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  • Was just wondering what you considered to be high reps to achieve this? My trainer has me doing this or I should say wants me to start doing this, and wants reps of 20 to 25, currently I do 3 sets at around 15 reps (1st set 15 reps 2nd/3rd as close to as poss, when 3rd is to 15, I go up a weight), so I will need to drop my…
  • This is roughly the path I have taken (calories eaten), I started excersing the same time as I decreased calories, I am seeing better losses now I have upped calories and I hope this continues. Week 1 - 3lb loss 2000+ Cals Week 2 - 5lb loss 2000+ Cals Week 3 - 3lb loss 2000+ Cals Week 4 - 1lb loss 1600ish Cals Week 5 - 2lb…
  • Mine was 64 on 17th Feb, which was down from 75 early Jan.
  • Yes, you can do strength and cardio. I believe free weights are better as they develope stabilising muscles more than machine weights through things like having to balance the weights rather than the machine gliding them. You could try kettlebells or circuit training class, that would give strength and cardio training +…
  • I gained a bit, but i ate a lot of haribo, I think I gained maybe 9lbs. 3 months on i now weight less, and dont smoke. I once read you have to gain something like 70lbs inorder to negate the health benefits of not smoking.
  • putting down a cookie saves 100 calories, does that count?
  • I cut down on diet soda over the last few months but havent really noticed any health benefits, although i save a few pennies. I do wonder with these studies whether or not they are missing an important factor, when you read headlines like, 4x more likely to be obese when drinking diet soda or higher risk of heart disease…
  • People just wondering around aimlessly watching everyone else. People just sitting on the weight benches taking 5 min breaks between sets. People reading newspapers on cardio machines. Sometimes I wonder why these guys even go to the gym, well actually I know its just for something to do and have a bit of a perve.. Overall…
  • We have your shape fitness evolved 2012 as well. It has tonnes of stuff to do, dancing, bootcamps, boxing etc etc etc.
  • Allan Carr's book is great, I tried nicotine patches and hypnotherapy, in the end just reading a book did the trick. When I quit, I probably binge eat for 3/4 days, but after that was fine, we more I felt I should be eating than actually wanting to eat. Also I read somewhere you need to gain some 70lbs to get the same…
  • My trainer tells me to pump my arms higher when going up hill so fists end up head height apparently it makes your feet naturally lift a little higher as well.
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