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Old 02-26-20, 02:27 PM  
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I prefer light cardio-sculpting to straight-up vanilla cardio, so I suppose that counts for cardio too.
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Old 02-26-20, 02:51 PM  
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Old 02-26-20, 06:08 PM  
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First let me say, I LOVE my doctor. He always steers his patients to lifestyle changes before, as a last resort, prescribing medicines. He's very fit and definitely knows what he's talking about re: diet and exercise which is refreshing. Yesterday I met with him for my annual check up and broached the subject of weight gain lately. I have Hashimoto's so I am assuming it's related to that but we talked about diets and exercise. Since diet isn't allowed here I won't address this but this is what he said about exercise. An ideal schedule for weight loss is 150 mins of cardio per week and strength train each body part 2-3 times per week. He's not a big fan of barre type workouts but is a fan of Bodypump and does it himself on occasion. As we get older our metabolism slows, as most of us know and are experiencing. To counter that we need to build muscle. While full body strength training is ok, ideally for building muscle we should split it up in some way (upper/lower etc.) Full body would be good for maintenance. He also has major exercise ADD like I do and goes back and forth between types of strength training.
So I've been pretty lost lately and unmotivated but I've decided to take my doc's advice and concentrate more on true strength building using Cathe. My cardio was already at 150 mins/week.
I could write this exact post! Had a full check up recently and I'm super healthy.. Just was told to lift weights and no Barre type stuff. I showed him my Hamelin workouts and he said it's ridiculous wasted time and zero bennefits. I'm back to Cathe and Kelly!!!
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Old 02-27-20, 09:56 AM  
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Upperwside, do you mind if i ask what workouts you going to do? I'm waffling all over the place. Interesting your doc said the same thing mine did!
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Old 02-27-20, 03:55 PM  
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Upperwside, do you mind if i ask what workouts you going to do? I'm waffling all over the place. Interesting your doc said the same thing mine did!
Not upperwside, but I have recently gotten back into Cathe workouts. I'm 57, so I had sort of thought my Cathe days were done, but for some reason I started trying some again with the mindset that I can modify anything, I can skip anything. This makes all the difference in the world to me, and I find it having an almost opposite effect -- I'm starting to pick up heavier weights (maybe because I know I'll either switch them out or stop if it's too much?). The other thing that I'm doing, full disclosure, is mostly sticking with LITE and ICE workouts, but not entirely!! I'm loosely following a rotation where I just plug in three cardio workouts per week, one total body, one leg day, and one metabolic/boot camp. This thread has made me wonder if maybe I should alternate that type of week with a week where I do a split -- I may try that. Anyway, I chimed in just in case this would be useful to you. Good luck!!
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Old 02-28-20, 08:05 AM  
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I could write this exact post! Had a full check up recently and I'm super healthy.. Just was told to lift weights and no Barre type stuff. I showed him my Hamelin workouts and he said it's ridiculous wasted time and zero bennefits. I'm back to Cathe and Kelly!!!

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Old 02-28-20, 10:20 AM  
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I know! While I don’t get a lot out of Hamelin, I think it’s wrong to say there are zero benefits. There are benefits to increasing physical activity in any way. Maybe what is meant is that it isn’t the most bang for your buck if your goal is to get stronger or lose weight.

I am really happy with my doctors and see them because they know their stuff in their specialities, but I know none of them are fitness or nutrition experts, so grain of salt and all that.
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