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good genetics? depends how you look at it. If the overweight person and the superfit 10% body fat person were stuck on a desert island, the overweight person would be the one to survive longer (unless there were lots of wild cats and bears that needed running away from). having a low metabolism means your body is basically…
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By seeing improvements every few workouts, if I'm stuck then it is demotivating. I don't know what I'll do if you ever reach my genetic limit and can't improve further. Have to just maintain I guess.
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flawless skin!
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I do a modified safer version that I do alone without a cage: dumbells for bench press (safer than a bar when alone). squats as a warm up with weights I can get over my head. more deadlifts - to compensate for lack of squats. I also add incline bench press in there because I'm trying to develop my upper chest/clavicle…
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don't agree with 'more the better' - you'll get a taste for greasy foods (same can happen with sugar), which won't help you in the long run. Better to develop a taste for low fat, low sugar foods, then you'll be safe when not counting calories.
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Do you measure it at the same time every day? I check mine every morning as soon as I get up, and find it doesn't fluctuate that much (maybe 1% at worst). I've tried them at other times of day, before and after meals and exercise and can see up to 2% variations. They may be inaccurate, but as long as they are consistently…
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Nice! One thing that occurs to me is you could switch walking/running for swimming - I'm not a swimmer so can't say for sure, but I doubt it uses the calf muscles as much since you're not supporting your body weight with them while doing it. But all in all I think you should be happy with your calves.
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you already gave my favorite tip! Green tea (and any kind of tea) is great for holding off hunger. one trick I found to get through the afternoon at work is to keep some oats and sugar at my desk, and make a small cup of porridge (with water) at around 4pm (about 100 calories) - keeps my energy levels up so I can have a…
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I got all my newbie gains doing 3 sets of 10. Currently doing 5 sets of 5. Three important rules: 1. Get your form right 2. Get your form right 3. Get your form right Ideally a good trainer will help you get your form right (just one or two sessions), if not you can video yourself and compare with good demonstrations on…
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I wouldn't get too hung up on carbs/fat ratio. I just focus on hitting my calorie and protein goal and eat foods I like, and figure that carbs and fat will take care of themselves. I think you just want to avoid the extremes (all carbs/no fat and vice versa).
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sadly true, this is why celebrity gossip sells so well, just search 'Lindsey Lohan' on the daily mail website and you'll probably find alternating articles about her being too thin or too fat
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you can definitely start from none and achieve it. It's part muscle building and part weightloss. I'm at 24 BMI, I reckon if I can get my BMI down to 22 I'll be able to easily beat 8.
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more than 1lb a week of weight loss probably means your losing a lot of muscle too - beware of ending up skinny fat for xmas! I'm sure if you get your deficit right and lose 1lb a week, you'll be feeling awesome come xmas.
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sounds like a muscle tension issue, you'll probably need to train yourself to run without tensing your neck, but really difficult to say without seeing you run. I'd suggest seeing a good physiotherapist.
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Chin-ups are great, I went from two to eight in a few months. I started doing the two that I could do, followed by 3 sets of negatives (jumping to the top and lowering myself slowly), then built it up to doing more full chin-ups and fewer negatives. I seem to be totally stuck on 8 now though - been there for weeks ;-( Top…
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and what do your male colleagues say?
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If you're logging and still not losing after several weeks, I'd suggesting setting a lower calorie target (maybe reducing it by 10%). Either your calorie calculator/formula is off, or your logging is off.
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I turned 40 this year, happy to join the 40+ club. Let's all make sure our 40s and 50s are healthier than our 20s and 30s!
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Hi Zen, loads of people doing low-carb, though it's not the most popular method on these forums, so you'll probably get a lot of questions as to why the doctor has advised you to do it. Good luck!
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Hi, Nice to see someone putting lbs and kgs in a post! We should start a nerdy thread about which measurement is better!
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That 8 glasses of water a day myth has been widely debunked recently. Just drink when you're thirsty. The only time I would make an effort to force myself to drink more is if I'm somewhere hot, where I'm sweating a lot - doesn't happen often in the UK. Also I like to start a workout nicely hydrated (but not liquid sloshing…
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so many of us! We need to stick together and make sure we don't start talking in lb's for weight measurements. I stick to kilos myself, but stones are fine for the more old school among us.
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great points, decent cardio machines are very expensive. I see a lot of people snort at gym memberships and say "just run outside in the fresh air", but really gyms can be nice, some people enjoy being plugged in with their headphones enjoying their favourite tv show (on tablet is an increasing trend I see now) while the…
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Sometimes the fact that your paying the gym membership can motivate you to go. Also, having the company of others, and the safety aspect of people around if you collapse can be comforting. Look for one with lots of mat space for abs work if that's your goal. Although honestly you can do all that stuff at home and outdoors.
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great points!
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"with cardio do i increase the resistance or increase he duration." depends on your goals, would you rather win a 400 metres race, or a marathon? If it's just fat loss you're looking for then save yourself some time and do high intensity interval training, half an hour max. I can only see two reasons for doing 1 hour +…
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I keep a container of oats and some sugar at work, if things get really bad I'll mix half a cup with a teaspoon of sugar and some water and microwave it - it totally stabilizes my energy levels and is way better than what's in the dreaded vending machines - and of course I log it!
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what puzzles me is where glycogen fits in. Some low-carb diet proponents suggest that it not possible to burn fat until you've depleted your glycogen stores.
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nice explanation, what I'd be interested to know is what % of energy are coming from each source at any moment in time? My hypothesis is that most of our fat loss occurs in our sleep, as for a few hours after eating we've got enough energy and are even storing surplus as fat - so in a typical day on calorie deficit, your…
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in theory the machines should be much more accurate, they will know exactly how much energy you've expended on them, my exercise bike tells me how many watts of power I'm generating.
