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  1. Newsgroups: misc.fitness
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au!bison!jamesp
  3. From: jamesp@cs.uwa.oz.au (James Pinakis)
  4. Subject: Re: What's an aerobic exercise? What isn't?
  5. Message-ID: <jamesp.722051687@bison>
  6. Sender: usenet@bilby.cs.uwa.edu.au
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: bison
  8. Organization: Dept. Computer Science, University of Western Australia.
  9. References: <1992Nov14.180240.18210@cbnewse.cb.att.com> <BxtJFK.9zn@mail.boi.hp.com> <1992Nov16.203156.21520@stortek.com> <BxuqBz.C5p@cs.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov17.150847.21341@oakhill.sps.mot.com>
  10. Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:54:47 GMT
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  13. In <1992Nov17.150847.21341@oakhill.sps.mot.com> mack@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Gregg Mack ( Sun )) writes:
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  15. >The physical activity need not be non-stop, but the elevated heart
  16. >rate must be continued.  A five second rest stop is not long enough
  17. >for the heart rate to drop out of the target zone.
  18.  
  19. What about people in stressful situations whose heart-rates are continuously
  20. elevated (racing car drivers come to mind).  Are they doing aerobic exercise?
  21. If not, why?
  22.  
  23. james
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