Is jumping rope considered to be cardio exercise?

I’m thinking about buying a jump rope to use for exercise since I absolutely can’t stand running/biking.

I have a specialized sirrus sport bicycle. What basic accessories should I purchase for me and the bike?

I know some basics. Kick stand, helmet, water bottle, lights, bike lock; but what I need to know is other items you want to suggest for me. And best choices for the money. And money I should spend on each item taking safety and security into consideration. I ride the canal and bike paths along the roads for exercise and fun. The best helmet and lighting are my biggest concern since I sometimes ride after dusk. And the best place to make my purchases too please.

I’m 16 why can’t I get a job?

I am 16, I live in Ontario, Canada. I have had several online business ventures, have considerable experience in customer satisfaction and solving problems. I have strong computer and communication skills. I don’t have much experience working under someone, just lawn cutting for a company that I can’t get a reference from. All of that is on my resume.

On the rare occasion that I get an interview, I always show up in business clothing such as dress pants, shined leather shoes, dress shirt and tie. It seems the harder I try, the less likely it is for me to get a job.

I would start a full time summer business but I am lacking capital. I don’t have anyone that can lend me money and can’t get a loan.

I just got turned down today for another job that I had an interview for on wednesday. I watch all of my friends around me getting jobs from doing next to nothing. I try so hard but no one will cut me some slack. I can’t even get a job at a damn grocery store for crying out loud.

I think it has to be something wrong with my resume. Can you please critique it and make annotations?

Here is a copy of my resume:
Work Objective
To obtain a position that will enable me to use my strong communication skills, customer-oriented background and ability to work well with people.
Education
H.S. Diploma, Grade 11
******* **********, Ontario – I am in the process of completing my High School Diploma.
Work Experience

Self Employment, ******, Ontario 2007 – Present

Development and management of several successful online ventures, including:

Authored four eBooks on the topics of Internet Marketing and Physical Fitness and successfully developed a mailing list, clients and product sales
Worked alongside several companies as an affiliate marketer, selling and trading merchandise on sites such as eBay and Amazon
Managed advertising campaigns to market subscription based programs as well as onetime fee goods
Contacted customers to notify them of special sales and new merchandise shipments and fostered client patronage through the use of thank-you notes and special occasion cards
Collaborated with many freelance web designers, graphic designers, and professional ghostwriters online to develop websites
2007 – 2008
Contract Landscaping, ****** and ******, Ontario

Performed various lawn maintenance tasks for neighbours and a private business, including lawn cutting, weeding and pruning of shrubs

Skills
•Communication Skills: Work well in a team setting, able to relate in a respectful and professional manner, exercise sound judgement and can problem solve effectively
•Advanced Computer Skills: Data Entry, Editing and Proofreading, Internet Technology, Advertising / Promotions, MS Office, E-Mail, Adobe Photoshop, CSS & HTML Programming, Keyboarding Skills
•Personal Skills: Perseverance, Motivated, Honesty and Integrity, Ability to Learn Quickly, Adaptability, Strong Morals

Hobbies and Interests
Am an avid amateur golfer considering a business oriented career in some facet of the golf industry (golf course management and/or architecture)
Participate in a regular strength training and athletic conditioning program as a member of a local fitness club
Am a student of Karate (5 year member of the Black Belt Club) anticipating earning my black belt in November
Construct and fly radio controlled aircraft and am a past member of the ********** Model Aircraft Club where I attended club meetings and events
Have enjoyed downhill skiing and off road mountain biking for many years
Enjoy being outdoors, camping, hiking and golfing

References
Available upon request

Thanks, I don’t want to sound needy but I need a job badly. I’ve even been to employment offices and requested to be contacted from a youth employment organization but not surprisingly, they didn’t contact me back.

What am i doing wrong?

Thanks a bunch

Does his aspergers syndrome make him so paranoid? Need some help?

Here is a list of the things he’s paranoid about:

*Supermarkets. His opinion is that it’s all “Mass media produced crap” He said the air in the supermarket is so filled with chemicals that it burns his throat. He says ‘everything’ in the supermarket is unhealthy, even the fruit and vegetables. Apparently they’re not ‘organic’ enough.

* Watching TV: He says the adds on TV pollute our minds, and the TV shows are never based on reality. Even the ones that claim to be. He says all the acting is terrible, and when I watch TV, he mutes the adds, and takes me out of the room. In order to avoid the “Mass media produced items on TV”.

*Using chemicals: This would include – Makeup, hair products, cleaning products, face products, bath products, candles (unless organic), incense (unless organic), creams/lotions, things to help muscular pain, any kind of healing creams, and anything else with any ingredients that aren’t ‘all natural’.

*Having any chemicals in the house: According to him, because I have face cream, makeup, and nail polish in my room, the air is polluted. He also says the laundry is polluted, and the kitchen. He is against washing dishes, or clothes. He says it’s unhealthy, and not natural. Apparently he is still searching for all natural cleaning things. He says 90% of the natural cleaning products are fakes.

*Spending time with people who use chemicals: He only talks to people who are ‘totally’ natural. The only people I’ve met who are ‘totally’ natural, would be his parents. His mother doesn’t shower, and has never cleaned. Her house made me vomit.

*Showering: He says It’s ‘un natural’ to shower more than once a week. He only showers when he really ‘needs’ to, because of the ‘chemicals’ in the water. He makes exceptions for rivers though.

*Not exercising enough: His ambition is to exercise 7 hours a day, non stop. He’s obsessed with it, and never stops.

*Dust particles in the air: He says my house has dust particles which clog up his throat. He complains about it continuously.

*Hair particles in the air: He says it’s from my dog, and her hair goes in his throat.

*Any kind of vehicle: He only walks, or rides his push bike.

*Getting a job: He is against it, and never wants to work. He says it’s unhealthy. He doesn’t want to be like other people.

*Getting educated: He is also against this. He says the education system is ‘stupid’ and corrupted. He has never studied for anything.

There are other small things, like not liking it when I do anything with my appearance. To paint a picture of him, he’s a fairly short, thin man. Has an arabic/indian like appearance. Scurries like a mouse when he walks, sways his arm when he walks, and looks like he’s gay. He has a big over sized back pack, that most likely weighs more than him. He also carries several other bags, and wears dorky plastic shoes, high waisted shorts, and often strange looking tops. He is also often seen wearing big strange hats. He spends him time collecting rubbish, hunting for garage sales, plucking hairs from his legs, being ‘healthy’, and looking for money on the streets. He likes to live the ‘alternative’ lifestyle. In his back pack he has everything from a first aid kit, to a swag.

Do my question is, why is he so paranoid?
Is it because of his aspergers?
*SO my question is.

GT Outpost Trail Bike, Shifter No Work?

I’m have been recently getting into biking. Used to do it as a kid. Grew up, got a car… But I’ve been into photography, parks are on my list and they have trails. I’ll be damned to walk for miles on end. Along with that, my friends are in this exercise phase. I’ve been looking into getting a bike from WalMart for maybe up to $150 or so. But I have a bike on hand which my dad somehow acquired a long time ago.

It’s a GT Outpost Trail, I think 26″. It’s a little dirty, beyond dead tires… I rode it around to see if the shifters work but it doesn’t seem to be doing anything. But then I never riden a bicycle with multiple gears so it could be my errors. The shifters looks to be straightforward, one lever to upshift, one to downshift (both lever on the right of the handlebars) while the other (on the left of the handlebars) changes the big gear. The left shifter doesn’t do anything, the right shifter is only able to shift between 1st and 2nd.

All the gears and other parts say Shimano Altus on them.

So, help would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise I’ll be buying a new bike from walmart tomorrow.

Thank you in advance!!!

I want to buy a somewhat inexpensive mountain bike but i have no idea which bike to get or where to get it?

I wanted to spend under $100 if possible. I’ve heard that you can not get a mountain bike that will manage dirt trails for under $300-$350. Im just not trying to spend that kind of money right now on a bike. I want a bike just to ride around because i moved to a new area and i want to explore it now that its nice out, and i want it for leisure and exercise.

are there any cheaper bikes that are still good quality/value? I just don’t want it to fall apart.

I think walmart has cheap bikes, are those decent at all?

Seriously, what are the odds that I’m pregnant?!?

The first day of my Last Menstral Cycle was Jan. 21st 2010, according to the ovulation calculators online Sunday was the day before the 1st day of ovulation. Which it said is the best time to have intercourse. My husband and I never use protection, the pull-out method “generally” works just fine. Although, this past Saturday night/early Sunday (Jan.30/31st) we had a WHOOPS! for the first time EVER!!! No one has ever released inside me until that moment! LOL, quite dramatic! So he said, well, get it out! I said, I’m pretty sure the damage is already done. . . But I took a shower a few minutes later anyway. The only thing that came to mind was douching. I have them but I don’t normally use them. Then I read online the next day that often times douching can actually push the semen further in! SHEESH! It wouldn’t be so bad I suppose, I’m 26, he’s 32, we both exercise regulary, eat very healthy, we’re at a prime age, but are totally unprepared at this moment. We obviously weren’t trying to conceive, but if we did, it’s okay. Anyone have any input? When’s the earliest date I could take a pregnancy test, home or blood? Do you think there’s a great possibility that I may not be b/c of the chemicals in the douching product? or does that generally not make a difference? Is it still highly possible that I am?

Why is my period so irregular lately?

I’ve done some research online and was looking it up but I could never find someone with the exact issues that I have. So basically, I’m going to go back a few months because I have a few questions. A few months ago, I had every symptom in the book that I was pregnant. Swollen tender breasts, sensitive nipples, mild nausea when in contact with certain smells, cramping etc.. but then when I had my period it was a few days late but still fell in the normal range of when your supposed to get it on average. When I bled though I had very heavy clotting ( sorry for the graphics) and I wasn’t sure if maybe I had miscarried or if I was just having a normal period all along and was just imagining things. I ignored it and took it as just a normal period but my gut feeling told me that I had miscarried. So now, as the months have gone by since that incident, my periods have been really wacky. Some months I’ll menstruate for 4-5 days but the past 2-3 months they have only been last 2 or maybe 3 days at the most and they will be heavy at first and then stop and then come back in those 2-3 days. It isn’t exactly normal for me. I smoke about a pack a day, I also smoke marijuana sometimes, I drink occasionally and I have to ride 40 minutes to work each way (there and back) 5 days a week and I do know that extreme exercise can cause irregular cycles but I’m still wondering if maybe I had that miscarriage and that’s why they are all irregular now and I’m also wondering if it’s even possible for me to even be fertile considering my living habits. I also have a lot of stress because of my financial situation as well. Any suggestions? Does anyone know what might be going on with me? Thanks and please no rude comments.

Is there a book that describes how to make electric generators, solar, wind power from house hold items?

I want a book that has some different designs for making electric generators from things like old exercise bikes, fan blades for wind power, low cost solar panels, or any other kind of alternative energy that is easily produced from the home, and with recycled or low cost materials. How to store the energy would also be a plus. All I can seem to find are book specifically for one type of alternative power(i.e. just solar, or just wind). I’m hoping there is something out there that is more like what I have described.
Well I was more hoping just for a book that shows simple electrical hook ups to say turn an old exercise bike into a generator of sorts. Things like that. I assumed old fans, and such wouldn’t produce very much energy, but If I use an exercise bike for an hour every day anyway I thought it would be cool to harness, store, and use some of that power to watch TV while im on the bike, or turn a radio on for a few hours or something along those lines. Just like those new crank radios.

Can you charge a 12V battery with 100V?

Let me explain. I wanted to build a wind turbine but I don’t live in an area with enough wind so I decided to build a bike turbine. I figured the principles were the same – bike spins generator, charges batteries, power inverter, to appliances. Also, the exercise was appealing.

I bought kind of a heavy duty generator, and it turns out my bike turbine is way more efficient than I anticipated – I’m getting between 50 to 100 volts! Jimminy cricket. I never anticipated that many.

What are the limitations to charging a 12V battery?

What part of your body does an exercise bike tone up?

If i went on an exercise bike for 30 minutes a day, what does it help tone up?

What excercise machine is most effective: an exercise bike for 70 mintures, or a 70 minutes on the Tred Mill?

I usually do 70 minutes (speed walk for 10, run for 10) on the tred mill, but i started using a exercise bike and i like it better because i can sit down and my muscles don’t feel as sore afterwards. Anyone know which machine would be more beneficial? I’m trying to lose 10lbs by the end of December. Thanks!

Would an exercise bike work for me?

I want to lose weight and am already following a controlled and healthy diet, but I want to try a new exercise regime. In the past, I have bought and used various exercise tapes, a treadmill, a rowing-machine, and a cross-trainer. But I gave up on each one and sold them, mainly because they didn’t work for me (and I found them boring). I’m not really a fan of the gym or swimming either, which is why I’m looking at exercise bikes.

I want to lose weight from my belly, hips, bum, and legs. I also want to tone my legs, bum, and arms. I know an exercise bike won’t do anything for my belly and arms, but will it target the other areas and help me lose weight/tone? I want to lose weight and tone up, without bulking up in muscle. Would an exercise bike make me bulk up?

If you can, please recommend some useful weight loss workouts for my belly (that could go alongside a exercise bike workout). Toning workouts for my arms, legs, and bum would also be great.

I am only looking at exercise bikes because I’ve tried other things and feel like this is my last option. I want something I can do at home – which an exercise bike would do. But I don’t want to waste money (again) on something that I might not use or may not work for me…
I’m a girl, if that makes any difference… “/

Why knees ache a bit after a workout on the exercise bike? Any additional nutrients to take in?

Bike Experts-PLEASE give me some help!?

Hi, I need some advice from people who work in bike shops or just bike and know a lot about it. My questions are pretty simple, but I’m a complete novice.

I haven’t been on a bike since I was a kid, but my sister and I both want to get cruiser bikes (most definitely the beach cruiser type, not a comfort/commuter bike) to ride now that the weather is getting nice. But I don’t know what to look for. I don’t want a super expensive one. I’d like to keep it below $500. I don’t know if steel or aluminum is better (and why) and I know that some come with a ‘flat-foot’ style pedal and I have no idea what that means. Also, what drive train to get, etc. I did look all over the internet for reviews, but most of the sites I found just give general information. Nothing about any specific brands or styles.

FYI-each bike will be hauling a double baby trailer. The lakes and biking areas where we live have some hills, but nothing to steep. We’re in Nebraska. My sister is 5’11 so the women’s bike she gets will need to be tall enough. Oh, and we’re in our 40′s and don’t plan on doing any racing. Ha-Ha. This is just for fun and exercise and to entertain the babies.

Please give me your expert-biking guru advice and THANK-YOU!!

Can you please review my exercise plan???Suggestions?Weight loss?

Here is my plan:
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7 days a week:
-50 sit-ups
-15min skipping

Once a week:
-Swimming (freestyle and breathstroke) for 30min
-One walk/run/bike ride (whichever i feel like)aprox 40min

Diet:
I already eat a wide variety of veges/meat/cereals. Making a effort to cut down proportions.
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PLEASE NOTE:
-I have a very big study (school) workload as in final years of high school. 3hrs a night.homework and study.

-Already have muscular thighs and calfs.

-weigh 75kg (165lbs). would like to drop 5kg (11lbs) and would love to drop 10kg (22lbs). 16yrs old. busty (some of the weight comes from their). strong build

-im not really concerned about how much i weigh on the scales, just i want to lose my gut.

What do you think? Too little? Suggestions? (As i said earlier i have very heavy school commitments)
10 POINTS TO THE MOST THOROUGH ANSWER!
can you please star this(more Answer’s)
THANKS A MILLION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
****** by skipping i mean skipping rope also known as jumping rope.

how long would i have to keep this up for to lose the weight????

Thanks so much again!
Is 75kg too heavy (sorry perthetic Q i know, just couldnt resist, want to hear opinion)??
Ahhh… i think i am about 171cm tall which converts to 67.3 inches???

How Much Weight Can I Lose A Week By Using an Exercise Bike?

I’m 18, 5’2 and weigh about 145 Pounds. My goal is to weigh at least 125 or 130. I look alright, but there’s this obnoxious roll around my middle that I absolutely can’t stand! Here is what I’m planning to do, and I would like to know an estimate as to how much weight I can lose a week.

- Drink only one serving size of Vitamin Water once a day. (50 Calories per serving).
- Drink more regular water.
- Run 1/2 to a mile 3 days a week outside and/or on a treadmil.
- Use an exercise bike 45 minutes – an hour a day 6 days a week.
- No fast food or fatty foods, and less carbs.
- Cut down naps and snacking periods.
And…
- Stop skipping breakfast or lunch.

Is there a possible estimate as to how long it would probably take me with this regiment (I’m open to more suggestions, by the way) to get to my ideal weight quickly and lose this obnoxious roll?

And if I do lose it, will it just be sagging skin?

THANKS!

What is the best exercise routine?

I have a treadmill, stand-still bike, punching bag, and an exercise ball; what would be the best exercise routine for me to do if I want to loose 30 lbs in 4 months? Is that even possible? I’m currently 190 lbs, 5’5″. Thank you in advance.

Is an exercise bike set to a high gear a good alternative to squats?

I have a hernia and an exercise bike so I would rather use the latter due to the former.

How should I exercise on the exercise bike????????

I am trying to lose 10lbs through a fitness and healthy eating regime. Unfortunately I am quite unfit, and I find that walking very briskly is the best way for me to exercise without giving up due to tirednes. However, it is coming into winter and it gets dark here at about 6 o’ clock, so it not really safe for me to walk at this time, also I am taking an important exam this year, so exercising in the house would be much easier to fit into my schedule.

My family has an exercise bike, and try to make an effort to use it, however unfortunately I find it extremely boring. I cannot do vigorous peddling for more than 20 secs without giving up. Can anybody give me some tips about what way to exercise on it, that is I would REALLY appreciate it if you could give me a detailed plan of how exactly to do it, e.g. 3 minutes at this many rpm followed by..The functions on my bike are rpm, speed , time and distance (doesn’t say what unit used,I presume km as this is Ireland) Please help me!!!
Sorry, forgot to add that my bike also has up to 15 levels of resistance! As I mentioned before, I really would appreciate help!