working out !

[Nerdcore]

ok I need to start working out here again

anyone have any good suggestions and what do do to lose the fat ( in the upper arms.. waste hips and so forth ) I do alot of walking and all .. but its not enough

help !!

[The_Dark]

Eat. Do not starve yourself. That only causes you to gain more weight. Eat 4 small meals a day.

[Brenda Starrr]

Get one of those inflatable yoga balls and do your abdominal workouts on it. It burns, but I swear that it's beginning to work.

[Nienna]

Get one of those inflatable yoga balls and do your abdominal workouts on it. It burns, but I swear that it's beginning to work.

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Ditto this. I love that thing. The other thing about that ball is, you can just sit on it when watching TV or whatever and you're working your abs. It IS working for me... lots.

[Paper Hearts]

Get one of those inflatable yoga balls and do your abdominal workouts on it. It burns, but I swear that it's beginning to work.

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Actually, lots of more cardiovascular oriented things are best-rowing, biking, running, etc. -Your abdominals are a group of muscles so the more you concentrate on them in your workout the bigger they will get (picture one of those olympic weight lifters with the huge barrel shaped stomachs-working a muscle makes it bigger, not smaller)-when you burn energy (calories) you burn them evenly from all parts of your body simultaneously, no matter what type of exercise you are doing (so even if you are working out your forearms, the calories you burn durring the workout are not all being lost from your wrists, or even at majority being lost from your wrists, they are instead being spent equally from all parts of you); however, as you focus your workout on your wrists, the size of your wrists will increase-same with abdominals and any other muscle group. Oh, and the more muscle you gain the more you will weigh.

[kellygrrrrrl]

I find my biggest problem to be myself, and the lack of motivation.... :whistling

[Nienna]

I find my biggest problem to be myself, and the lack of motivation.... :whistling

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HaHa... yeah.. me too!

[Jarodaka]

Lift weights (or general strengthening exercises) in combination with aerobics. More muscle means you burn more calories and makes the running/jogging/swimming/whatever that much more effective. It also 'pulls everything in.' Targeted fat loss does not work. Everybody's body sheds fat in a different way, though it's usually lost first where you gained it last.

Ooh, yoga balls look neat, I think I'll have to get one now.

[Homicidalheathen]

It sucks, but I do 25 crunches, 25 sit ups and 50 decline on bench leg up to chest things everyother day. I do 20 reps of 20 different excersises with 20 lbs of weight for my arms/chest/back every other day. And an hour and a half of aerobics.

Off days is hatha and kundalini for 2 or so hours. I find as I get older I have to eat twice as less and work out twice as hard.

What the hell is up with that???

[Fierce Critter]

NC - I did a lot of research on workouts on the web a couple years ago and compiled together a PowerPoint presentation with about a dozen exercises aimed at particular parts of the body, so you get a complete workout, head to toe. It includes pictures that show how to do the movements correctly, etc.

Let me know if you're interested and I'll e-mail it to you.

[lullaby1031]

I started doing a cardio/strengthening program awhile ago and it works so well! It takes about 2 hours a day but if you go for 4-5 times a week like I do, you start seeing results in as little as 6-8 weeks. Granted you'll notice your shedding the pounds but you'll start to see the tone parts much better and get a boost of confidence to keep it up.

[lullaby1031]

  I find as I get older I have to eat twice as less and work out twice as hard.

What the hell is up with that???

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are you drinking enough water?

[Head Wreck]

i run.

grab an MP3 player with something you wont keep stopping to skip through and concentrate on the beat

i have a 14km footpath here right on the coast and landscaped area

so i gues i'm luckier i spose

i'm also going to go back to the gym on lunchbreaks instead of sleeping or eating junk

[Msterbeau]

Punk Fitness Detroit. http://www.punkfitnessdetroit.com

[Brenda Starrr]

Punk Fitness Detroit.  http://www.punkfitnessdetroit.com

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Oh, my God!!! That's fucking sweet!!

[Nerdcore]

im soo gonna try this out on thursday for sure

this sounds cool !!

plus I live in ham town so the otehr days are closer

thanks all

[mallochai]

One thing I've learned is this: work out in the morning if you can. Sure, it sucks dragging yourself out of bed and into activity, but the benefits are awesome. When you get up, don't eat before you work out. Do thirty minutes of cardio and whatever else you like, then after your workout, eat something with lots of protein. I'm not sure on the exact science of it, but it somehow acts as a vessel to help grab more fat cells, so your body purges them faster.

Or something like that. But don't do a protien diet: you'll just gain the weight back when you stop.

I'm working myself up to going five to six times a week at eight a.m. before work, then having a soy/protien shake. Right now, I'm alternating between thirty minutes and thirty five, depending on the day, but my goal is forty five minutes of cardio plus warm up and cool down, then a weight circuit. I'm lucky to have a free gym membership because of my employer. I have the means, now I just need to stop having the lazies.

[Homicidalheathen]

punk fitness last night was excellent.

[Dollardave]

Punching bags are very good for the arms and legs if ur into martial arts legs being. They're fairly cheap too and help to build discipline. You were a nice lady when I met u so was your man. I wish u well in your exercise routines. You didn't look fat to me, but its always good to use it or lose it.

ok I need to start working out here again

anyone have any good suggestions and what do do to lose the fat ( in the upper arms.. waste hips and so forth ) I do alot of walking and  all .. but its not enough

help !!

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[Guest Megalicious]

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[Brenda Starrr]

Ill believe it when I see it honey LOL could be useful though  :devil

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Trust me, they are. :devil

[Bpage]

Like most people said, you can't target fat loss. Where is the first place people notice that you've lost weight.....your face, and I've never seen a face crunch done before.

Fat loss is done through diet and excercise, both cardio and weight training. You need to eat small, healthy meals several times a day to get your metabolism going. Cardio to get your heart rate up and burn it off. Walking is good as long as your walking fast enough to get your heart rate up, you should be walking fast enough to have trouble carrying on a conversation.

Weight training to build more muscle. Muscle burns more calories than fat. So when you have a nice toned body you're burning more calories walking up those stairs than you would having a fat body.

And also, LOTS OF AGUA!!!!

I would highly recommend getting a personal trainer to at least get you started. One, they get you out and motivated to push you to your limits, my best workouts are with my trainer.

Two, they will teach you how to use the equipment and weights properly to avoid injury and to get the most out of your workout.

I was never a "trainer" type of person until I went to one and it really kicked up my workout to the next level.

In a nutshell you need a healthy diet, including carbs and protein, good carbs you need for energy to get you through your day and workouts. You need protein to help build those muscles that you've just ripped up.

You need cardio and weight training.

It's really hard to get motivated, but once you start seeing the results in a few weeks it will get addictive.

It's also great to set fitness goals to keep you going. My current goal is to kick up my cardio and stairmaster because I'm going to be hiking Half Dome in Yosemite in one week. (If you have a California quarter, it's the mountain on the back)

[gothicmom]

Bpage, thanks for saying what I started to the other day!!!

In addition, watch the sugars! I'm not talking about regualr table sugar but the kind that is found in WHITE flour, WHITE rice, corn that sort of thing.

Those of us that have problems digesting sugars (I'm not refering to diabetics) KNow that undigested sugars settle in/on the tummy!!!! :devil

edited to add....if you want to talk about this more e-mail me!!

[Guest MsMaldoror]

I would definitely check this out if I didn't have to work late on Thursdays.

punk fitness last night was excellent.

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[kellygrrrrrl]

I would definitely check this out if I didn't have to work late on Thursdays.

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I TOTALLY Meant to go.....How was it? Same place same time this week?

WILL GO THIS WEEK

Is there a cover cost?