Hey friends - (the intro paragraph is also posted under injury topic, but this post was centered around weight loss)
About 3 years ago I got t-boned by a dump truck (I'm 22 right now btw) got a herniated disc (the bottom ones) about 8 mm and my hips joints became a little crooked...afterwards I couldn't walk more than a block at a time for about 6 months... I've always been pretty decently fat but the year before the wreck I (I'm male, stocky build, about 5 foot 10) went from about 250 to 220 and at that point I felt pretty good. After the wreck (and my near-zero ability to do activities) my weight shot up to 280.
right now i'm doing about 35 minutes a day on the exercise bike (with a chair back) and then hitting the chest/arm machines every other day in no particular order or rhyme or reason. (most of the machines i'm doing 90 lbs, and doing 3 sets of 12 (or 2 sets of 12 and however many i can do on the 3rd)...i just started situps today, and i did a set of 25, a set of 20, and a set of 15 (the last few of each set weren't perfect form by a long shot)... i've gone from 280 to about 265 over a couple weeks or so, but now i've gotten stuck.
if you have any tips for me as far as what amt of weight i should aim for for what number of sets and what number of reps or any other tips for how to target muscle groups or something like that I would greatly appreciate it!!
PS - I got engaged last week, so there's a little extra push to lose weight now!
About 3 years ago I got t-boned by a dump truck (I'm 22 right now btw) got a herniated disc (the bottom ones) about 8 mm and my hips joints became a little crooked...afterwards I couldn't walk more than a block at a time for about 6 months... I've always been pretty decently fat but the year before the wreck I (I'm male, stocky build, about 5 foot 10) went from about 250 to 220 and at that point I felt pretty good. After the wreck (and my near-zero ability to do activities) my weight shot up to 280.
right now i'm doing about 35 minutes a day on the exercise bike (with a chair back) and then hitting the chest/arm machines every other day in no particular order or rhyme or reason. (most of the machines i'm doing 90 lbs, and doing 3 sets of 12 (or 2 sets of 12 and however many i can do on the 3rd)...i just started situps today, and i did a set of 25, a set of 20, and a set of 15 (the last few of each set weren't perfect form by a long shot)... i've gone from 280 to about 265 over a couple weeks or so, but now i've gotten stuck.
if you have any tips for me as far as what amt of weight i should aim for for what number of sets and what number of reps or any other tips for how to target muscle groups or something like that I would greatly appreciate it!!
PS - I got engaged last week, so there's a little extra push to lose weight now!