> Kevin wrote: > If you look at caloric intake and output, you make the biggest impact > by simply reducing caloric intake.
Great write up! I totally agree. When I started, it was cardio and high rep weights. I remember that I couldn't even do a barbell fly without a lot of pain in different areas. It took about 2 months, but eventually most of every ache went away and I was ready to switch to high weight, low rep. For weights I use barbells and a half cage (mine is kind of a combo free-weights/machine http://www.hoistfitness.com ) and I work low reps to muscle failure with no sets. That is, I do 6-8 reps on a muscle until I can't do the next rep and then I'm done - no further sets. Once I get above 10 reps I switch to higher weight. I almost never have muscle soreness and, if I do, it's only because I did something stupid like test my max bench capacity. My cardio has also been a slow progression. I swim, bike, and do a stationary recumbent. I also throw in jogging sometimes, but I try to stay away from that. When I started swimming I couldn't swim 25 meters without resting - that's out of shape! Within 4 weeks I was up to 100 meters between rests, and now I can do a mile or 2000 meters without a problem. The problem with swimming is staring at that line for an hour so to solve that I bought a thing called a lillypod for my iPod and AudioHijack for my Mac. I set it to stream content and then record it to MP3. Then I listen to it while swimming - works great. I still hate working out most of the time, but I feel way better especially about myself. It's just something that I know I'm never going to feel like doing so I just do it and I always feel better for it. Also, on days I'm really tired, I tell myself I'll only do a short workout but I've never quit early yet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157861 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
