Getting my body back
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try lifting 'man weights'. Heavy weights. You won't 'bulk up' or anything like that, you'll enjoy it, and it'll be different too for you.<br />
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Otherwise most advice sounds good above.<br />
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Although you can lose weight after being on the booze, but it won't be fat - your body finds it tougher to mobilise fat reserves after being on the turps, so will burn carbs and muscle before it gets into the fat!! -
Good to know wise one! Even if you are old and broken! <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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[quote name='BartMan']try lifting 'man weights'. Heavy weights. You won't 'bulk up' or anything like that, you'll enjoy it, and it'll be different too for you.<br />
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Otherwise most advice sounds good above.<br />
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Although you can lose weight after being on the booze, but it won't be fat - your body finds it tougher to mobilise fat reserves after being on the turps, so will burn carbs and muscle before it gets into the fat!![/QUOTE]<br />
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Oh dear, I'm in a bit of a conundrum tonight with the free booze flowing aplenty ! <br />
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It's funny how women fear "bulking up" yet guys generally want that more than anything else. Unless they're really fat to start with of course..... -
Was mean to my legs today. Made myself do an extra set of lunges and camp squats, so now they feel like jelly. Been doing a bit more core stuff too, and have to say I have less back pain now. The exercise where you brace yourself on your forearms and toes and suck in your abs is really good. Far prefer that to crunches, but I'm doing both.
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Yeah that is really good Mokey - imagine trying to get your bellybutton to meet your spine, feel the pain!<br />
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I do a variant of the plank (what you described) on the bosu (the half swiss ball thingy). You set up on it as if you are doing a push up, then you move down onto your elbows/forearms one at a time then back up into press up form. You count each movement of each arm (from press up down to forearm) and the whole time have to keep your back straight. It's good as you are moving but still feel that tension in your core. I have this as a superset exercise with my squats and go for a 40-50 count. Kicks my ass but I like it better than staying in a static hold for X seconds/minutes! -
Mokey I would back up Bart's comment about lifting "big". I think it's one of the biggest misconceptions among a large number of women that lifting big = being beefy/unfeminine. <br />
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The females at my gym that have the lean, low body fat, shaped physiques (I'm not just talking about being thin) all do decent deadlifts, shoulder pressing, dumbbell presses/flyes etc with not "easy" weights. You'll know you're alive afterwards <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
Whew. To mix things up a bit went on a 4 hour hike to the top of a waterfall today. Now have serious jelly legs from the number of mountain goat moves I had to do, but bonus, sat on some rocks in the middle of the rapids at the top and wrote the outline for 5 chapters of book 2. Rock on!
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[quote name='Mokey']Whew. To mix things up a bit went on a 4 hour hike to the top of a waterfall today. Now have serious jelly legs from the number of mountain goat moves I had to do, but bonus, sat on some rocks in the middle of the rapids at the top and wrote the outline for 5 chapters of book 2. Rock on![/QUOTE]<br />
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oh Mokey, pun intended!!? <br />
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Random. Even though my calf muscles are killing me after yesterday's hike, spent just under 90 mins at the gym tonight. Did some extra tricep stuff because they are the least toned part of my arms now. Also added a session on the rowing machine for something a bit different. Despite various aches and pains feel great right now.<br />
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Even more random - walked past the chocolate aisle at the supermarket! I must be ill! -
Grrrr to Easter. The gym is shut and there is an abundance of chocolate around. Went for two walks instead, second one carrying my two year old niece half the way so I guess that is something. Invested in a truckload of new clothes this week too despite not quite being at my goal weight. The pants situation was just getting too ridiculous (waistbands hanging below my hipbones and baggy). Have to say its bloody nice to be wearing stuff that actually fits.
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[quote name='Mokey']Went to the gym today and did a nasty leg workout plus a bit of core stuff and weights. Hopped on the scales at the end to see that I've put on just under a kg, [B]fuck you Easter.[/[/B]QUOTE]<br />
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Not being much of a chocoholic I did as well surprisingly. Actually I had lots of beer, wine and food. Perhaps it is no surprise at all.
