Originally posted by smekzg
I did some HIIT by interchanging between running & jogging, and almost died :eyespop: :D
But it feels good :D
exactly :toothless...i'm doing it tomorrow.
Fledz
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Originally posted by Gauss
D'oh, sit-ups are a bogus exercise for uninformed people that does nothing for your abs and s up your back. Dumbass.
The problem is that people go for speed rather than resistance, which is an innefficient way of exercising the abs. First of all you need to aid weight to the exercise as most peoples abs are capable of lifting their own body weight relatively well, then you need to slow down.
While the "crunches" exercise is somewhat useful, it's an unnecessarily difficult and frustrating exercise. The best way to do it is to hold a weight on your chest with both hands, then crunch up as much as you can. At that point, raise the weight slowly by straightening your arms upwards. Now the key point is to take at least 3-4 seconds to return to the start position while keeping your arms straight. Resistance is what people need in ab exercise.
Planks are fantastic for toning too, though people really need to fix their diet first.
ben_1112
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Originally posted by smekzg
Does anyone here do HIIT? Would you recommend it(aka does it work)?
HIIT is amazing, great for preserving muscle mass if you're on a cut. what i do is incorporate it into swimming, since the impact from running messes with my knees. basically, i do 2 laps moderate of whatever, then 1 lap butterfly sprint followed by 1 lap of freestyle sprint, then repeat the entire thing 6 times. merks me hard, but i've managed to get noticeably leaner while staying at the same weight, and this is after only a month of 2-3 HIIT sessions a week. i get mad bored doing low intensity cardio, so a 20 minute HIIT session is perfect for not getting bored :)
chimera66
did hiit today and thought i was going to throw up at minute 5...left after 10min feeling like a winner
Chris Crossland
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Originally posted by chimera66
did hiit today and thought i was going to throw up at minute 5...left after 10min feeling like a winner
Haha nice.
I did plyometrics today and the second round of doing jump knee tucks i went double time for the whole 30 seconds. I nearly died but it felt so good lol.
That's the best work out of the whole program. It destroys your legs, you're hoppin around all over the place.:gsmile:
A taste!
Grab your buckets boys n girls
Lira
Today I worked out and...
Chris Crossland
So last week I realized I wasn't eating enough food anymore to lose weight. Last week I only lost maybe a pound so I added around 500 more calories to my diet and I'm repeating last week.
So far this week I've lost 3 lbs already! I always thought it was weird that you have to eat more to lose weight.
I took some pictures just to see what kind of progress I've made since last month. Holy ! I just keep getting smaller! Still got a bit of fat left but round two should do the trick. I'm starting it right after I'm finished, taking a break. It's so easy, I could do this diet for the rest of my life.
I'm down 47 lbs now so by the end of next week, which will be my final week, I'll be at least down 52 lbs if things keep up the way they are.
Yay!:D
Cpt.Cocaine
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Originally posted by Chris Crossland
So last week I realized I wasn't eating enough food anymore to lose weight. Last week I only lost maybe a pound so I added around 500 more calories to my diet and I'm repeating last week.
So far this week I've lost 3 lbs already! I always thought it was weird that you have to eat more to lose weight.
Yeah that confuses me too. I've been consistently losing weight for the last year, and at the same time running longer and longer distances, so the most challenging part is that I can never have stable eating habits, I constantly have to readjust how many calories I'm consuming or I end up crashing and getting fatigued/dizzy.
Chris Crossland
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Originally posted by Cpt.Cocaine
Yeah that confuses me too. I've been consistently losing weight for the last year, and at the same time running longer and longer distances, so the most challenging part is that I can never have stable eating habits, I constantly have to readjust how many calories I'm consuming or I end up crashing and getting fatigued/dizzy.
Strange thing for me was I wasn't getting fatigued at all. My mom was the one that told me I needed to eat more, I had no ing clue, lol. Mon-Wed I worked out twice a day and gained weight. I took Thursday off and lost 1.5 lbs.:crazy:
yankeeBaby
I have 5 of the P90X DVD's, as my coworker burned them for me....I find all of them extremely challenging and I am loving it so far.
But, the shoulders and arms I thought was too easy! Looks like I have to invest in some heavier weights...it barely made me break a sweat!
epicaricacy
you have to invest in eating less cake.
tubularbills
congrats on the accomplishment(s) chris! i've been such a lazy bastard since st patty's day :(
