seti Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I lost 55lbs then I started eating at Simm's and found alot of it back. Starting back on South Beach Phase 1. I found it takes about three weeks to change habits but only a couple days to unlearn them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale W Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Gonzp ....... One has to keep in mind that cardio work is to increase the size of the left ventrile in the heart thus lowering the resting heart rate . Cardio work does very little to actually change the physical shape of the body , doing cardio makes you better at doing cardio , just like doing aerobics . If aerobics are so good then why do you see all these aerobic instructors with rear ends like a Mac truck , basicly it's because there bodys have adaptived to the demands of the cardio so now there is no reason to make a physical change . My beef with cardio perscription is the undo load it puts on the joints of unfit induviduals . If your a 220 lbs female who's natural body weight should be 130 lbs then you joints are constructed to handle the loads of a 130 lbs person and not a 220 lb'er . Thats why there is so much injury during exercise for unfit people who undertake the wrong type of exercise perscription at the begining . My way is gaining muscle first which will stabalize those joints once impact type manouvers are introduced ... see thats why alot of people quit is becasue they are hurt or soar and thats because of the above mentioned . I don't follow the calories in VS calories out theory ... basicly if you have to walk 10 miles to burn off a can of coke , it's much easier not to drink it in the first place . In other words i don't wear people out on threadmills and elipticals attempting to burn off what they have ingested . I build them more muscle which will do that all by itself because it needs to be fed to survive . As far as a routine .... i'm sure we could colaborate on something , i'll check my library tonight and see if you can get hold of copies of a few books i have that more so show the exercise and it's proper execution then a routine per say . Following the correct line of pull and doing exercises properly is where a personal trainer will shine ... I see more wasted effort in the gyms then forward progress because alot of men are to subborn to accept guidence in this area and find it some kinda stupid pride thing that i don't understand for the life of me . If your not mechanicly inclined you would'nt pull the transmission from your car and tear it apart yet you'll march into a gym and totaly wreck the one body the good lord gave you ... makes me shake my head . You don't have to work hard , you have to work smart ! 70 % of how you look is from what you eat and your eating habits ... the remaining 30 % is the type or style of methods you incoporate in your training , like endurance , strength , or hytrophy ( which is body building ) I'll check back in tomorrow ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arky Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Dale Thanks for your help. I'm using a trainer for the proper technique thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzp Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 Dale, Thank you for your insite and expertise. I truly do appreciate your words of wisdom and you taking the time to write detailed posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_Dude Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Dale, can I ask where you work? I am in the same city and you definately sound like you know what your talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthfreek Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 My girlfriend and I both triathlon and I eat whatever I want. 135lbs. I simply can't gain any weight....I've tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arky Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 My girlfriend and I both triathlon and I eat whatever I want. 135lbs. I simply can't gain any weight....I've tried. I hate you.[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rplace Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 ...Getting the nation fat is certainly good for Cargill and Kraft and General Foods and so on... Don't forget all the drug companies either. What could be better for the bottom line then if we were all on diabetes medication? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rplace Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Mark, so true. Take 2 minutes and watch this if you have not...ignore the first few seconds of text on the screen and get right to the funny stuff. Not a huge CR fan, but this is too good to pass up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnbkP8Bxar4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale W Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Canadian dude ...... I workout at body quest on 50th street every weekday from 1:00 till 2:00 .... weekends off ( i work just off 50th street on 76 ave so it's close ) I live just outside Fort Sask and sometimes can be found at the Dow Centenial Center in fort sask as well , my wife is a fitness leader and she teachs 10 or 12 aerobic classes a week there . I train some people out of that gym so try not to work out there myself as i constantly get bombarted with questions . When i use to compete i trained at a gym downtown called Mr C's ( named after Mr Canada ) but it's since closed . I don't have the genetics to turn pro and i'm not willing to take the chemical pathway thats needed to survive in the game at that level so i just keep in shape now and help others with there fitness goals . I do some sport specific training as well , mostly dryland training for hockey . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale W Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 My girlfriend and I both triathlon and I eat whatever I want. 135lbs. I simply can't gain any weight....I've tried. Excess carbohydrates ..... Do you know how to build a sumo wrestler ? They eat rice and then sleep , repeat - repeat - repeat That will put on fat which is weight , to build muscle you must show the body a load that it does not see regularly so it will change to accomidate seeing that load again ( very basic description ) but once you have new muscle you have to eat properly to keep it . You can't eat like a 135lb and be 150lbs , that extra muscle needs protien to survive and if you do not show it protien from your diet then it will turn apon itself and get the protien from your existing muscle which as you can see is very conterproductive to growing . You need 22 essentail amino acids to build muscle , if one or more is not present then the body will steal the amino acid profile it needs from existing muscle to repair the damaged tissue . A good way to ensure all 22 are present is something called protien combining --- thats where you eat protien from 2 different sources at every meal . Like egg's and chicken together , or beef and beans etc etc etc . One extra protien shake per day never hurt anyone either and they all have a good amino profile to them and about 30 -35 grams of protien per scoop . My breakfast is 8 oz of egg white , 8 oz of 2% milk and 1 scoop of whey protien powder ... then i eat 2 cups of oatmeal and 1 cup yogurt at 10:00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shmoe Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 My suggestion for this type of problem would be to do cardio that is low impact, such as an elliptical trainer. This way there is no stress on any joints, and you are not "pounding the pavement" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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