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TL Health and Fitness Initiative 2010 - Page 24
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
On March 03 2010 10:09 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote: Today I started the second phase of my workout plan, which consists of, every Tuesday, doing a 20second sprint/10 second rest interval dealio for 15 minutes, adding 2 minutes to the total time each week. God fuckit, this is going to suck, the first day was already murder Sprint intervals make you a man.  | ||
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
I've never been a runner, so I can feel the increase in my cardio each time...feels good man, ps, it's hell. weee! | ||
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Ack1027
United States7873 Posts
On March 03 2010 10:05 shmay wrote: Ack, how's the diet going? Any results so far? The diet is pretty good, lost 5 pounds so far off no exercise other than daily activities of walking and minor lifting at work. I got in a car accident recently so I've been going to the chiropractor and such. This means no work anymore. I also spent a weekend at my friend's college [ UGA ] cuz it was his birthday so that was the first time I really broke my diet. Ate lots of shitty fast food and drank lots of liquor. Like I said before the diet really fits my lifestyle so its easy to keep up with it and I even find myself having more energy than before. I used to always be a napper, but with this I can usually go through the whole day. The only thing I really worry about is the monster headache/fever and flu-like symptoms I have right now but I think I can attribute that to the winter snow storm [ here in GA...wtf...it was 60 degrees two days ago ] and just being sick in general. I usually eat Breakfast: Bacon, eggs, mushrooms/onions in an omelet. Lunch: Two filet of wild caught salmon or 97% lean ground beef with tomato paste, chilis, onions etc. Kinda like a spaghetti sauce without noodles. Dinner: Leftovers or organic whole milk shake + blueberries/blackberries/honey. Snack: Baked pork rinds. I cook everything with salted kerrygold butter and take fish oil with nearly every meal. I am worried about calories though, I always eat a LOT of food. I think the next step is to cut back on portion size a bit. Also still worried about cholesterol and heart health cuz I don't have time to exercise right now. I want to have some more variety in my eating so if you guys could share that'd be cool. I'm not near a good whole foods place so I'm pretty limited in my protein choices otherwise I'd be eating lamb and game a lot more. Edit: Also don't know if my body is fully adjusted yet. I get so many cravings for some fried chicken its ridiculous...There's like no equivalent other than buying a roasted or rotisserie chicken and it just doesn't hit the spot =/ but other than that, I don't seem to be craving any carbs. | ||
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
You don't have to worry about cholesterol/heart health if you're taking fish oil and vitamin D + eating healthy. Eating a lot is fine.. should calm down once you've fully adapted. Eat more veggies though that should help. | ||
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AoN.DimSum
United States2983 Posts
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shmay
United States1091 Posts
You shouldn't be getting headaches, maybe it's the milk? I recently reintroduced milk into my diet as an experiment, and it made me gassy and gave me headaches. Lactose tolerance goes away quickly. That milkshake seems to be bringing a lot of fructose with it too -- watch the honey. But yeah, you may just not be adapted yet. Otherwise, good job. I'm not a foodie either. I generally just cook up some meat and eggs w/ onions and pile it onto a plate and eat it caveman style. Maybe you could make a meatza with all your ground beef? I found some pretty cheap New Zealand (where everything is pastured) lamb at Trader Joes and have been living off that lately. Tonight I'm having grassfed beef liver w/ onions (taught myself to like it). You could also try asking Paleo Hacks, which is a good resource anyways. | ||
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
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Ack1027
United States7873 Posts
On March 04 2010 10:22 shmay wrote: Eating less, at least intermittent fasting, has been the most effective technique (outside of diet) for losing weight, for me at least. Fat is the key to satiation and our primary fuel, so if I eat enough of that (lots of coconut lately), I can go on 18-24 hour fast every day with no hunger pains. But just experiment and see what works. If you're craving fried chicken, it probably means your craving fat, maybe eat more fat? You shouldn't be getting headaches, maybe it's the milk? I recently reintroduced milk into my diet as an experiment, and it made me gassy and gave me headaches. Lactose tolerance goes away quickly. That milkshake seems to be bringing a lot of fructose with it too -- watch the honey. But yeah, you may just not be adapted yet. Otherwise, good job. I'm not a foodie either. I generally just cook up some meat and eggs w/ onions and pile it onto a plate and eat it caveman style. Maybe you could make a meatza with all your ground beef? I found some pretty cheap New Zealand (where everything is pastured) lamb at Trader Joes and have been living off that lately. Tonight I'm having grassfed beef liver w/ onions (taught myself to like it). You could also try asking Paleo Hacks, which is a good resource anyways. I'm actually a really big foodie haha, but I'm also someone who doesn't mind eating the same leftovers for a week straight as long as its something I'd eat anyway. I'm gonna hold back on the milk for now, but it was just a creative idea to eat blueberries and blackberries with it. I really think the headaches and stuff is just from being sick. My body was already weak from the accident and then the extremely cold weather yesterday gave me tons of flu symptoms. fml. | ||
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igotmyown
United States4291 Posts
A new genetic test may help dieters decide whether they would lose more weight on a low-fat diet, one that cuts carbohydrates or a more balanced approach, maker Interleukin Genetics Inc reported on Wednesday. The company says that 39 percent of white Americans have the low-fat genotype, 45 percent have the type that responds best to a diet low in processed carbohydrates and 16 percent have the gene mutation that helps them lose weight best on a balanced diet. | ||
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Halfpastnoob
United States191 Posts
On January 02 2010 06:48 NoeNoe wrote: NoeNoe Age: 27 || Height: 179 cm || Weight: 95 kg Starting Date: 01/01/2010 || Goal Date: 24/07/2010 my birthday ^^; Weight goals -- [80kg] Training goals -- [score 70 at military fit test] Misc goals -- [Keep going to the gym at least 2 times a week] Before 2006 ![[image loading]](http://www.gamelux.net/download/Images/lan/noenoe.jpg) 2009 ![[image loading]](http://94.100.116.12/831800001-831850000/831831501-831831600/831831575_5_cOeb.jpeg) The difference between those 2 pictures is 50kg -_-; 2010 ???? wow man congrats seriously that's awesome! | ||
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UdderChaos
United Kingdom707 Posts
A)blister prevention in the first case, making sure you don't get them B) blister management, ie things you can do to allow you to continue to do exercise like with blisters (ie any particular plaster or socks that work, or should your shoes be tight or lose? would that help?) C) cardiovascular activates you can do that wouldn't antagonize blisters particularly on the back of the heel, and don't involve specialist gym equipment (all i have is a treadmill and some weights) If anyone could help me with this I'd really appricitae it. | ||
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bdams19
United States1316 Posts
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REDBLUEGREEN
Germany1903 Posts
Introduction: I swear the devil hands out driving licenses...Since I got my driving license I got so incredible lazy, I used to ride my bike like 40mins a day and now I rarely ride it. As a result I gained 16kg in one year...tt. So like one month ago when I stepped on the scale it showed 99kg and I had to act because I didn't want it to show 3 digits the next time. I'm 190cm btw so 99kg doesn't look really fat but let's say I got a belly Goal: Look awesome The workout: Monday: Routine 1 Tuesday: 40 min demolishing my punchbag with fists, elbows, knees and legs or Wing Tsun (kung-fu) Wednesday: Wing Tsun Thursday: Punchbag suffers Friday: Routine 1 Saturday: Punchbag suffers every second week and some Calf Raises mixed in between when I have to wait for something (looks stupid but hey...:D) Routine 1: 50 push-ups, 90 crunches, 20 superman, 75 curls with 12.5kg, 45 Shrugs with 10kg in each hand, 45 One Arm Dumbbell Rows with 12.5kg, 45 Butterflies with 12.5kg, 50 of some exercise which I don't know how it's called (laying on back on ground, lift feet a bit over ground and one foot above the other and now always change the one on top....hope you guys understand :D) and frogstand until I'm bored or faceplant Results: Now this is where it's interesting. I am really surprised how much of a difference you notice after just one month. My punches and kicks have become a lot stronger and I can throw chainpunches for 1:30 now at decent speed and strength. My shoulders, trapezius, arms and chest have become quite a lot bigger especially my chest feels like it has expanded threefold. Push-ups have always been my weak spot and I sucked horrible all my life, I started with 12 Push-ups max, now I can do 38. My girlfriend started to randomly call me Zeus lmao. I only lost 2kg so far but I lost definitely more fat because I gained quite some muscle mass. To speed up the weight losing I probably have to change my diet because I am still eating like always aka 3 pizza a week -.- So yeah overall I am really fucking happy that I started working out and have to tell everyone who kinda wants to work out but lacks motivation: "Pull yourself together for one month and the results will motive you after that"! Oh yeah if someone knows and exercise for the lower back that you can perform at home with just one dumbbell please let me know because I am getting bored of the supermans. | ||
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Foucault
Sweden2826 Posts
On March 04 2010 12:09 igotmyown wrote: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35693184/ns/technology_and_science-science/ A new genetic test may help dieters decide whether they would lose more weight on a low-fat diet, one that cuts carbohydrates or a more balanced approach, maker Interleukin Genetics Inc reported on Wednesday. The company says that 39 percent of white Americans have the low-fat genotype, 45 percent have the type that responds best to a diet low in processed carbohydrates and 16 percent have the gene mutation that helps them lose weight best on a balanced diet. Dude, this is actually very interesting. I would like to see the study | ||
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unknown.sam
Philippines2701 Posts
and it occurred to me that i can't even do this: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.bowmenofoverdale.org.uk/images/shoulder-stretch.gif) actually i was able to do exactly as the picture shows (left arm at the bottom) but was an absolute failure with my right arm. not even close to touching fingers cause it hurt like hell. i was able to do it back in high school but have always been less flexible with the right side. is there any way to improve this?? | ||
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Energies
Australia3225 Posts
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zatic
Zurich15342 Posts
On March 06 2010 05:14 REDBLUEGREEN wrote: I swear the devil hands out driving licenses...Since I got my driving license I got so incredible lazy, I used to ride my bike like 40mins a day and now I rarely ride it. As a result I gained 16kg in one year...tt. This is so true. I also became lazy as fuck when I had my own car. Going really well with my workout at the moment though. I am doing Starting Strength as suggested and fill in 45 minutes of interval running on day 2 and 4 (2min @ 15km/h, 1min @ 9km/h). Plus kickboxing on Saturday when I can bring myself to get up at 7:30. Still eat a lot of junk but have neither gained nor dropped any weight so far. But I feel better which is enough to keep me going. | ||
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
On March 06 2010 18:47 unknown.sam wrote: so after my workout today i decided to do shoulder stretching (which i always seem to forget). and it occurred to me that i can't even do this: + Show Spoiler + actually i was able to do exactly as the picture shows (left arm at the bottom) but was an absolute failure with my right arm. not even close to touching fingers cause it hurt like hell. i was able to do it back in high school but have always been less flexible with the right side. is there any way to improve this?? it's kind of hilarious that you ask that question because the best way to improve at doing that is by doing exactly that you can also grab a hand towel or sock or something grab it with both hands first stretch pull the bottom hand up 2nd stretch pull the top hand down | ||
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
On March 06 2010 20:02 zatic wrote: This is so true. I also became lazy as fuck when I had my own car. Going really well with my workout at the moment though. I am doing Starting Strength as suggested and fill in 45 minutes of interval running on day 2 and 4 (2min @ 15km/h, 1min @ 9km/h). Plus kickboxing on Saturday when I can bring myself to get up at 7:30. Still eat a lot of junk but have neither gained nor dropped any weight so far. But I feel better which is enough to keep me going. aha, I don't drive keeps me in good shape (when I actually want to go somewhere lol) went to some magic card shop yesterday and had to walk about 7 miles to do it | ||
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