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Start off by doing negatives. That means use a chair or something to get yourself up where your chin is above the level of the bar. Then step off and lower yourself down as slowly as you can using your arm and back muscles (chin-ups work your biceps and lats). Rinse and repeat. Once you get a bit stronger, you will be able…
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Any caloric deficit you can create, whether it is though exercise or diet, will burn fat and help you lose weight, some of which will come from fat loss. That said, the more you exercise, the larger the deficit and the greater the weight loss. If you are referring to the amount of exercise needed to hit some sort of…
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I'll add another vote for Runkeeper here. Love the app and website!
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Sounds like you are doing everything right at the moment as far as diet and exercise goes. It just takes time. I would definitely recommend starting the weightlifting sooner rather than later though. I know I saw a big change in weight loss (and in the mirror) after I started hitting the weights. If the gym really is to…
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The only thing a HRM can truly tell you accurately is your heart rate. The calories burned number is an estimate that comes from using a formula to guess how many calories you are burning based on your height, weight, age (assuming you have a HRM that allows you to enter these factors), heart rate, and the time spent…
