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"Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity."
 
Thanks Steve, I really appreciate the help. My food "break" lasted about a week and a half, I think. And T2 did mention that in my diary; it's something I never even thought about. My body has been losing steadily for 7 months, it needed a rest.
 
dariqueen said:
Thanks Steve, I really appreciate the help. My food "break" lasted about a week and a half, I think. And T2 did mention that in my diary; it's something I never even thought about. My body has been losing steadily for 7 months, it needed a rest.
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Well, seeing as how fat loss is not linear, I would stick with it for another week or so. If things don't pick up, you may have to reduce caloric intake to something like 9-10 cals per pound.
 
Hi Steve :) Hope you are having a great day.

I use weight machines at the gym and also do some free weight work - I have adjustable dumbells at home and access to weights at my gym. I am definitely looking into doing more free weights than machines after reading your posts. However, I am curious as to the benefits of using the free weights over the machines. Could you tell me your opinion? Many thanks!
 
Rachie said:
Hi Steve :) Hope you are having a great day.

I use weight machines at the gym and also do some free weight work - I have adjustable dumbells at home and access to weights at my gym. I am definitely looking into doing more free weights than machines after reading your posts. However, I am curious as to the benefits of using the free weights over the machines. Could you tell me your opinion? Many thanks!
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I will admit to being overly hateful toward machines. IMO, there is nothing superior to free weights. Why?

They allow you to move through your unique biomechanical planes of motion. A squat looks similar regardless of who is doing it. However, if you look closely, our knees and hips move in unique paths, maybe not even visible to the eye. By constantly locking yourself into the machines fixed plane of motion, overtime, this can lead to injury. This disallows you from letting your joints move through the unique biomechanical planes. This is something known as pattern overload syndrome.

Muscles respond best when they're required to control weights, not just push against them. This brings stabilizers into the picture. When you lift with free weights, small muscles that are not necessarily used to move the weight are brought into play for balance and stabilization. Basically, more of your body is called upon when using free weights. By locking yourself to machines, you take stabilizers out of the picture for the most part. This too, can lead to injury down the road when you do something in the real world that requires the use of your stabilizers.

Free weight exercises tend to improve real-world athletic functioning— running, kicking, jumping, throwing, and/or whatever sport you happen to play or activity you choose to do.

All this said, there is nothing inherently bad about machines. You just have to know when to apply them to your routine. Most here would be much better suited sticking to heavy, compound, free weight movements.
 
Thanks Steve, that makes sense. I don't like to do something without knowing why I am doing it. I appreciate your expertise :) I'm definitely going to do more free weight work now!
 
Howdy Steve,
I hate machines to I just get frustrated with them and don't want to depend on them either like when they break ect one thing I do use my stationary bike when the weather is not good.
I uses my brothers total gym and it feels like a bunch of boinging lol like working out with rubberbands yuck.I would take a good long walk and use my handweights anyday over machines.
Hope you have a nice day handsome,;) Tammy:)
 
niapage said:
Howdy Steve,
I hate machines to I just get frustrated with them and don't want to depend on them either like when they break ect one thing I do use my stationary bike when the weather is not good.
I uses my brothers total gym and it feels like a bunch of boinging lol like working out with rubberbands yuck.I would take a good long walk and use my handweights anyday over machines.
Hope you have a nice day handsome,;) Tammy:)
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Hey Tammy. :)

I am fine with a stationary bike. I use one myself. When I say machines, I more mean resistance training machines.
 
Steve said:
Hey Tammy. :)

I am fine with a stationary bike. I use one myself. When I say machines, I more mean resistance training machines.
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LOL probally the rubberband machine my brother has that your talking about
I like the bike it just doesn't feel like it works everything with walking at a fast pace up hills downhills ect you feel it everywhere,tammy
 
niapage said:
LOL probally the rubberband machine my brother has that your talking about
I like the bike it just doesn't feel like it works everything with walking at a fast pace up hills downhills ect you feel it everywhere,tammy
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You certainly do get more of a workout from walking, jogging, or anything else of that nature since you are bearing your full weight. With pedaling, you are working with a lot less resistance. But at the same time, it is a good break from full weight bearing exercises to give your knees a break.

With full weight bearing exercises such as jogging on a hard surface, you can be dealing with forces in excess of 3-4 x your body weight on impact. That tends to take a toll after a while.
 
Good morning, Handsome!
Thanks for keeping my diary warm for me yesterday.. ;)
Have a fantastic Good Friday there!
Juliette
 
Good morning everyone. I am not doing anything special for the holiday weekend. Easter lunch with the fam on Sunday. Saturday I am going fishing again.

Today, I am meeting with my partner (best friend) to begin planning the creation of our own website.

I also have a lot of reading to do today.
 
Sounds like a good day. The sun is shining here; but it's at least -15 Celcius. :eek: I'm hoping if there's no wind I can get out walking today.

Lunch with the family sounds good. We haven't planned anything at all yet.
 
Goodmorning Steve :) Have a wonderful weekend!! Thank you for the comment you left in my diary, sweet sweet. :p
 
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