Many individuals believe that strength training adds muscle mass, thereby increasing their resting metabolic rate, so they burn more calories all day, which helps them lose weight. While scientific research has documented that metabolic rate is acutely elevated after a workout, it's not as certain that resting metabolic rate is chronically increased. The Resting Metabolic Rate Debate reviews the research on the effects of aerobic exercise and strength training on resting metabolic rate and detai

The MET: Brief History, Current Uses and Concerns offers an easy-to-understand resource that details the key factors attendant to this widely used quantitative measure of work. Featuring a Tutorial Lecture from the 2010 ACSM annual meeting the DVD details what a MET is, how it's used, and why it's a valuable tool for quantifying the relative intensity level of an exercise bout. The DVD provides almost a hour of authoritative information and insights.

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The (6) presentations from the Featured Science Session at the 2010 ACSM annual meeting that explore key issues involving nutrition and metabolism in individuals with special needs are included on a single DVD. Over two hours of authoritative information and insights, featuring: Introduction (Stella L. Volpe), Nutrition and Exercise in the Disease State: What Animal Models Can Teach Us (Nancy M. DiMarco), Nutrient-Bone Associations in Healthy Postmenopausal Women: Results From the Bone Estrogen

Exercisers become frustrated with ineffective cardio programs that fail to deliver. Likewise, most fitness professionals are dismayed when their programs fail to hit their targeted weight-loss goals or are unable to push clients through plateaus. In many instances, blame for these failures can be attributed to the inherent limitations of the older standardized programming guidelines that are currently in use. For example, it makes little sense to use maximum heart rate (MHR)-based programs when

Name That Energy System examines the complexity of the aerobic and anaerobic energy systems and explains the key components of both systems simply and clearly. The presentation examines several different common physical activities and then reviews each of them in the context of the various energy systems. With an approach that is based upon the 'do-it-to-understand-it' theory, the presentation explains why understanding the basics of energy production and metabolism is essential for developing e

The Scientific and Practical Aspects of Exercise Metabolism presents a detailed review of the basic factors that determine whether an individual burns fat or carbohydrate when exercising. In an easy-to-understand, straightforward manner, the DVD addresses the issues of when, how, and why individuals utilize fat or carbohydrates when exercising.