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oh and disclaimer: always check with your doctor, before starting any new exercise program.

If you only jog as far as you can, you will always hate it. If you really want to see what all the fuss is about, try a walk/run program, like c25k or my 10 week program which should be done 3 times per week, and you should not progress to the next week without getting the program done 3 times in a week. If it gets too…

Good article. I'm a trainer too. What is your certification through?

Depending on the intensity of a genuine Zumba class you can burn 400-800 an hour. I love Zumba, and I am glad you felt "the burn". AS a side note, because I work hard and pay a lot for my Zumba licensing I would like to point something out. ....Zumba licensing makes pretty strict guidelines about what a class can be…

I never want to lose muscle. I work so d#%^ hard to get it. Again, I think some really smart things have been said here. I agree with the fact that you want to go to a dietician with experience in sports nutrition. And ask yourself, if anything feels like a diet, you WILL not follow it the rest of your life, right? I hope…

I agree with most of what's being said in these posts, and while I'm glad that you feel something working for you. As a trainer, I sign a code of ethics that I will ONLY refer to a registered dietician. Unfortunately, the dieticians in my town are not as schooled in sports nutrition, so I also got some information from a…

o.k. so I'm confused. You say you walk up 15%? That's really steep. How fast can you go at lower grades?

Are you on incline at that speed? If I were your trainer, based on what you told me, I would say, "get the incline down and get comfortable with your pace. Holding on is o.k. if you don't HANG or lean. " Start off with a certain length of time, and build up adding 2- 5 minutes to your time each week. When you comfortably…

Amen!

Yes, that is exactly what I'm talking about, and it's even funnier when they strap a backpack on. I'm thinking , "Really, you walk up the mountain like that????" But I put signs up, and I try to tactfully make suggestions, but they often ignore me. So unless they ask, I know they are not going to change what they do.…

Yams, which are technically sweet potatoes that are orange. Such a power food, and right in the center of the glycemic index, which means they're good for prolonged energy and replacing glycogen. I love my yams!

Trainers leaning on the machine?????? Says something about what kind of a trainer they are, maybe? And, lol, it reminds me that I never know who is watching what I do....

Thanks.

And here's a thought, if you have any question. Take the exercise outside a few times. You see and feel the differenence real quick. When you're outside, assess what your body does on a hill, or when you ride a bike. Try to mimic that inside.

Again, if you hang on during a burst, make it sure it is ONLY for stability, not support. My suggestion is try one hand first. It's not bad to put your hands on an upright bike or a spin bike, especially standing. Proper form on a bike (and I can say this because my husband is a cyclist, racer and cycling coach) is elbows…

Again, if you hang on during a burst, make it sure it is ONLY for stability, not support. My suggestion is try one hand first. It's not bad to put your hands on an upright bike or a spin bike, especially standing. Proper form on a bike (and I can say this because my husband is a cyclist, racer and cycling coach) is elbows…

I live in a retirement town, so we do have people with that problem. I tell them to hold on lightly, and keep the body upright, and not lean forward at the hips on a machine like an eliptical or lean back on a treadmill. Stay perpindicular to the floor, use full range of motion on the stair climber, and eliptical, and…

That might be why kettlebells was so hard...the up and down?

Thanks. How many hill repeats do you do or add each week? I've been alternating between finding a long steady climb to do, after about a 2 mile jog, then on alternate weeks, doing hill repeats. I got up to 9 minutes total uphill repeats today. They were steep suckers, but short.

You and I are almost exactly in the same boat. I've been on here since mid April, and I'm right where you are. Feelin' your pain.

I don't know if cardboard would slide around, that's why I got some paneling. I put the rough side down on the floor, and the smooth side up. I got it originally to practice tap dancing, but it works great for Zumba. Just make sure it fits under your bed or can slide away some place. It doesn't need to be big.

Use older supportive shoes, and put duct tape all over the ball of the foot. I use older running shoes when I teach and so do some of the international instructors that license us. I also have an old plywood panel I keep under the bed I pull out when I rehearse new routines. Carpet is just no fun, but you should definitely…

o.k. It looks as if sweet potatoes have 1/3 the postassium of a true yam, but white potatoes are high in potassium. http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=64

Thanks! But it appears that what I've heard before is true. What I eat are really orange sweet potatoes. In the market I purchase them, they are called red garnet yams. But it appears, that yes, they are very high in postassium as well as other vitamins and minerals. That must be why they give me so much energy. Yet they…

yum!

Oh, and I love your picture too, by the way! You look great!

And just a side note? I've been around people who have done those cleanses, and they can be pretty grumpy! PLus I agree with the former posts, it's just a way to market a product that you don't need!

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Glad to know I'm not the only one. How come we never heard this in history class? keep bumping.

By the way, I'm a trainer, and I deal with this a lot.