’s most popular fruit and though we usually think of them as being sunshine-yellow, they can vary from firm and green, to softer with plenty of brown speckles. There’s been talk that an unripe banana offers more health benefits, but what’s the truth about this assertion? Advertisement Tip It’s not really a case of unripe bananas being better for you — green bananas just offer slightly different benefits to ripe ones, including being higher in resistant starch....

Finding a style of meditation that's right for you can help ease stress and anxiety. Image Credit: Merlas/iStock/GettyImages Stress from personal, environmental and racial traumas are difficult to manage. They exact a psychological and physical toll on all people of color. Meditation helps reduce stress and reaffirms our identity and place in the world. Advertisement Meditation can be one of many healthy habits you use to cope and recharge. "It can help your creativity, your intuition, your connection with your inner self," says Burke Lennihan, RN, a registered nurse who teaches meditation at the Harvard University Center for Wellness....

Calcium carbonate shouldn't bother people with milk allergies. Image Credit: HandmadePictures/iStock/Getty Images Calcium carbonate is most often found in dietary supplements. In fact, it’s one of the most common forms of supplemental calcium taken today. But calcium carbonate is also used as a food additive in many commercial goods. It helps reduce the acidity of certain foods and can act as an anticaking agent in others. You can find it in items from cake mixes, canned soups and soymilk to fortified cereals, pre-cooked pastas and condiments, such as mustard or soy sauce....

Pickles are low in calories. Image Credit: Elena_Danileiko/iStock/GettyImages Weight loss is about burning more calories than you eat, so going on a “pickle diet” won’t melt away the pounds. But pickles are low in calories — so they can fit into a weight-loss, calorie-controlled diet — and have some properties that might help with fat loss. But their high sodium content means you might gain water weight after eating them, which can impact the results you see on the scale....

Celexa is the brand name for citalopram, a prescription medication belonging to a class of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs. Image Credit: tab1962/iStock/GettyImages If you have depression, anxiety or a mood disorder, Celexa can be a godsend. Although typically worth the relief from these conditions, side effects are not uncommon. One of those side effects can be changes in weight — either weight loss or weight gain....

Bench press is a great chest workout. Image Credit: milorad kravic/iStock/GettyImages A strong chest and shoulders are important for overall fitness and muscle performance. Dozens of exercises for a chest and shoulder workout exist, but certain ones have been tested to outperform others, including the bench press and overhead press. Advertisement Chest Muscle Exercises Chest muscle exercises typically target the pectoralis muscles, commonly called the “pecs.” In addition, your anterior deltoids and triceps will get a workout....