jallison12

Step machine. Zero impact and go as hard as you want.

I weare ankle weights to work out on a stepping machine. But walking from the locker room to the machine is very difficult. The weight increases the pendulum effect by being down on your ankle. For what you are doing, I don't think you should wear ankle weights. I know there are weight vests (still looking for just the…

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I find it difficult walking from the locker room to the step machine! But once on the stepper the weights on my ankles are not an issue, as my feet are permanently on the steps all the time. I could not imagine running or jogging with them.

It does have some effect. Several times a week I do cardio on a step machine. To initiate I enter time, weight and workout level. The machine doesn't really know what weight I am. But if I change that weight entered I get a different cals burned for a workout, all other things being equal (which they are not, but roughly).…

Here you go: http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/shows/the-food-hospital.html The guy on the front page with the check shirt was the night time eater. I hadn't heard of this before. Episode 3 http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/shows/the-food-hospital/100/episode-3.html Might be on You tube or something??

There was a great program on the cooking channel last night about this. "Food Hospital" i think is the show. The dietician's advice was to eat complex carbs for the evening meal. Wholewheat pasta, vegetables and parm. Your body would take so long to break all that down you would sleep through the night! Guy lost a ton of…

There's a 5:45 in the morning? Wow, who knew!

I have a fitbit, but for HRM I use my phone and Bluetooth chest strap. I used to have my fitbit profile, connected through endomondo and then through to MFP (I think...it was complicated). But I've recently "disconnected" that. I felt I was being credited for too many cals burned, somehow. Am sure it was my way of…

There are also tons of free video's on YouTube. Search "yoga beginner" and you will get pages and pages of hits. If you have particular area's you want to focus on include that. "Yoga lower back", "yoga hips" etc. Once you click with one particular presenter you can see if they have a DVD or a download.

I have an Nexus S Android phone and the Zephyr BT HRM chest strap. I haven't bought dedicated watches etc to compare against. The reason I went phone is that I wanted the flexibility to download and try different apps. Happens I've stuck with the first app I tried, Endomondo. When I work out in the gym I'm just using the…

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My most frequent cardio workout is a stepper and as I lost weight I began using ankle weights to make it more challenging. I agree it must be burning more calories but not sure how you would calculate it. In a way I pretty much burn the same calories. IF I have the weight the speed is not as high but the effort is more; if…

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This. Take a beginning picture of yourself at least. Day 1 if there are any newbies reading. I didn't, cause I never thought this would work.

I would really double check that. You might fry your HRM. The watch (like most sports watches) can be used while swimming. Most chest straps / GPS monitors cannot be used for swimming. GPS can't get a signal in indoor pools. Chest straps don't work well in water. There are not many swim units around. If you read that link…

Some info here: http://www.heartratewatchcompany.com/swim-watch-s/166.htm The watch itself may be swimming proof - Polar guide book says so. If the back of the watch say 10m or 30m or 100m you can swim with it? But the HRM chest strap and/or GPS unit are probably not. You need a Flow Link device for HRM. BTW - I don't have…

I am thinking of getting these: http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-PMX-680i-Sports-Headset/dp/B003WVA6M6 Couple of months ago my go-to buds with over-ear hooks broke down. Have tried 3 pairs since and none felt right. Saw these on another site today. Waterproof, sweatproof, kevlar coated...I keep trying to find a reason not…

I've gone to the mall with my daughter and friend (11) and let them go to a store on their own, while I sat in the center part. Not exactly in my sight at all times, but close enough that if there were a fuss I would see. They do want to be grown up and independent but they don't realise how young they are. They seemed to…

Thanks for the input, it is helpful! I just want to be accurate and real. Otherwise I'm going not logging correctly. If I just wanted to log an impressive number I would just make sh1t up. If I have to be inaccurate I'd much rather under log workouts. I think I'll not wear the HRM for yoga (got in the way for…

I'm 180, but for the stepper I wear 2x10lb ankle weights. When I logon to the machine I punch in 190 as my weight and have it at a fairly challenging level. I did know the stepper itself was not accurate at all. But I use the exact same machine so relative to itself if I see the number going up I am working harder and…

I don't do a heated class, just a regular vinyasa class. I wear an HRM and it tells me between 500-600 for each hour. Based on MFP library entries I had previously been logging 170 for the hour, before I got an HRM. I monitor the class through Endomondo, which I have connected to MFP. So I just take what it says I do.…

whe I saw your post I was going to reply water based workout, but you are doing that already! I twinged my lower back about 18 months ago and the only thing I could do was walking. But I went out every night (with the dog - he keeps me honest and doesn't let me take a day off, rain or shine) and loved it. You can go as…

Pre-logging wouldn't satisfy the "consecutive days" measure, would it? It is "consective login days" so I guess you still need to login at least once a day. Just wondering...

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Can you talk to the gym staff for guidance? I've been going to the gym my whole adult life. But I just wasn't doing it right or enough. I was 165 when I was 25 and was 217 December last year at 46. Since December my weight is down and probably my overall strength to, to be honest. But I'm motiviated, feel fitter and feel…

'65 was a good year! :bigsmile:

Bathroom breaks? Go to the furthest away bathroom by the most convuluted route possible. Going up and down the same stairs is OK as well.