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marky94

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little bit of background. . . .when i was 18 i was 335lbs. i lost 155 in about 14 months, then slowly put it back on. i know ALL the mistakes i made with that. I basically wasn't eating anything. i was also not excercising any. now, i find myself 12 years later. . .30, back at 335lbs. i started changing my eating habits in may 2006. i am down to 310 now, losing about 2.5 per month. about 3 months ago i bought a bowflex blaze and i already had a stationary bike and a treadmill. i workout on the bowflex 30 mins a day, 4 - 5 days per week, same for the bike. the bike has different programs on it, one measuring your heart rate and is designed to get it to 90% and keep it there. i bike for 20 mins a day 4 - 5 days per week. i have been following the weight watchers diet program thus far (if anyone is familiar) eating 30 points per day, and drinking about 2liters of water per day. i am also taking some differnt vitamins and supplements from GNC including zantrex3, a daily vitamin, glucosamine, fish oil, and MSM1500.

i am:
6'1" 310lbs.
BMI = 41
Body Fat: 40.37 %

my question is. . . .does everyone here think i'm on the right track and does anyone have suggestions to speed things up (as we all are impatient) :)

i figure i'll take input from everyone here and put it to use. thanks!
 
How's the WW food plan? It's really as much what you eat as when you eat it. Also, posting your Bowflex workout might help. There are some great routines on this forum that will make sure you're working your entire body. As an example, crunches and bicep curls really aren't going to do much to stimulate fat loss. Posting a typical routine can really help everyone on here identify trouble spots.
 
workout

and yes, i'm wanting to build muscle as i'm losing fat.

here is my current workout (12 reps minimum of each):

• LEG CURL
• LEG EXTENSION
• LYING BICEPS CURL
• LYING SHOULDER PULL
• REVERSE FLY
• REAR DELTOID ROWS
• SEATED SHOULDER PRESS
• SEATED LAT ROWS
• SEATED TRUNK ROTATIONS
• STANDING BICEPS CURL
• TRICEPS PUSHDOWN
• LAT PULLDOWN
• SEATED TRICEPS EXTENSION
• BENCH PRESS
• ABDOMINAL CRUNCH
• LEG PRESS
 
marky94 said:
and yes, i'm wanting to build muscle as i'm losing fat.

here is my current workout (12 reps minimum of each):

• LEG CURL
• LEG EXTENSION
• LYING BICEPS CURL
• LYING SHOULDER PULL
• REVERSE FLY
• REAR DELTOID ROWS
• SEATED SHOULDER PRESS
• SEATED LAT ROWS
• SEATED TRUNK ROTATIONS
• STANDING BICEPS CURL
• TRICEPS PUSHDOWN
• LAT PULLDOWN
• SEATED TRICEPS EXTENSION
• BENCH PRESS
• ABDOMINAL CRUNCH
• LEG PRESS
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i think that to be an awful routine

i know totally where your coming from.... i lost 6stone. in the last 18months.
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Yes we all know, as you keep repeating it.
 
ok. . .i thought this forum was for advice and info. . .not just responses like " think that to be an awful routine" . . . howabout some more input than that? like why it is and what you would suggest?
 
marky94 said:
ok. . .i thought this forum was for advice and info. . .not just responses like " think that to be an awful routine" . . . howabout some more input than that? like why it is and what you would suggest?
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I did not have the time to post any advise, besides people like karky,mreik,evo,TheLeip and so on are more well suited for this question. The reason i find it to be poor is there is far to many Isolation exercises and 12 reps with no rep scheme.

Just doing 12 reps in a bunch of isolation will not do much for yourself.
Also i find that to be far to many exercises. Move to a 3 sets 8-10 reps with more compound movements and far less isolations (especially less of the ones that overlap each other)

Edit, and dump the bowflex for a standard bench,squat rack,barbell,dumbells and some weights. Far more affective
 
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