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No. What helps you lose weight is taking in less calories than you expend. See law of thermodynamics. The amount of calories that novices or even intermediately fit people can burn in any exercise is limited, including swimming. To put it bluntly you are not capable of burning a significant amount through intense exercise…

Your trainer is typically right, when his client eats mostly carbs and not particularly good ones. Is this true for you? Even if you ate nothing but carbs under your calorie limit you would lose weight, but that would include lean body matter as well (muscle, bone, organs). Eating a higher proportion of protein should…

Breakfast burritos are awesome!! My favourite breakfasts: Eggs Benedict with Spinach (ham or salmon is also good) (you can skip it, but an english muffin is good with this :) Oatmeal with fresh or dried fruit (mmm apricots), sometimes almonds or seed mix. Food Doctor essential seeds are good. A banana. Simple but…

I pretty much agree with everything in that article.

I workout 6 days a week, rest every 5th day. I mix up my exercises a lot. One day I will be focussing on maximal strength, next I will be interval sprinting, next I will be doing body weight circuits, then explosive strength work. My exercise sessions are intense and don't last more than 45 minutes, some are only 15…

Crunches are a completely overrated exercise IMHO, and done in excess or even at all (by unfit people) they can be extremely damaging to your spine. Read here for an explanation why: http://www.healthline.com/blogs/exercise_fitness/2007/09/good-life-works-better-than-bad-ab.html…

Double post..

First of all. Well done for losing all that weight. You look amazing!! :D If you are not a huge fan of Chicken then I would suggest Herby grilled chicken kebabs (very tasty): The following is for two people. Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts small bunch of fresh mint small bunch of coriander small bunch of fresh basil 1 fresh…

Amen! It's time BMI was scrapped in favour of more useful measurements, like Body Fat% and Visceral Body Fat% (Belly Fat).

Pushups: 14 Squats: 73 Also: Pullups: 2 Plank Time: 1:16 minutes Left Side Plank: 36 seconds Right Side Plank: 42 seconds

Well. I think you should aim to get your plank time to 1 minute. At that point you should have a good base to progress to more challenging exercises. You should also do side planks. How to do a plank: Start by lying face down on the ground or use an exercise mat. Place your elbows and forearms underneath your chest. Prop…

True... but... it's all about context. Crunches target a very specific set of core muscles (particularly the rectus abdominis) , whilst the planks targets pretty much all your core muscles, including your hip and back and is a much more useful integrated exercise for practising keeping your spine neutral and core…

I am by no means a fitness expert, but IMHO planks are a great all round isometric exercise for core stabilisation (key word is stabilisation) and particularly it targets muscle endurance (depending on your level this may come later, strength will be targeted first if you have a weak core). The point of having a strong…

I'll join you on the pushups and the squats. Situps are a bit of a waste of time IMHO. Bad for your back and don't really do much for you in the first place. If you want to change situps to plank times then I'm in! :) http://www.strengthcoach.com/public/1455.cfm

Hi Lainey, I'm also quite new to this site. Finding it very useful. I've just finished the Couch25k program and I found it an awesome intro back into running. I've made the mistake of doing too much too soon before and C25K definitely eases you in the right way. I'm now trying to bring my 5km time down to 20 minutes. Quite…

I'm onto week 5. First of the week is always the hardest! Really enjoying running again. In the past I've tried to do too much too early with running. This program is great for gradually getting you going.

As with most things in life, it is the quality not the quantity that is important. I keep my caridio sessions below 30 minutes at all times and instead of increasing the length I pack in variety and intensity. Tabata Intervals are another method (a more intense HIIT method) you could use to increase the challenge.…

Hi Dan. I'm surprised they don't understand it. It's just bad science, and only works for people of certain body types. Fact: All professional Rugby Players are clinically obese, according to BMI. These are some of the fittest people in the world (they run around for 80 minutes tackling people, with one break in the…