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01-20-19, 05:59 PM | |
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Maryland, USA
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Daisy- this set - X-Factor ST worked well for me - it is all body weight and you do it 3X per week
https://www.amazon.com/Weider-X-Fact...or+body+weight If I recall correctly, each week has a different set of workouts.... Donna |
01-21-19, 05:47 PM | |
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: South Florida
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Depends of the results I’m looking for.
I do resistance training because I want to build/maintain muscle and strength. In addition, the aesthetics results I get from this activity are unique. Shapely body with muscles. I don’t get these results from other fitness activities. I once trained for my first half marathon for 3 months and dropped all weight training. Running 20 miles weekly. The goal was to finish the race! Too much cardio and muscles were not popping. I was eating a lot of food in order to keep my lean mass and a result kept my weight at my target. If fat loss is the goal, I use workouts as a tool to increase calories deficit and lose weight faster. Nutrition adjustments comes first. I may sure to keep resistance training to avoid muscle loss. Once of the reason is that muscle tissue burn more calories than fat. No need for me to workout endless hours weekly to maintain bc I have a fairly amount of lean mass. I know ZERO about WW but seems complicated. If I’m overweight I just put my target weight in the following calculator and mark sedentary https://www.verywellfit.com/how-many...ry-day-3495464 There are tons of free calculators on the web!!! Then I eat the calories burned total. Any extra calories burned during my workouts will help speed the process. If I reach my target weight I may be able to eat more due to the type of workouts I’m doing. I use a HRM so I have an understanding about how many calories I can add to my target number. An eye opener is to mark current weight to realize how many calories are you eating daily to maintain that weight. Needless to say that target weight is very individual and depends on muscle/fat ration. At my best, I’m 145-155 and I wear size 6 and 8.
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01-22-19, 06:47 AM | |
Join Date: Oct 2009
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From a big picture perspective, I would say approach finding the "best" workout & healthy diet for you with patience, compassion & experimentation.
I think there are some who's body & metabolism fit perfectly to popular systems on the market. Like, it was so inspiring to read the recent thread on VFers who still do high impact in middle age (40 - 70). Inspiring not because I aim to do as they do, but just really appreciating the spirit of boldly listening to your body & giving it what it needs, even if it's high impact in later years & hanging with the younguns lol. However, I am just the opposite (mild intensity, low impact) and it has taken me many years to find workouts/methods I love that love me back. Same with food, recently came to the realization that I needed to become a vegetarian again. I started working out in earnest at @33 & am now 51. Only in the last 4 years have I found really good combos for me. I too started out following systems & markets & at first thought I was doing the wrong workouts or somehow doing it wrong cause I didnt feel energized or wasnt losing. But I have found over the years, my body, diet needs & emotional needs change. Like, if you are working 3 jobs, in school & have 2 kids or move to another country vs just retired - I mean life takes us in so many directions, out workout needs are bound to change. I am a lot happier when I change the workout system to fit my needs rather than force my body to fit into a system that is not making me happy. I say, experiment til your hearts content Listen to your body & your emotional needs. Try it, keep what works & let the rest go, guilt free. Know it may take time (or u may find your eureka method quickly!), but have fun along the way trying all the different methods - most important - you are moving & taking care of yourself & there are always benefits to that & beats doing nothing at all, which is what many other people do.
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01-22-19, 04:18 PM | ||
Join Date: Jul 2011
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01-22-19, 04:19 PM | |
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: South Florida
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On the topic of Losing Muscle, this youtuber posted the following recently:
Katie Corio 5’2” Losing the Muscle – Why I did it & HOW I did it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-j0-Xi--Vc Impressive transformation from Zero to Bikini competitions. She said that at her biggest after switching to Powerbuilding was eating 3000 – 4000 calories per day. The true of the matter is that the more you eat the stronger you become. Also, muscles are built on a calorie surplus.
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01-29-19, 04:58 AM | ||
Join Date: Nov 2011
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I love this thread and have been enjoying reading everyone's replies.
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