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Yes, it probably is genetics. And in a way I think you're highlighting an important point that in some ways is obvious yet can frustrate people if they're not realistic about it. Although with weights you can to some degree "sculpt', none of us can magically be someone else with an "idealised" physique. I have a tendency…
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From my standpoint I have enormous respect for people doing the hard yards losing the big pounds. In fact my trainer and I somehow got onto this topic recently, and he agreed that of anyone in a gym it is the obviously obese people having the guts to change their lives that he most admires. And trust me, quietly others…
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I've had a personal trainer for about a couple of months and I wish I'd done it ages ago. I'd been at the gym for about a year, but the real work began with a trainer. I do half an hour's boxing with him each week, and he changes my weights workout routine about every 4-5 weeks. They're progressive changes, becoming more…
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I'm not sure that it's easy. We often discuss this at the gym, where we'll kind of say "I'm really happy overall, but if only I could get rid of this bit." And we're talking quite seriously fit people. Weird things can appear to happen, illusions in a way, where as we get leaner and fitter overall, in front of a mirror…
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That is really cool. And those observations are often way more accurate than our own. I think it is quite common to obssess a bit with what we see as our own weaknesses. Recently my trainer remarked, "Between you and me a lot of people around here are commenting on what you're achieving." I kind of "Huh!?" I hadn't told…
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I'd Like to Teach the Wold to Sing (a rehash of a Coke jingle). RHCP + pumps through my veins + sweet substance + what they say sells + pulling a rabbit out of a hat =
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Ditto what everyone else has said. That was really bad advice you got. Every study I have ever seen comparing cardio only/cardio plus weights groups indicats that cardio with weights burns fat much faster. You simply will not, unless you were deliberately body building and had a body type suited to that, get a bulked up…
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OK then, I admit to being a young whipper-snapper. My age thing is a bit tongue in cheek, I've never felt better. So let's just make a pact to feel good for life, how ever many years that might be. Good to meet you all.
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I think his questioning about the times you go to the gym is a bit creepy. Most sane people with reasonably adequate social skills can make polite conversation without causing apprehension, but it wouldn't typically be by way of quizzing someone about when at night they train. I chat to women half my age at the gym, but…
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When trying to lose the small pounds (you are obviously not hugely overweight) readings on scales can become incredibly bad measures. As others have pointed out muscle is much denser than fat. Can you remember your own profile? "I just want to feel GOOD about myself!" Don't lose sight of what you're achieving in a holistic…
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I don't want to complicate it, but I'd consider (given you have been at it for months) experimenting with what I'd call more advanced techniques. These are specifics from my own program which I can't be bothered getting into in depth, but it essentially begins to feel like being continually close to failure throughout your…
