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METS, VO2, VCO2, VE, RER, FeCO2 – If you’ve done metabolic testing or read outputs from exercise machines, you’ve probably seen a few of these terms, but what does all this mean?! I started out thinking all I’d need to do is read up on a few terms – easy schmeezy. Turns out if you [...]
On National Dance Day 7/31/2010 I woke up at 6AM for metabolism testing with Mobile Metabolics at Eastside Sports Rehab. What is Metabolic Testing? Results from a metabolic test tells you how many calories you burn at rest (or as I call it the potato couch calories!), your fitness level, your muscle fiber type, amount [...]
How do you eat “right” for dancing? Turns out this is a difficult question to answer! Recently, I dropped about 6 lbs of weight or ~5.8% of my total weight to 78.5lbs to 79lbs. With some (coerced) encouragement from my friends, I went to see a nutritionist on July 7th. Preparing to See a Nutritionist [...]
