04-27-15, 11:15 AM | |
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: the Sunny South
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I'm an almost 47 year-old meso-endo with an hourglass figure. I am 5'6" or so. I switched from heavy lifting and intense workouts to fusion, Pilates, and more low impact cardio (walking, spin, dance) about 14 months ago. My body definitely looks different -- less bulky, toned, leaner. I have a waist again! And my joints hurt a whole lot less. My muscle definition is actually a little better; I attribute it to less body fat combined with less bulk. I dropped from a size 8 or 10 to a 4 or 6, and even my feet got smaller. (Seriously.) I'm not hungry all the time, and the changed routine has changed my attitude. I don't punish myself in the gym, so I tend not to punish myself anywhere else. It's been great for me.
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04-27-15, 02:22 PM | |
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Minnesota
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I'm a little gymnast. 5'2" with a lot of injuries from my past lives of gymnastics and teaching high impact and step aerobics.
Weights don't work for me anymore. CLX and D2S were awful for my back. I loved doing Firm but again, the step up box and even light weights exacerbated injuries. Now that it's spring and I'm ready to shed my polar fleece, I might add back in some Suzanne Bowen arm work.
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04-27-15, 02:31 PM | |
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: USA
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I am maybe an Endo-Meso? I gain most easily in my midsection but am by no means an apple shape, my upper arms and thighs are also 'problem areas' for me. I am 5'5.
Whatever the case, I wanted to chime in that I made the shift to low weight/high rep (Tonique/Dream Body/barre/TAM) about 1.5 years ago and my legs have NEVER looked more defined than they do now. I get compliments all the time!! I think TAM and HoCo is helping with my midsection and arms but it may be too early to tell. I still do some heavier weights for my upper body, especially back/triceps which are sometimes neglected with many bodyweight/low weight workouts. I am hoping to discover the magic bullet for my upper body like I have with my lower body! I LOVE workouts that use moderate weights like The Firm classics, but even after ONE workout my legs retain water and I lose that definition. Thankfully that leanness comes back just as quickly after a couple of days. I am so glad that I don't bulk from barre like I know other people have problems with. ETA: I have always had a BIG appetite, and still struggle with my diet, but have noticed a marked difference in my appetite levels once I stopped lifting heavier weights. When I was doing primarily barre last summer, consistently low intensity, I really noticed an even bigger appetite decrease. But I need some high intensity in my life But it is still MUCH less than the day in day out ravenous appetite I had before.
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04-27-15, 02:33 PM | |
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Given what you said about the dread, I think you should just give yourself permission to not do heavy weights for the time being. I took an extended break and was pleasantly pleased to find that I did not lose all that much strength and what I did lose came back fairly quickly, and I am 53. Give yourself a break and do whatever is fun for a while and see if you want to get back to it. I did eventually get back to it. The biggest "loss" I've noticed is that I can no longer do the high rep kinds of endurance weight lifting -- Cathe's High Reps, Body Pump, that sort of thing -- completely wears me out.
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