Journey, Not A Destination

mnexercisegirl said:
Hey, I thought you weren't a cardio guy...;)
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What gave you that idea?

I live the lifestyle day in and day out. I not just about muscles, that is a distant second actually. I am mostly about good health, being active, and finely conditioned.
 
I'm glad Steve mentioned about progress before HIIT. HIIT is definitely not something you want to do if you've been completely lacking exercise for the most part. It's probably safe to start experimenting with it anywhere from 2-4 weeks after you start a healthy eating plan and regular exercise. I could see the very high intensity being dangerous if you don't build up to it first.

Hey Steve, if you get a chance sometime you should check out my journal. No specific reason.
 
Howdy Steve lol at the bicycle short comment.......
Your diary is always so entertaining and full of
helpful information! Have a nice day Tammy
 
Happy Tuesday Steve! Wish I could bike too, but we're still covered in snow. At least the sun is out though. :rolleyes: Thanks for stopping in my diary, I really appreciate it!
 
Steve,
OK, my last question for today.
During the first week of April, I was planning to spend a week with my son in San Francisco. I was going to line up a gym there, but I'm wondering if it would be more beneficial just to take a week off.

By the first week of April, I will have been going to the gym an average of 6 days a week for well over 3 months. Do you think that a week off once every 3 months is a good thing?

I'll still be getting lots of activity, as I'll be helping my son build some furniture for his apartment during the whole week.
 
Steve said:
Without knowing the exact condition, I really hesitate to make exercise recommendations for you. I would stick with the doc's advice, and hope he/she knows what they are doing.

In terms of nutrition, you could comfortably hang around 2000 cals and lose weight. And it seems like things have been working well for you, as in, you are losing weight. So make sure you monitor your cals, not letting them get so low again, and you are in good shape.

If you plateau, come and see me. :)
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thanx steve :) well doctors told me that i need to build my muscles in my lower back that it is the only way for it to stop. so i'm doing it gradually. two months ago it would hurt every other day...now i didn't feel any pain in month or so.

thanx for the advice for nutrition :D
Lena
 
lena410 said:
thanx steve :) well doctors told me that i need to build my muscles in my lower back that it is the only way for it to stop. so i'm doing it gradually. two months ago it would hurt every other day...now i didn't feel any pain in month or so.

thanx for the advice for nutrition :D
Lena
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Ask your doctor if you are ablt to safely do deadlifts, lol! :)
 
Really, Steve--those deadlifts made my butt hurt and my lower back is noticeably more solid--I can FEEL hard muscles there and I never had really, before--also a lot of bunny chub that was there is dimishing (bunny chub is my euphemism for girly fat :eek: ) . But don't worry, my cute love-handles may get smaller but they will never go away entirely! I need em!! ;)
 
Steve said:
I am a boxer briefs man, guess that saves me. :confused:
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ya know i just figured it'd be me that owuld have obtained that info from you... Why I don't know - I just hadn't figured out how to get underwear choices into daily conversation.

and I must say -boxer briefs - way hot :)

that is all
 
TomO said:
Steve,
OK, my last question for today.
During the first week of April, I was planning to spend a week with my son in San Francisco. I was going to line up a gym there, but I'm wondering if it would be more beneficial just to take a week off.

By the first week of April, I will have been going to the gym an average of 6 days a week for well over 3 months. Do you think that a week off once every 3 months is a good thing?

I'll still be getting lots of activity, as I'll be helping my son build some furniture for his apartment during the whole week.
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Week off for sure Tom. I was going to have you take a week off before than anyhow, at least from the resistance training. Managing fatigue is a huge concept. Basically, as soon as you start plateauing in weight increases in your lifts, you should let me know.

This is a very general path, but just for your reference:

Weeks 1-3: Light, building up each week until you reach a specific rep max (in your case 5 RM)
Weeks 4-X: Continue building upon your 5RM numbers until strength gains halt.

After this, I like to actually reduce volume, something like 3x3 for each exercise.

After you ride this out, since dieting, probably take a good week off from training

Then the cycle starts back up, ramping up toward heavy weights.

Training is all about periodizing your various training components. Far too many people think it is about consistently going into the gym day and day and pushing more weight. Our bodies don't work like that however. They need breaks. Besides, detraining does not occur as rapidly as many think. Taking a week off does you more good than anything else.
 
lena410 said:
thanx steve :) well doctors told me that i need to build my muscles in my lower back that it is the only way for it to stop. so i'm doing it gradually. two months ago it would hurt every other day...now i didn't feel any pain in month or so.

thanx for the advice for nutrition :D
Lena
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How does your doc have you strengthening your back?
 
Curvie Girlie said:
Really, Steve--those deadlifts made my butt hurt and my lower back is noticeably more solid--I can FEEL hard muscles there and I never had really, before--also a lot of bunny chub that was there is dimishing (bunny chub is my euphemism for girly fat :eek: ) . But don't worry, my cute love-handles may get smaller but they will never go away entirely! I need em!! ;)
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Deadlifts are the best. :)

Glad you are planning on keeping the curves. ;)
 
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