Me and "My Personal Trainer"

[Steve]

Also, no, it isnt as many as possible in 10 seconds. It is one per 10 second. 5 secs up, 5 secs down. If you are doing them faster than the allotted time (not sure how fast this is but) the weight gets increased. He wants ya to be able to do them smoothly, as to not tear or injure yourself.

So each set consists of one long rep?

I do feel he is a good guy. Know how you get that vibe from someone? Like you can tell they are a good person? Well, yeah. While at the same time I do realize he is making money. Now I am nervous about my gut feeling, lol.

Most trainers are good, friendly people.'

Most trainers are incompetent too though.

Ok, one more thing about the 1200 calories, sort of... After I had my second son I held on to some weight for about a year. I did notice that it was after I began eating more (not trying too, I just did) that I had started losing the weight. I definitely see what Cita is saying. Just this time, I am eating more and gaining so I dont think this theory will apply to me at the moment.

If you're gaining weight, you're eating too much.

But if you're losing weight, that doesn't necessarily mean you're eating just the right amount.

There's a middle ground that's important to find.

 

[maleficent]

So each set consists of one long rep?.

That sounds so similar to the book that I was reading -only that was 10 seconds up 10 seconds down...

 

[ohdaisy]

Ok, so I went in today and the owner was not there. He is who I work with in regards to my diet. I asked the trainer who was there about it and his reply was for me to talk with Aaron on Thursday but that no, they wouldnt keep me on a 1200 diet for "that long" and he said maybe a month. So who knows. Sorta fustrating as I do want to be doing the right thing for myself.

On a good note, my work-out was great and I am down 2 pounds.

 

[Blancita]

Slow lifting is only one method of lifting, and based on some of the studies I read about in this magazine, lifting sort of fast (but still with good form of course) where you sort of pump up quickly gets you further faster. There's no one perfect way, for the number of calories one consumes either. But I would think if you could still lose while eating more, then that may be preferable as we all tend to like to eat. I didn't know you were gaining though. How many calories were you eating to gain? I honestly would work that out first, otherwise you have no idea what your maintenance level is and if its an abnormally low maintenance level, then I'd want to figure out what's wrong with my metabolism to cause weight gain on a low amount of calories (if this was the case).

 

[Steve]

Yea, I'm not a fan of lifting slowly, especially with your goals in mind. You want to generate a lot of force... give your body a reason to hold on to the muscle it has while dieting.