Hi Steve! Just stopping by to say hello and wish you a great day!
Thanks Jenn! Very good day today, thanks. I hope you are well too.
Journey, Not A Destination
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Thanks Jenn! Very good day today, thanks. I hope you are well too.
jennbabe06
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Thanks Jenn! Very good day today, thanks. I hope you are well too.
Yeppers...betther than can be expected! I'm just getting ready to drive to school in 90 minutes. I skipped my first class because the roads were bad...I'm hoping that they are better this afternoon so I can go to my "great" psych class!
Yeppers...betther than can be expected! I'm just getting ready to drive to school in 90 minutes. I skipped my first class because the roads were bad...I'm hoping that they are better this afternoon so I can go to my "great" psych class!
I love psychology! Yea, we finally got some snow over here in PA, if that is what you want to call it. Not even half an inch, this has been a pathetic excuse for a winter so far.
Where in Ohio are you? I will be out there in March for the Arnold Classic!
Good morning
I'm not sure what you just said but I'm glad your feeling good!
I'm off for a walk here in a few - seems I somehow missed exercising yesterday
Hope your day is well!
In layman's terms:
I crushed my body the last month in a half into a deeply fatigued state and with the week off and proper rest and nutrition, my body should have rebounded to a point of "fitness" higher than where I left off.
Metabolic work = high rep work 8-15 reps
jennbabe06
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I'm way on the other side of Ohio...in the Northwest area...if you go to the top left han courner of ohio on the county that's in that corner...go 1 right of that and 2 down from that...you should then be in Putnam county...home of ME!
Ya this winter has been a dull one...The past few days has been the closest to winter so far. And there's not even and inch of snow...it's all freezing rain/ice/wind...brrr cold!
soon2beskinny
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You seriouslyu are so smart, i am reading your posts with awe, so can i ask a question, i know strength training is important for your metabolism right?? i have been doing like 3 sets of 10 on each upper body machine at my gym, i have no idea how many to do or anything, can you tell me how many to do??because isnt it true that if you do it wrong, your not doing your body any good??? thanks so much oh and by the way, great work!
be_gone_soon
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Hi! Sounds like you are having a great day!! So I upped my clas to 1500 today, I can't go higher than that just yet! But I am wondering if you could give me few workout tips. I do thing better by a video, so I can follow along with someone, butI also have weights and exercise bands and all kinds of other stuff if you could give me a few tips on what to do and how many days in a row to do it, that would be cool!
But I am wondering if you could give me few workout tips. I do thing better by a video, so I can follow along with someone, butI also have weights and exercise bands and all kinds of other stuff if you could give me a few tips on what to do and how many days in a row to do it, that would be cool!
soon2beskinny
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Yeah i need to lose weight, i just started about 2 weeks ago and really have no idea what im doing, but everyone keeps saying "dont just do cardio, you need to do weights" i am NOT doing free weights, i might kill myself LOL, so i just do the machines in the back of the gym, thanks
soon2beskinny
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yeah i need all the tips i can get too, send me your bill!
Hi! Sounds like you are having a great day!! So I upped my clas to 1500 today, I can't go higher than that just yet!
Really, I am not a fan of exercise aerobic videos, although it is a very generalized statement considering I don't think I have ever watched one in its entirety. Maybe I should rephrase this comment to go like this: I am not a fan of limiting yourself to low intensity/steady state cardio for fat loss. When it comes to fat loss, I think anaerobic work much better fits the prescription since it elicits a much high caloric expenditure, and energy balance, in the long run, is what leads to meeting your goals.
This goes hand in hand with the article I wrote in my journal regarding HIIT.
This said, I am a big fan of 2-3 full body resistance training sessions per week, each consisting of compound exercises (ones that use multiple muscle groups and joints). So, instead of the bicep curl, I would much rather you do a row or pull. Does this make sense?
I could shoot you some suggestions, but first I would want to know exactly what you have at your disposal for use, in terms of weights.
I am fine with machines for a while, just until you get your body adapted to moving around resistance. After that though, I would suggest getting away from them, at least for the bulk of your exercises. I am a not a fan of MOST machines, since they lock you into a single plane of motion. Our bodies move in multiple planes of motion. By locking yourself into a single plane, you can easily cause microtraumas and chronic injuries.
Don't fret, this will not happen overnight. Just realize that things are going to have to change. There is absolutely nothing that matches the effectiveness of free weight exercises.
I would prefer you to move over to free weight exercises and stick with 1-3 sets of each at relatively high reps 10-20 for a few weeks so that you can work on form and learn the movements.
From here, we can move more into strength training.
How often are you going to the gym? I would recommend 2-3 sessions of full body workouts. Remember, the function of resistance training while dieting is simply to maintain the muscles that you have. That said, you don't have to do anything crazy in the gym in terms of volume, it is just to give your body a reason to hold onto it lean body mass.
It looked like you were not doing legs? How come?
And the drive home point here is this. Your nutrition is going to dictate how successful you are in terms of reaching your weight loss goals. The gym is just a small factor when compared to your nutritional set up.
soon2beskinny
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oh i do legs too, i just feel like i know a little bit more of what to do with legs than arms, i am eating relatively well other than a couple minor slip ups lol, and i am going to the gym at least 5 times a week and do 35~45 min of cardio "eliptical with no arm movements or treadmill or bike" and 15~20 min strength training.
Well, I probably wouldn't recommend any direct arm work at this stage of the game. I would focus more on horizontal pressing movements, such as bench press for your chest; horizontal pulling movements, such as cable rows for your back; veritcal pressing movements, such as overhead presses for your shoulders; and vertical pulling movements, such as cable pulldowns for your lats.
HIIT may be difficult for you, I am unsure how much stamina you have developed with your current training protocal. However, if you are able, I would recommend fitting 1-2 sessions of HIIT in there. This can be done on the stationary bike.
Lastly, define "eating relatively well." All of this that I have told you so far means nothing unless you calories match your goals.
be_gone_soon
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I have a Body By Jake weight bench with all the weights and bar, and everthing that goes with it.