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This 5 page paper provides an overview of five traditional and five nontraditional exercises. Each is discussed in terms of calorie burning as well as health benefits. Traditional exercises discussed are Running, Calisthenics, Swimming, Golf and Walking, and the nontraditional are Kickboxing, In-Line Skating, Stair Climbing, Tai Chi and Yoga. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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far as calories burned is concerned, much will depend on the individuals metabolism, weight and effort put into the activity. For example, there are different rates at which people walk
and run. People who buy exercise equipment but only use the items in a slow and deliberate manner may not burn as many calories as someone who simply does housework
with a great deal of effort. Still, assuming that an individual puts a certain amount of zest into their workouts, one can use the following chart to determine how many
calories one might burn when engaging in one of these ten exercises. Calories Burned in 30 Minutes of Exercise (Source: Billings, 1998, p.15-16) Traditional Running 339 Calisthenics 236 Swimming 236 Golf 162 Walking 141
Non-Traditional Kickboxing 335 In-Line Skating 207 Stair Climber 177 Tai Chi 118 Yoga 118 The above charts illustrates five traditional exercises and five nontraditional types. As one can see, on the high side
are running and kickboxing, the former a traditional type of exercise and the latter a nontraditional type. Yet, each burn approximately the same amount of calories. In the midrange, which
will allow an athlete to burn more than 200 calories in a half hour are In-Line Skating, a relatively new type of exercise, and the traditional Calisthenics and swimming. At
177 calories per half hour is stair climbing, with the use of a machine, a trend that is rather new and important right now, and finally, at the low end
of the calorie burning spectrum is the nontraditional Tai Chi and Yoga as well as the traditional exercises of golf and walking. While of course Tai Chi and Yoga are
hot trends in the west, it should be noted that they are essentially traditional Eastern ways of living. And while some of the newer innovations to the western lifestyle do
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