paulmmichaud Member

I don't have the push up bars but like Tony showed in the video you can use dumbbells as push up bars and that works for me! Paul

Hi Everyone! I'm Paul and I currently live in the state of Michigan. I have completed two 25K races, 1 10K, 1 5K, and got thru 1 marathaon...just barely. I need to get rid of my belly fat once and for all and I'm hoping this program along with low carb, high protein diet is the way to go. Also I signed up to do a Tough…

Yoga is seriously 90 minutes??? Wow...I only have so much time in the morning... Is it really worth it waking up a half hour earlier to do Yoga or should I just do some cardio on those days??

I did chest and back and ab ripper x today. I couldn't even do one chin up and I got about half way up on a pull up. That ab routine was unreal....needless to say I couldn't do a lot of those. I have a loooong way to go...

Awesome!!! I'm doing the one in April in OH...that's the closest to me since they haven't come to MI yet. I'll see your husband there!

Would it be fine just to eat high protein low carbs? I'm gonna be doing this starting Monday and I hope that would work.

I'm starting this program in January. I want to get overall much more fit and toned and drop fat. Is this the best way to go...doing this alone or should I supplement with more cardio?

I just got the dvds today.... Does this system actually work? I signed up to do a Tough Mudder in April.. Will this program get me physically ready for Tough Mudder? I need something that will get me in the best shape ever....from what I have heard this is the way to go, correct? Paul

I've had mine since March and it works wonders. Don't have to worry about tracking and figuring calories because it does it all. I would highly recommend. Makes it so easy to know if I need to eat more or less calories or work out more to hit my calorie burn. Paul

I've been using mine since the spring of this year. It's a useful tool for knowing how many calories you burn. I got a free one year subscription. I like using it but I think eventually I will stop using it. I pretty much know at this point how many calories I burn now and how many calories I should be eating to either…

I'm signed up for the April Tough Mudder looking for training tips. I want to be fully prepared. What type of training would be best for this? Lifting weights? Cardio?

I just signed up for the Tough Mudder event in April for Michigan/Ohio...I'm hoping to get training tips from this thread. Should we be focusing on building up our cardio levels or our over-all strength? I have not done one of these before but I have competed in two 25K races, 1 10k, 1 5k, and a marathon....and having done…

Go heavy or go home!!!!

ahem.... ahhh...uummm err... how graphic do you want us to get with our responses LOL.... I guess I'll just say YES. ;)

Like anything else the BodyBugg is a great tool, just like with a HRM or any of the others, it will help you to monitor/track how well you are doing during the day. I find it is a great motivation tool. I see how many calories I've burned for the day and if I am lacking I will get on the bike or treadmill and burn off a…

been using my bodybugg for the past 2 weeks now and absolutely love it! It makes it so easy to know whether or not I need to exercise more or not during the day to hit my calorie burn or not and if I go over I know I can eat a little more!!! Keep using it, it really helps!!! Also like anything else make sure you have your…

Good advice/tips there. I just did my version session of HIIT on my treadmill. Did just over 30 minutes walking at 3 mph and then running at 7/7.5/8 mph. 8 was pushing it for me but hey, it's about getting out of your comfort zone right? Man, I don't even wanna know what I will look like after doing this for a few…

Where do I find this and is this one that needs to be stirred? I was raised on no stirring, so I kinda wanna keep it that way..lazy I suppose :)

Last time I checked I was a guy.... let me know if you need any "guy" advice

I'm getting a treadmill in a week or 2. I was wondering how do I do "HIIT" on the treadmill? I that where you just run as fast as you can for 2 minutes and then walk to recover for 30 seconds? Do this straight for 30 minutes or so?

just found this thread. Before I joined MFP I weighed at 276, as of yesterday I'm down to 243.8. My goal if to eventually see 164. Paul

I just bought a box of the skinny cows at my local Sam's Club. My whole family loves them and on140 cals! Maybe I'll put a little peanut butter on them too!

bump...it's prob gonna take me hours and hours to read/research all this. LOL

My wife and I are also debating whether or not to buy this. In our case we'd have to buy 2 so this would be an expensive piece of equipment. I saw online we can get now 10 months free of the website service...but after that we would have to pay. We both still have a lot of weight to drop...any others say whether or not…

Anyway do MMA? That looks really interesting from what I can tell it incorporates a little bit of everything. One of these days my goal is to take up some form of Martial Arts as well.

Thank you for saying this. I am 32 years old and have never had high blood pressure or high cholesterol. In fact based on my last physical I am perfectly fine. I am one who is not really concerned about sodium, and as far as I can tell don't need to be. I figure as long as I lose the fat and burn the calories off I'll be…

Hey there may I join? My birthday is on Halloween and I'll be 33. I'd love to drop 60 by then. Current weigh 248.7 goal weight 164 I use stationary bike, elliptical, and just starting 30 day shred.

Like everybody else here, in the morning, and I try to be naked. Usually on Friday or Saturday. I did just buy a measuring tape yesterday so now I'm hoping to see how many inches I lose, from what I hear the scale isn't always the best way to measure progress.

Yeah see my last treadmill I got about 8 or so years ago, so no I-fit, just wondering if that's worth it? I'm a big fan and I have a lot of respect for Jillian so I could see myself using that along with regular work-outs

If not too late to join, married, 32 years old, coming up on 11 years in June. 2 kids and son will be 6 later this month and daughter shall be 4 next month. Paul