Reminds me of that video clip of Jonah Lomu balancing on a swedish ball, twisting from side to side with a dumbell in his hands... Frightening to see that bulk being controlled so delicately. Same aim - core stability.
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Kirwan's correct in principle though: if you lost weight over time, it's because you were either losing muscle mass, and/or eating less calories than you were burning. Unless, of course, you are a genetically modified superhuman who can deny the laws of physics... <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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[quote]And it's only six meals, three normal and three snacks in between - not the end of the world.[/quote]<br />
I've got to admit, that sounds like my sort of weight loss program!! <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />Â Double my intake... <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
Their results are due to phenomenal effort: at that level, whatever dietary regime they follow will be subordinate to the calorific, training, and mental effects of their dedication. Any athlete has 'lucky rabbit's feet', whether magic diets, visualisation, special clothes, or a great trainer... I don't deny the value of healthy diet, but for the average ferner trying to lose some weight, agonising over '3 squares' or '15 mini-snacks' is farkin irrelevant. Just get yer arse outside, get yer heart rate up, and eat/drink less calories. Within a month, you'll lose flab, regain muscle and feel better... Conversely, expecting a change to a magical '15 snacks a day routine' without other lifestyle changes to transform you into adonis is bollocky poo poo... But hey, whatever motivates! When I was at my most insanely fit, I was stuffing anything I could find down my neck, because I was burning over 8000 calories a day - we all felt more or less constantly nauseous, because of the distended gut. I'm just saying, focus on the big issues - energy in, energy out, and a bearable, enjoyable, long term exercise regime. All else is tweaking the edges..
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[quote]* How Often We Eat<br />
   Our metabolic rate increases during digestion of food, a process known as the Thermal Effect of food. In simple terms, if we go too long without food (5 hours for men; 3 hours for women), our body thinks there is a food shortage and our metabolism tends to slow down.[/quote]<br />
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Cretinous pseudo-scientific babble.... Yes it does increase when we eat, but the explicit corollary in this statement (that it slows down if we don't), is unproven in realistic daily terms (I accept it's true if you don't eat for, say, 2 weeks). The only logical deduction is that your metabolic rate rises whenever you eat - at 2 minute or 2 hour intervals. This is true- but it's not about weight loss, it's about the increased energy demands of digesting as opposed to lying there doing nothing. The effect of the time interval is irrelevant compared to the metabolic effect of 'exercise' - shock horror. Your body will take far more notice of an hour on the treadmill than it will the difference between having eaten half an hour or 3 hours ago... <br />
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[quote]I see you're familiar with proverbs from the Légion Etrangère...[/quote]<br />
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They were allowed to borrow it from the British Army... <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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If it ain't raining, it ain't training.<br />
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[quote]You know what I mean - stuff which hasn't had machines mess with it (ie. white bread). I've gone wholemeal everything where possible.<br />
I dont think you can get wholemeal space dust though.[/quote]<br />
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Different concepts: you are confusing 'good for you' with 'modified': wholemeal is better for you because it gives more roughage - but its been 'messed with' just as much as white bread unless you've personally grown the wheat, yeast and additives, and made it yourself. Conversely, a Japanese puffer fish meal would kill you if the chef didn't 'modify' it properly by removing the most toxic bits in his preparation... Every single thing we eat has been affected by human intervention - don't kid yourself otherwise. The issue is avoiding genuine poisons, and maintaining a healthy body. -
Use a HRM to train. It forces you to neither over nor under-train.<br />
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Keep a training diary - I use MS excel, and graph my heart rate recovery after exercise (1, 2, 3, 4 ,5, 10, 15 mins)Â You get obsessed with improving the recovery rate.<br />
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As well as the weight, check your resting heart rate once a month. Should be going down.<br />
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Ignore the concept of the 'fat burning zone' - just get your heart up there and keep it there: the higher you go, the more fat you burn... I aim for 170+ on the exercise bike.<br />
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[quote]More often these day though I try and cut out those refined carbs which have been mentioned on here and switching to most things which havent been tinkered with by humans.[/quote]<br />
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[quote]More important (based on nothing I have read, but seems common sense to this battered frontrowers brain), if you input xxxx amount of calories to your body a day, carb, protein or whatever, and expend xxxx+xxxx (more than you input), ergo, you will lose weight.[/quote]<br />
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Spot on mate: the laws of physics are not yet defeated, even by the most hyped of diets. It's like all the bollocks about the 'unhealthiness' of some foods as opposed to others. It's all poured into a vat of sulphuric acid in your stomach, and reduced to the basic constituents: protein, carbs, fats. The only 'unhealthiness' is in getting the relative proportions stupidly out of wack, or in shovelling more energy in than you expend, and becoming a fat bastard. Otherwise, if you want a Big Mac, fire away - it's no worse for you than a fresh, organically raised steak. People get insanely - and irrationally - obsessive about food 'quality'. -
[quote]OK, an update: last nights 1 hr 20 min touch footy game saw me disturbingly lethargic and lacking spark for the first half hour, but as the game wore on, the pace and energy I've been striving to develop gradually returned. Don't know why it took so long to get into the swing of it, 'cos I didn't have a big weekend or anything? :think:[/quote]<br />
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Dunno your age or previous fitness levels, Red Bull, but that's quite an intense exercise regime to start from cold if you aren't a really 'young thing'. I'd bet you're feeling the effects of a bit of overtraining. Try easing off/change the routine to add a rest day in the middle of the week - if not 2. I like to only do hard sessions every other day, even though the obsession hits and you want to go at it every day. -
[quote]Problem is the formula can be flawed if e.g. you have lots of muscle and displace much water but don't have that much fat[/quote]<br />
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Hmm: not heard of it before, but that doesn't sound quite right Nick: if it's done properly, they should be getting two measurements from such an action:<br />
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a) The body volume - from displaced water.<br />
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<img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> Your known weight - set of scales<br />
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Knowing muscle, bone and fat densities, it's then just (!) solving a simultaneous equation to get the answer. I can see room for a few errors, but would agree that - in theory - it should be bloody accurate, if someone knows what they're doing. -
Stuff like ceaser salads is great for lunch: get a fresh lettuce, chop it up, throw in some spicy shop-bought croutons, splash on low-fat dressing, and it's surprisingly filling/refreshing (eat as much as you want) and, once you've got past the savoury craving, tastes bloody good. Initially, add grilled and chopped bacon if you must have meat. (Not fried!!)
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Yup, it's bollocks: body fat percentage is a more meaningful measure. Needs some skill to get it right (calipers etc). Athletes will have 6-13% body mass made up of fat, fit to fat bastard 'normal' people will range 14 - 25%, and over 25% is 'obese'. 15% is a good target.
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[quote]When you piss yellow is bad, clear is good?[/quote]<br />
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Bart, British Army's advice, aimed at simple souls like Infantrymen, is 'Pee white once a day'... Theory is, that means you're properly hydrating yourself. Crude measure, but effective - important when exercising.<br />
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If most of you are starting from (ahem) a 'relatively flabby midriff zone', 'core stability' is an area to start gently on - that's gut and lower back exercises to you and me.. Important, as it is believed to provide the base from which all body muscular action is powered, and it will protect against back injuries. One of the most effective is 'cycling', 'cos it exercises frontal and oblique abdominals (proven in a US study to be better than any other gut exercise): lie on your back, put hands clasped behind your head, and alternately raise left/right knee, in a cycling motion. As the knee comes up, swing the alternate elbow (eg left elbow to right knee) down toward it. Start with (say) 20 reps a side, and build to 200. I do it first thing in the morning, before showering.<br />
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The other point: the exercise leads to weight loss, but it's the time when you aren't exercising that lets the muscles get stronger, as they recover and react to new stress. I reckon that, for anyone over about 35, this means that you should exercise no more than every other day for at least the first month: it'll keep injuries down, and stop you losing heart. Build up by all means, but take it slowly at first: injuries are a bummer. -
The point about bar height is good - I hate the new stems that are un-adjustable. You get the seat height right, and are too low up front, but cannot solve it without buying another piece of kit... bummer.
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Thanks guys - this thread has motivated me to give it another try. Don't think it's the seat - I normally stick a towel on already, just for comfort. Might be over reaching forward: problem is, it's difficult not to go for maximum reach when you're really committing. Ah well - just have to suck it up, I guess..
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I love the rower, but my problem has always been (no sniggering please...) that I get a terribly sore arse after about 10 mins on it. Not a 'pressure' thing, but a sort of tight straining in the muscles at the top/back of the butt. Each time I try to develop a serious rowing habit, I end up quitting because of it - use the bikes and the treadmill for aerobics. Any one else experience this/solved the problem? Annoys me, 'cos it's a great whole body work out - I used to row in a Uni eight, so it ain't technique, either...
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Would second the heart rate monitor point: it forces you to do cardio based on what effect you're actually having on your aerobic system, rather than how you feel.<br />
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There is some evidence that the best weight loss combo is weights followed immediately by cardio. Needs careful planning to avoid overtraining, but does work.<br />
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Spot reduction, as Nick says, is a myth: the only way to lose yer wobbly bits is to burn more calories a day than you stuff into the machine: over time, this will remove all the excess flab - but, unfortunately, it tends to go in the same order it came, so the boobs/belly will take longest.<br />
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Bottom line is that it takes time, and therefore needs to be enjoyable/part of a lifestyle choice. <br />
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Good news is, as Irish says, you start to feel better, have more energy,etc etc - libido improves, and you'll generate natural mood enhancers - go for it. <br />
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(Oh - and edit - the best news is that the latest research suggests that, while you won't be playing international rugby, proper exercise/eating regimes can keep your 'basic fitness' at very satisfactory levels out to the mid fifties and beyond. The traditional view that fitness declines terminally from about 35 to 40 is based on confusing cause and effect - it happened because, culturally, people stopped exercising at that age.)
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