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What's the best type of HIIT to do? I have been doing a bit of running on the treadmill - 40 seconds on, 20 seconds off. But I'm happy to change it up. Doing heavy weights 3x a week and Cardio 3x a week won't happen, unless I could fit them into an hour session (20 mins cardio and 40 mins weights). The yoga classes and…

I determined that goal by how much I weigh now and how I feel when I'm at a particular weight - to be exact I'd like to lose about 3.5kg. My diet pretty much consists of eggs, tomato and mushrooms for breakfast, carrot sticks and hummus for morning snack, chicken and salad plus an apple for lunch, protein bar in the…

The pain I'm having is definitely not an injury as such.......it's just a general ache through both knees which I feel mainly when I am moving. So having them straight or having them bent doesn't hurt, it's the transition between where I feel the ache. To be honest I don't love running, I just like the results of it! Mind…

It doesn't cost me any extra money to do it, it's included in my gym membership. However PT is not, so for me, it is better value to do the Grit classes. And doing it on my own.....I never push myself as hard as I do when I am in the presence of others!

Oh, and I had a Live Blood Analysis done, as well as a body composition analysis done with the electrical current. Should I trust these results?

It was a naturopath/nutritionist who gave me the advice....partly due to a few digestive issues, partly due to eczema, partly due to wanting to lose about 4kgs. Personally I'm not necessarily convinced, but what I'm doing now is not working in any of those departments, so I'm willing to give it a go for a few weeks and see…

I started with the weights that were suggested.....empty bar for squats, bench press and overhead press (so 20kg), 30kg for the barbell row and 40kg for the deadlift. My latest weights are 57.5kg for squats, 22.5kg for overhead press (I went up to 25kg but couldn't get 5x5 on 25kg for 3 sessions in a row so I went back…

This is almost me exactly! I've never done the body building thing, but about 3 years ago I got down to 61.5kg, which is my lowest weight ever. It seemed quite easy and when I look back at the food diary I kept then, I was eating HEAPS (probably more than now). I too looked a bit too skinny at 61.5kg - I'd be happy at…

I have been doing Stronglifts for about 6 weeks and I am not noticing much improvement in my strength. I have added weight as it says (2.5kg) each time, although I have struggled with the overhead press and have had to go back to virtually the start again. In my other activities I haven't noticed any improvement. I do yoga…

OP, did you try the protein pancakes?

I did a strength class last night and a cardio class tonight.....they definitely are killer classes! They made me feel really unfit!

Thank you!

No one???

Have you tried Quest bars? I love them and they keep me quite full as well. I normally eat lunch at 1pm, but don't eat dinner until 9pm. A Quest bar at around 5pm keeps the hunger at bay till I can have dinner.

I always have either 2 eggs scrambled with 100ml of milk, or 2 hard boiled eggs, with 1 grilled tomato and about 120g of grilled mushrooms. I eat breakfast at about 6:45am and this keeps me pretty full. My next snack is at 11am and by that time I usually feel a bit peckish, but not starving. I could go longer if I had to.…

Thanks. Yes I started with just the bar for squats and bench press, plus just 10kg for the barbell row, and just did the 5x5, so that's obviously why it was so quick. Thanks for the warm up info. I did the second round today and I don't know how I will go adding weight for the overheads press - I just made the 5x5 today…

I decided to give this program a go as a change from what I normally do, and I did the first set today. It only took me 15 mins - is that correct? On the website it says the workouts take 45 minutes! I definitely did 5x5 sets of squats, bench presses and barbell rows!

I second this.......in the afternoon I have 50g hummus and 100g of carrot and capsicum sticks. It's quite filling.

Thanks for that, but I won't be replacing the yoga and dance classes - I love them and won't give them up. But I just need to know what is best to do with the other sessions/times I have. Intense intervals - what would be considered intense? I have been doing intervals, but just not sure if they are what I should be doing…

Thanks for that.

TinyBriony, whereabouts exactly? I had a look on the Parkrun website - seems to be heaps in the South East, although I'm not sure if any are near you. Check out the website: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/events/events/

Quest bars fill me up, or hummus dip with carrot sticks. A big size apple can also do the trick some days.

I also do the Parkrun 5km outside and I got a PB today - 26:06. I don't particularly enjoy running, I just enjoy the satisfaction afterwards, ha ha! Running never gets easier for me, it's always hard. I can not imagine running longer distances! Once when I was really fit I ran 10km and 12km, but that was a while ago and a…

Are her workouts for people with a lot to lose, or do they work for everyone? I don't have much to lose and I feel that I'm reasonably fit.....I'm just wondering whether they are worth a try as I'm not having much luck at the moment getting a few kgs off!

I found the trunk measurements: Fat % - 25.6% Fat Mass - 9.7kg FFM - 28.1kg Predicted muscle mass - 26.9kg Is there anything in particular I can do having that third body type to help - any particular exercise or whatever?

It was called a Tanita Body Composition Analyzer at my dietitian's office - brand new. If these things are unreliable, how else do you measure?

Thanks for the replies. Personally I agree that as long as I am hitting the correct amount of calories per day, the actual Quest bar shouldn't be the problem. I actually asked the dietitian why the fat would be a problem in terms of weight loss, surely only the calories matter? She said the amount of fat was not healthy. I…

Thanks for that. Is there anything in particular I can do having that third body type to help - any particular exercise or whatever? Yes I only listed R leg and R arm as the L measurements were pretty similar. I should have put in the trunk one too, I didn't think to do that! I don't have it with me at the moment, but the…

Would doing lots cardio be best to try and reduce the body fat percentage?

I generally don't have a day off exercise, but I don't do weights on consecutive days (although I haven't done weights at all for a couple of weeks as I was upping the cardio).