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Post by lardy on Dec 8, 2021 21:03:39 GMT
Today: 3 sets of Push ups, Didn't count reps but not many, I'm finding my shoulders start hurting after about 3 reps 2 sets Bicep curls until a rep short of failure 2 sets of 30 second planks Donkey calf raises until failure (30 or so reps) 3 sets of 30 second Isometric calf raises with a real hard squeeze at the top.
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Post by mr potatohead on Dec 13, 2021 10:11:42 GMT
This is awesome Lardy! Keep up the good sessions! I know it sounds silly but because I walk to work which is 3 miles away I don't feel like this is much of a workout tbh. I will get more done as my body gets stronger :D cheers mate! Actually, walking burns more calories from FAT and running burns more calories from glycogen stores. Due to the requirement your body has to access the fuel, it adjusts the fuel source appropriately - like a stereo balance knob - to prefer slow burning fat or quick burning glycogen/sugars/carbs.
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Post by Michael on Dec 14, 2021 20:42:15 GMT
Today: 3 sets of Push ups, Didn't count reps but not many, I'm finding my shoulders start hurting after about 3 reps 2 sets Bicep curls until a rep short of failure 2 sets of 30 second planks Donkey calf raises until failure (30 or so reps) 3 sets of 30 second Isometric calf raises with a real hard squeeze at the top. Lardy try doing Your pushups standing using a wall first. Work up to like 50 rep sets. This is very good for elbows and shoulders when You're not use to doing pushups. Then progress to a counter top or table. When You can do 20-30 rep sets with these You should be ready for floor pushups. Before I lost 60lbs I was able to do pushups on the floor but I started like this to get the tendons and ligaments ready for floor pushups. When You have extra weight like I did it can put a strain on Your elbows and shoulders starting with the floor.
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Post by lardy on Dec 15, 2021 14:18:05 GMT
Today: 3 sets of Push ups, Didn't count reps but not many, I'm finding my shoulders start hurting after about 3 reps 2 sets Bicep curls until a rep short of failure 2 sets of 30 second planks Donkey calf raises until failure (30 or so reps) 3 sets of 30 second Isometric calf raises with a real hard squeeze at the top. Lardy try doing Your pushups standing using a wall first. Work up to like 50 rep sets. This is very good for elbows and shoulders when You're not use to doing pushups. Then progress to a counter top or table. When You can do 20-30 rep sets with these You should be ready for floor pushups. Before I lost 60lbs I was able to do pushups on the floor but I started like this to get the tendons and ligaments ready for floor pushups. When You have extra weight like I did it can put a strain on Your elbows and shoulders starting with the floor. I am thinking of doing slightly easier exercises for more reps because it seems to be all of my joints struggling including elbows and knees, I have bought some Gelatine to try and combat it after reading some posts here. The problem with wall push ups is I could literally do hundreds if it wasn't for my elbow hurting after about 100, I'm not sure I can get the right leverage? Haven't posted in a few days because meh life but I've been rucking a lot roughly 5-8 miles a day with 20-40kg, some calf raises and carries, I want to get more volume in but I just seem to ache all over the day after (not in a good way)
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Post by lardy on Dec 15, 2021 14:19:05 GMT
I know it sounds silly but because I walk to work which is 3 miles away I don't feel like this is much of a workout tbh. I will get more done as my body gets stronger cheers mate! Actually, walking burns more calories from FAT and running burns more calories from glycogen stores. Due to the requirement your body has to access the fuel, it adjusts the fuel source appropriately - like a stereo balance knob - to prefer slow burning fat or quick burning glycogen/sugars/carbs. Are you suggesting walking is better for weight loss or am I reading this wrong?
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Post by mr potatohead on Dec 15, 2021 15:10:44 GMT
Actually, walking burns more calories from FAT and running burns more calories from glycogen stores. Due to the requirement your body has to access the fuel, it adjusts the fuel source appropriately - like a stereo balance knob - to prefer slow burning fat or quick burning glycogen/sugars/carbs. Are you suggesting walking is better for weight loss or am I reading this wrong? No, I'm reporting what others have discovered, that slow, steady effort, like walking, causes the body to access more fat than glycogen. People who "fidget" all day long, constantly moving about, tend to be thin because almost all of their energy is being supplied by fat. People who sit on their butt or lay on the couch most of the day and then go out and do HIT for 30 minutes are burning mostly glycogen, not fat, although they may be burning more calories, it's not much from fat, and once they've burned up their donut fuel, they're done. If they want to continue with the HIT, they need to re-feed their sugar starved body with more donuts and sugar. Or, they can dial back from the sugar fuel to a fat-burning, slow-paced, easy, steady effort like walking. BTW, Weight loss can also be accomplished by losing muscle or taking a big BM. One of the great features of walking, IMO, is that it employs the largest muscles in the body which; .increases the requirement for energy over other isolated muscle groups which, in turn; .puts more acute/beneficial stress on the cardio/vasc system More fat is burned with comfortable, easy exercise than with balls-to-the-wall intensity. Sprinters burn more glycogen. Walkers burn more fat.
Keep in mind, I'm ignoring the time involved to do any particular exercise. I'm only addressing the type of fuel used by the body for the exercise. Although, having written that, I confess I'm most fond, and love the feeling, of involving as much of my body as possible in exercise at all times. That is why I never do exercise that isolates one muscle - like bicep curls. Also, loving full-body exercise is why, when I walk, I like to also carry, "hunker down" (various positions of bent-over-lunge-duckwalk-like awkward looking steps), alternating-hand-to-hand-pump a DB, stick exercise like shoulder dislocates, etc, etc. Anything I can do to add to the effort and spontaneous fun (chimp walk?). OK, one more EDIT: I am suggesting that walking is better than running for fat loss. (Perhaps if I'd said that in the first place, I wouldn't have needed the rest of it?)
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Post by pierinifitness on Dec 15, 2021 15:15:38 GMT
Are you suggesting walking is better for weight loss or am I reading this wrong? No, I'm reporting what others have discovered, that slow, steady effort, like walking, causes the body to access more fat than glycogen. People who "fidget" all day long, constantly moving about, tend to be thin because almost all of their energy is being supplied by fat. People who sit on their butt or lay on the couch most of the day and then go out and do HIT for 30 minutes are burning mostly glycogen, not fat, although they may be burning more calories, it's not from fat, and when they've burned up theirĀ donut fuel, they're done. If they want to continue, they will need dial back to either a slow-paced, easy, steady effort like walking or re-feed their sugar starved body with more donuts and sugar. Weight loss can also be accomplished by losing muscle or taking a big BM. One of the great features of walking, IMO, is that it employs the largest muscles in the body which; .increases the requirement for energy over other isolated muscle groups which, in turn; .puts more acute/beneficial stress on the cardio/vasc system More fat is burned with comfortable, easy exercise than with balls-to-the-wall intensity. Sprinters burn more glycogen. Walkers burn more fat. Although, having written that, I confess I'm most fond, and love the feeling, of involving as much of my body as possible in exercise at all times. That is why I never do exercise that isolates one muscle - like bicep curls. Also, loving full-body exercise is why, when I walk, I like to also carry, "hunker down" (various positions of bent-over-lunge-duckwalk-like awkward looking steps), alternating-hand-to-hand-pump a DB, stick exercise like shoulder dislocates, etc, etc. Anything I can do to add to the effort and spontaneous fun (chimp walk?). Agree with what you said. Walking is great but time consuming. Nothing trumps weight loss better than eating less because the calories most people burn in an hour of walking can be eaten in 5 minutes.
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Post by mr potatohead on Dec 15, 2021 15:29:56 GMT
I made another edit, sorry. When I re-read, I find things not so clear to fix.
Anyway, yes absolutely, just burning CALORIES is not at all the same as burning FAT.
The great thing about low intensity exercise, like walking, is that, when done, it is much easier to avoid grabbing the first sugary carb thing you see to stuff in your mouth.
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Post by billfish on Dec 15, 2021 15:55:19 GMT
Lardy
" Nothing trumps weight loss better than eating less because the calories most people burn in an hour of walking can be eaten in 5 minutes. "
The same can be said for any form of exercise Slow and steady.....keep up the good work, you're doing great !
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Post by Michael on Dec 15, 2021 19:01:04 GMT
I made another edit, sorry. When I re-read, I find things not so clear to fix. Anyway, yes absolutely, just burning CALORIES is not at all the same as burning FAT. The great thing about low intensity exercise, like walking, is that, when done, it is much easier to avoid grabbing the first sugary carb thing you see to stuff in your mouth. Very good points Mr.P about the low intensity exercise.
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Post by BigBruvOfEnglandUK on Dec 17, 2021 23:23:57 GMT
Lardy, there are a lot of great bodyweight exercises but they can be hard on the tendons and joints just as heavy barbell and dumbbell exercises can be. You can try easier versions of bodyweight exercises but as you have found some of these can be also problem. If you haven't already got some, get some adjustable dumbbells. Try higher rep stuff. One set per exercise, hitting failure at about 25-30 reps or even much higher if your joints and tendons don't like 30 reps. Or something similar (In my understanding of it) to Danny Padilla or Serge Nubret of finding a weight that you would hit failure at 20 reps as a test. You won't be doing 20 reps for your workout. For your workouts you will do 5 sets of 12 reps with that same weight in the particular exercise. You will really feel the weight in the last set of 12 reps but it won't be so heavy that your joints and tendons start complaining.
I only rarely click on threads that discus weight loss because there is so much drivel talked on the subject. Forget intense fat burning exercises. Who the fuck is going to do that crap for the rest of their lives? People don't get fat because they don't do enough fat burning exercises. They get fat because they eat too much. Walking is good for your body. Just use it as an exercise to get you fit and forget about the calorie burning aspect of it. Yeah, it's probably better than high intensity exercise for fat burning but nothing is going to reduce your waist size more than eating less food will. I'm not a big believer in the magical powers of vegetables. I very rarely eat them. They are ok if you don't mind all the digestive disruption. I would just use them for compost.
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Post by mr potatohead on Dec 18, 2021 14:48:01 GMT
..... People don't get fat because they don't do enough fat burning exercises. They get fat because they eat too much. Walking is good for your body. Just use it as an exercise to get you fit and forget about the calorie burning aspect of it. Yeah, it's probably better than high intensity exercise for fat burning but nothing is going to reduce your waist size more than eating less food will. ....... Indeed. You can't outrun a donut. Food choice, what you eat and how much (your diet), is number 1.
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Post by MBS on Dec 18, 2021 15:41:36 GMT
I only rarely click on threads that discus weight loss because there is so much drivel talked on the subject. Forget intense fat burning exercises. Who the fuck is going to do that crap for the rest of their lives? People don't get fat because they don't do enough fat burning exercises. They get fat because they eat too much. Walking is good for your body. Just use it as an exercise to get you fit and forget about the calorie burning aspect of it. Yeah, it's probably better than high intensity exercise for fat burning but nothing is going to reduce your waist size more than eating less food will. I'm not a big believer in the magical powers of vegetables. I very rarely eat them. They are ok if you don't mind all the digestive disruption. I would just use them for compost. Well said.
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Post by lardy on Dec 23, 2021 18:18:30 GMT
Been doing this pretty much every day since I last logged.
2 sets Bicep curls until a rep short of failure 2 sets of 30 second planks Donkey calf raises until failure (30 or so reps) 3 sets of 30 second Isometric calf raises with a real hard squeeze at the top.
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Post by mr potatohead on Dec 23, 2021 20:45:11 GMT
lardy, Have you begun to notice any favorable changes?
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