Surprising Fitness Facts About Women

According to many top organizations Studies have suggested that walking at a brisk pace (High Speed) for three or more hours a week can reduce your risk for coronary heart disease by 65 percent.

Many women don't know the risk factors associated with heart disease

According to Women’s Health team and magazine, a recent survey of 1,654 Canadian women, ages 25 and up found that fewer than half of the participants knew the major symptoms of heart disease and fewer than half could name smoking as a risk factor. Even more surprisingly, less than one quarter knew that high blood pressure and high cholesterol were “red flags.” Part of prevention includes making sure that you know your risk and the associated symptoms, which, according to Mayo Clinic, include shortness of breath; chest pain; pain, numbness, weakness or coldness in your legs or arms; and pain in the neck, jaw, throat, upper abdomen and back.(By lifestyle)

Exercise won’t make you thin!

Many people use exercise as their sole method of weight management, however studies have shown that exercise, when not combined with dietary changes, does very little in respect to losing weight. A study published in The British Journal of Sports Medicine found that when a group of obese people completed 12 weeks of supervised cardio workouts without dieting, most did not experience any significant weight loss results. However, it is important to remember that, while it may not lead to weight loss by itself, exercise still has plenty of other health benefits.(By Realbuzz)

Facebook can boost your fitness motivation

You may not have thought that browsing Facebook could help with your exercise goals, yet research suggests that signing up to the site could seriously boost your fitness motivation. Firstly, the constant lurking danger of being tagged in an unflattering photo means that social media sites have become a huge weight loss trigger for many of us. In fact, a study by Fitbit identified unflattering Facebook photos as the new number one weight loss trigger for Brits. Furthermore, more research from Fitbit has revealed that 64 per cent of those surveyed felt motivated to workout as a result of fitness boasts made by their friends on Facebook.