Journey, Not A Destination

daiseeangel said:
ok, so sorry to keep bothering you, but i am fascinated.

can you give me just a generic workout of IT that i can possibly try to do? i really love to challenge myself, and if i set my mind to it, i WILL do it! i don't care if it's hard.. i want to do it! :)
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No actually, I can't. You need to experiment. It can be done using any form of aerobic exercise. I don't care if you bike, run outside, treadmill, swim, elliptical, whatever. Just pick one.

Then, based on your past experience with the various intensities you have used on the various options you have in terms of forms of aerobic activity, pick a high setting and a low setting.

You can use any ratio of high to low that you want. It can be 30 seconds of high and 60 seconds of low. It could be 60 seconds of high and 60 seconds of low. It can be whatever you want.

And then go! It's that simple. Nothing tricky about it. Interval training is not that much different then steady state, other than the fact that you are alternating intensities back and forth.

Interval training you can do for 30ish minutes. As you progress in physical fitness, you should up the intensity week to week or every other week.... again, there is nothing set in stone saying, "YOU MUST DO IT LIKE THIS."

Eventually, you will work your way up to HIIT.
 
gotcha! i think i get it.

so, just to make sure i have it, HIIT and IT are basically the same, except HIIT's high interval is really, really high. is that pretty much the only difference? they are both interval training with highs and lows, but HIIT is much more intense and challenging (duh!). so how will i know which one i am doing?

sorry... i'm new at this stuff! :)

you are too patient and kind!
 
daiseeangel said:
gotcha! i think i get it.

so, just to make sure i have it, HIIT and IT are basically the same, except HIIT's high interval is really, really high. is that pretty much the only difference? they are both interval training with highs and lows, but HIIT is much more intense and challenging (duh!). so how will i know which one i am doing?

sorry... i'm new at this stuff! :)

you are too patient and kind!
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Correct. If you are truly doing HIIT, you will not be able to do it for much more than 15-20 minutes.
 
Well...it's true :)

And if those youngins' don't mention it, I *have* to
;)

It's almost like a public service announcement!
 
hey steve, how are you doing.

well i upped my caloric intake...that was a bit hard but i managed to do somewhere around 1700, 1800. now i don't understand BMR and that stuff much but according to it, i should stick to 1650 for weight loss. but i'm listening to you hehe
so my question is the following. i haven't hit the plateau yet but i have increased my workout...now i do it 3 times a week fairly moderate to intense (not too intense) workout. do i stay at this level of calorie intake or should i go above 1800?
 
lena410 said:
hey steve, how are you doing.

well i upped my caloric intake...that was a bit hard but i managed to do somewhere around 1700, 1800. now i don't understand BMR and that stuff much but according to it, i should stick to 1650 for weight loss. but i'm listening to you hehe
so my question is the following. i haven't hit the plateau yet but i have increased my workout...now i do it 3 times a week fairly moderate to intense (not too intense) workout. do i stay at this level of calorie intake or should i go above 1800?
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If you are comfortable at 1800, stay there. If you want to eat more, you certainly can. You are well below maintenance at that caloric level.

Define moderate to intense workout. What are you doing exactly?

And what calculator are you using to figure out how many calories for weight loss please?
 
Steve said:
If you are comfortable at 1800, stay there. If you want to eat more, you certainly can. You are well below maintenance at that caloric level.

Define moderate to intense workout. What are you doing exactly?

And what calculator are you using to figure out how many calories for weight loss please?
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well its more moderate hehe (but more intense for me than i did two weeks ago). i do total body workout two times a week. this lasts for an hour or so, with dumb-bells. doing everything, from 15 minutes warm up, which consists of hi-low aerobics, tae bo etc. then the rest of the training we do series of squats, upper body exercises with dumb-bells, push-ups, crunches of all sort etc... it is pretty intense (for me, in sense i couldn't follow the entire training until two weeks ago...even now i find it pretty difficult, especially the squats hehe)
since last week i added gym. i spoke to my doctor and he said i can do most exercises as long as i don't strain my lower back too much, but that i do need to build it. last time i did 20 minutes on bike in intervals, but not pushing myself too hard. then i did about an hour on apparatus, doing abs, lower back (i think its called hyper extenstion), exercises for my arms (but not pullups hehe) and chest and legs. after that i did another 20 minutes fast walking on the treadmill (i was told i shouldn't run).

as for calculator, i used this one on wishes' page



P.S. sorry for bugging you like this
 
lena410 said:
as for calculator, i used this one on wishes' page
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Hey,
as you can see i'm 227lbs, so 10lbs more then you..i exercise moderately (3-5 times a week) doing cardio and weights. I used that calculator and was pleased to see it told me to lose 1lb a week i should be eating 2300 calories, which is what i'm doing. So i'm not sure how you got it to say you should be eating 1650 calories, unless you said you were quite sedentary and want to lose alot of weight each week?
 
hmm now i'm confused hehe

ok, i'm 218 lbs, 66.9 inches, 28 years old, i am moderately active

when i calculate it says my BMR is 1778.56

to maintain my weight: 2756.77
to lose maximum 2 lbs a week i have to eat 1756.77 to maximum if a wanna lose 1 lb a week 2256

so i just wanted to see with steve if this is ok to continue around 1800
 
lena410 said:
well its more moderate hehe (but more intense for me than i did two weeks ago). i do total body workout two times a week. this lasts for an hour or so, with dumb-bells. doing everything, from 15 minutes warm up, which consists of hi-low aerobics, tae bo etc. then the rest of the training we do series of squats, upper body exercises with dumb-bells, push-ups, crunches of all sort etc... it is pretty intense (for me, in sense i couldn't follow the entire training until two weeks ago...even now i find it pretty difficult, especially the squats hehe)
since last week i added gym. i spoke to my doctor and he said i can do most exercises as long as i don't strain my lower back too much, but that i do need to build it. last time i did 20 minutes on bike in intervals, but not pushing myself too hard. then i did about an hour on apparatus, doing abs, lower back (i think its called hyper extenstion), exercises for my arms (but not pullups hehe) and chest and legs. after that i did another 20 minutes fast walking on the treadmill (i was told i shouldn't run).

as for calculator, i used this one on wishes' page



P.S. sorry for bugging you like this
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What are your stats, besides weight. Age, height, and what activity factor did you use for the calculator. I imagine moderately active?

Oh yea, and you are not bugging me!
 
shygemini said:
Hey,
as you can see i'm 227lbs, so 10lbs more then you..i exercise moderately (3-5 times a week) doing cardio and weights. I used that calculator and was pleased to see it told me to lose 1lb a week i should be eating 2300 calories, which is what i'm doing. So i'm not sure how you got it to say you should be eating 1650 calories, unless you said you were quite sedentary and want to lose alot of weight each week?
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What are your stats too?
 
well just fyi

i'm actually eating about 2200calories/day and i lost two pounds this week..so sometimes calculators aren't totally accurate :)

my weigh in day isn't till tommorow tho so my ticker won't change until then.

According to the site, i should eat 1835 calories/day to lose 2 lbs a week..i think i'd lose at least 3 pounds doing that!

Anyway 1800 calories is much more reasonable to me then 1650 calories.

Good luck!
 
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