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ooking for a way to condi-
tion your heart and build
a better backside?
While step aerobics may
do the trick for the choreo-
graphically inclined, don't be
afraid to just let yourself slide.
Slide-board training, also
known as slide aerobics, is joint-
friendly, painless and produc-
tive.
It not only targets such prob-
lem areas as the thighs and but-
tocks, it provides measurable
cardiovascular benefits.
Sliding back and forth on a
laminated surface with special
footwear helps to condition ma-
jor muscle groups of the lower
body and connective tissue be-
tween the knees, hips and an-
kles.
Researchers at the Human
Performance Laboratory at
Auburn University found that
sliding at different rates of
speed increased the heart rate
and oxygen consumption of 20
healthy women.
The women reached about 55
percent of their maximum aer-
obic capacity at a leisurely 40
slides per minute, and exceed-
ed 81 percent of their capacity
at 60 slides per minute across a
6-foot-long, 2-foot-wide board.
The heart rates were approx-
imately 15 percent higher than
when the women exercised at
the same intensity on a tread-
mill, investigators reported.
The study reinforced previous
research at the University of
Southern California that found
that working on a device called
the Body Slide can burn 20
percent more calories than stan-
dard aerobics, and 16 percent
more calories than riding a sta-
tionary bike for the same
amount of time at the same
heart rate.
As your body adapts to slide
aerobics, frequency and dura-
tion can increase. Begin with
one slide session a week, limit-
ing your first few sessions to
about 20 minutes, suggests the
American Council on Exercise.

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POWER OUTAGE
Denial. Anger. Guilt. Frus-
tration. Alienation.
Sound like the symptoms of
divorce withdrawal or the loss
of a loved one?
Worse.
Those are characteristics of
the injured recreational athlete,
the chronic exerciser powerless
Jack Williams writes for Copley
News Service.

to cope with a temporary glitch
in his lifestyle and/or self-es-
teem.
What to do for relief from the
grief?
Working out — using unin-
jured body parts, as much as
your injury will allow — is the
best way to cope with a sports
injury, agree sports psycholo-
gists consulted by Fitness mag-
azine.
It seems that active people ac-
customed to a certain level of

The heart rates were
approximately 15
percent higher than
on a treadmill.

brain chemicals induced by ex-
ercise are prone to low-grade
depression when rendered in-
active.
Tennis pro Mary Joe Fer-
nandez, no stranger to injury,
says she dealt with a month-
long sabbatical from her favorite
sport by channeling her energy
into rehabilitation exercises.
"I tried to focus on the rehab
program as intensely as I focus
on my game when I'm healthy,"
said Fernandez, who suffered
from a strained hamstring.
"Focus on the big picture," she
told the Penn State Sports Med-
icine Newsletter. "You may not
see results on a daily basis."

WEATHER OR NOT
If you've curtailed outdoor ac-
tivities in the brisk winter air,
don't think you're reducing your
risk of a head cold and respira-
tory infection.
Exercising in the cold does
not promote such maladies,
studies show. By layering your
clothing in cold air, you can en-
sure the appropriate body tem-
perature by allowing for
perspiration to evaporate while
sufficient heat is maintained.
Some people are especially
averse to cold-weather exercise,
responding with an allergic-type
reaction resulting in constric-
tion of the air passageways. Call
it cold-induced asthma, as op-
posed to exercise-induced asth-
ma.
It can make breathing un-
comfortable and the climate-
controlled atmosphere of an
indoor health club or a gym all
the more inviting. D

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