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Hi everyone, you can look at my signature and see the situation that I am in right now. I recently got the Bowflex Extreme (well my Grandpa got it for himself), and I have began picking up my body building/sculpting back up that I startled and miserably failed when I was 12 years old. I was the ripped kid when I was seven, and now I'm the fat b*stard that is bored all the time.

Right now, I have been Bowflexing only my upper body for the past 4 weeks. I have done a total of 9 workouts on it, and have started really getting into it this pass week. I can already notice that my chest is almost flat, and my triceps are busting through the fat pockets in my arms. After each workout I consume 50g of whey protein with a 12oz glass of water. I feel that this has really helped me and will keep doing it unless a doctor says I'm going to die from it, but - I have a few important questions: what can I do other than crunches to extremely rip my abs and obs? The Bowflex exercise is extremely painful because the straps are just like clamps on your shoulders for it. So I was wondering that, and if there was a fun, quick, effective exercise I can do everyday if I have just a little free time to help burn fat and my stomach/thigh area. I have been considering getting a jump rope and to do that constantly in random spurts during the day, but I was wondering if there was anything out there that you all would recommend.

I have also found that I have a strange sharp pain in my left arm almost in between my bicep and my tricep and has really been bugging me with a chest fly exercise. Am I getting into it too fast? Should I slow down? I'd really like to keep up my pace as much as possible, and dont really want to skip a workout.

Please help me!!
 
I can only field part of this.

A couple CSCSs are telling me, he, like others, are stepping away from trunk flexion exercises because in the area of lifting (even in real life), the action of the trunk is to remain stable during the lift. You really shouldn't be bending at thei waist. Hips, yes, waist, no.

So, he's prescribed planks, aka bridges, and birddogs. These are a few of the exercises that will strengthen the lumbar region, internal and external abdominals.

Also. available for lumbar exercise, straight-leg deadlifts, hyperextensions, glute-ham raises, supermans, etc.
 
Ok. Well I'm not sure that you understood exactly what I was saying. When I said that I was only working my upper body, I mean that I've been doing only workouts that involve muscles above the waist, such as chest press, chest fly, triceps, biceps, traps, delts etc. There is an exercise for the Bowflex that is called the trunk rotation that I've done but not kept it up. If you could give me links or explanations for the exercises you mentioned in your post?
 
Raawz said:
Hi everyone, you can look at my signature and see the situation that I am in right now. I recently got the Bowflex Extreme (well my Grandpa got it for himself), and I have began picking up my body building/sculpting back up that I startled and miserably failed when I was 12 years old. I was the ripped kid when I was seven, and now I'm the fat b*stard that is bored all the time.

Right now, I have been Bowflexing only my upper body for the past 4 weeks. I have done a total of 9 workouts on it, and have started really getting into it this pass week. I can already notice that my chest is almost flat, and my triceps are busting through the fat pockets in my arms. After each workout I consume 50g of whey protein with a 12oz glass of water. I feel that this has really helped me and will keep doing it unless a doctor says I'm going to die from it, but - I have a few important questions: what can I do other than crunches to extremely rip my abs and obs? The Bowflex exercise is extremely painful because the straps are just like clamps on your shoulders for it. So I was wondering that, and if there was a fun, quick, effective exercise I can do everyday if I have just a little free time to help burn fat and my stomach/thigh area. I have been considering getting a jump rope and to do that constantly in random spurts during the day, but I was wondering if there was anything out there that you all would recommend.

I have also found that I have a strange sharp pain in my left arm almost in between my bicep and my tricep and has really been bugging me with a chest fly exercise. Am I getting into it too fast? Should I slow down? I'd really like to keep up my pace as much as possible, and dont really want to skip a workout.

Please help me!!
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What does your diet look like?
 
Well I am trying to get no more than 2000 calories a day. I honestly probably eat out once a day but when I do, I usually don't eat that much. I can run you through what I ate yesterday:

Breakfast: Bowl of Frosted Mini Wheats (skim milk)
Lunch: Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Croissant Sandwhich, 1 donut, and a 12oz. Iced Coffee
Snack: 12oz Protein Drink (after workout)
Late-night ?Dinner?: Cookies and Milk, 1 Soft Drink, some chips (movie night)

Today I've had:

Breakfast: 2g Carb 32g Protein Bar, 1 Diet Soda
Lunch: 1 Bagel with pizza sauce and cheese, 1 Diet Soda

I know that there are some things that I could definate take out. Is it healthy to get mostly protein?
 
Raawz said:
Well I am trying to get no more than 2000 calories a day. I honestly probably eat out once a day but when I do, I usually don't eat that much. I can run you through what I ate yesterday:

Breakfast: Bowl of Frosted Mini Wheats (skim milk)
Lunch: Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Croissant Sandwhich, 1 donut, and a 12oz. Iced Coffee
Snack: 12oz Protein Drink (after workout)
Late-night ?Dinner?: Cookies and Milk, 1 Soft Drink, some chips (movie night)

Today I've had:

Breakfast: 2g Carb 32g Protein Bar, 1 Diet Soda
Lunch: 1 Bagel with pizza sauce and cheese, 1 Diet Soda

I know that there are some things that I could definate take out. Is it healthy to get mostly protein?
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To be perfectly frank, that diet sucks. You want to focus on getting 5-6 small meals in a day. You also arent taking in enough calories. use this calculator to figure out your daily caloric needs



Always try to get some protein in each one of your 5-6 meals. Try to focus on a ratio of 40%/30%/30% of protein/fat/carb for all your calories for the day. Try to stay away from breads unless they are whole grain of some sort. Also try to stay away from saturated fats.

I would also suggest starting some sort of cardio routine. look into HIIT cardio. do some searches on this forum to see what it is. I would suggest at least 3 days a week.

Good luck to you.
 
As for your fat burning, the only way you are going to see your abs is if you lose the fat surrounding them on your stomach first.
The only way you are going to do this is through cardio, I would reccomend HIIT....(High Intensity Interval Training).
Need more on that you can search or ask here about it...

CLEAN THAT DIET UP PLEASSEEEEEE!!!!!!
 
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