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You can disagree all you want. A untrained individual should feel like they're going to die about 5 sprints in. The person according to the original research should be sprinting at 90% of their V02 max for short bursts. Sprinting = maxed out and can push no further. No untrained individual should be able to get through 20…

If you can do steady state for another 40 minutes after a HIIT workout you're not working hard enough. HIIT should floor you, hell you shouldn't be able to get through a full 20 minute HIIT workout unless you've been working up to it or you're an elite athlete. And you damned sure shouldn't be able to follow it up with 40…

That website and that video is a joke. Everyone these days considers Tabata to simply be 20s on and 10s off which is just ridiculous. The original Tabata had nothing to do with an elliptical or kettlebells or anything of the sort. The true Tabata is 20s sprints on the bike followed by 10s off for a period of 4 minutes and…

After taking a quick look at your food diary I can see that the majority of your sugar is coming from liquid calories. Mostly sodas. Drink water instead and you will cut down on a lot of that sugar. Juices and sodas are a killer of weight loss because you're basically drinking a 10th of your calorie intake for the day in…

Very well said. I see so many people that are trying to work out 6-7 days a week without giving their bodies sufficient rest. I recently saw one person that says he works out 7 days a week. He's doing two-a-days and says he never misses a work out and then posed the question, "Do you think I'm addicted to exercise?" How…

I really like the way you broke that down but I would love to know the reason behind the differences and if you're using scientific research or you're guesstimating. Either way I really like what you had to say and I agree that cheat meals are a great way to break or avoid inevitable plateaus.

I'm the same as debjunti. I'm often awake at odd hours so I don't consider it a new day unless I've slept.

exercisetv.tv has a lot of free videos. They range from beginner to advanced and there is strength training, cardio, et cetera.

Experiment and find what you like and mix it up for variety's sake. You could try looking at the free workouts on http://www.exercisetv.tv/

The great thing about veggies is that you can eat a ****load of them and not have to worry about going over on calories. Especially cucumbers/spinach/broccoli/peppers/greens and things of that nature.

The easiest way I've found to avoid them is to not have them in the house. If they're in the house they're going to get eaten it's just that simple. Keep them out of the house, out of the car, away from your workplace and it becomes a lot easier to reach for a plate or ziploc bag of veggies rather than a handful of chips.…

Funnily enough that's what some bodybuilders do. They sleep afterwards to allow the muscles to repair or so I read awhile back.

I'm the same way. Spinach is a huge part of my day to day eating.

I did my 2.5 bottles yesterday and I've done my 2.5 today.

80 miles 01/01/11: 3 miles 01/02/11: 6.2 miles 01/03/11: 1 mile - light walking 01/05/11: 1 mile 01/06/11: 1 mile 01/07/11: 1.82 miles 14.02 miles - So 14 miles. 66 remaining.

01/08/11: 1/7 8 min Abs 01/09/11: 2/7 Stairs: 20x up and down one flight 01/10/11: 3/7 8 min Abs + 30 min swiss ball

Sorry about the length of this. 01/01/11: 1/7 Fitness tests Trail walk: 14m57s Walking video: 47 min 2-mile Intermediate 01/02/11: 2/7 Airdyne: 23 min with Intervals 01/03/11: 3/7 Pull-ups Light walking 01/04/11: 4/7 8 min Abs Light walking: 15 min + light stair-walking 01/05/11: 5/7 8 min Abs + 15 min Swiss ball…

Great review but just one thing. You mentioned strength training. Heart rate monitors don't give you accurate calorie burns for anything other than cardiovascular activity. Also one other thing is that any activity where arms are raised overhead will give exaggerated numbers. Just thought you should know that. I'm really…

You've come a long way, keep up the good work.

You can do it. Never give up and always push yourself harder and further. But most importantly enjoy the journey and don't get discouraged when you mess up or when you hit a plateau.

Hear hear! Bas' workout is awesome.

Congrats on the weight loss and most importantly the cigarettes that's a tough one for most people but by no means an impossible hurdle. Keep up the good work!

700 calories is by no means the most calories one can burn in an hour. Jumping rope, stair running, jogging/running period, all of those burn more than 700 calories. I'd like to see someone use one while wearing a heart rate monitor and no raising arms overhead as it gives inaccurate burn counts. So, just pure joggging or…

If the thought of doing nothing makes you feel guilty it's definitely an unhealthy obsession and a sign of overtraining. At least that's what all of the things on overtraining have said that I've read.

If you're mixing it up with weights one day and cardio the next or one muscle group per day then that's fine but it does seem a tad obsessive.

Your body needs rest so I hope you're not working a lot of the same muscle groups day and night without rest otherwise you're just defeating the purpose. You do know that muscle isn't built in the gym right? It's built at rest. People seem to think the more they workout the better and that's not the case. It's about…

That's partly true. It's not true that the stomach will be the last. It's dependent on the person. It is true that you can't spot reduce it will come off those areas when it decides to. You should try strength training it's a great way to burn fat.

Dammit Az you beat me to it. That's what I was going to say word for word! Alright in all honesty, great and informative post. I highly enjoy watching you own people through the use of scientific research.

I would like to get over 2-5K and soon. This is driving me insane.

I managed my 2.5 bottles yesterday and at 1.5 so far today.