What's up with your knee? A friend who hangs out at Starbucks downtown
and my age is complaining about pains in his leg. He says he must be
getting old enough to get these "old people's diseases. :))
I suggested it might be a form of arthritis and his neighbor who is a
nurse said the same thing. A couple week's ago he had purchased about 3
heads of lettuce at the farmer's market and said he eats a lot of
salad. By ayurveda that would not be a good thing to do in a cold winter.
On 03/04/2014 07:29 AM, Share Long wrote:
Judy, good point about having a trainer. After 7 weeks my knee is
still wonky and I wouldn't dare do one squat on it! And I went and
figured and you're right about Alex's contribution. It was on the
topic of calories. Good catch!
On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 7:39 AM, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hmmm, I couldn't find any recent posts from Alex about exercise. Go
figure.
If you're going to do anything strenuous by way of exercise,
especially weight lifting or anything that puts strain on the joints,
probably best to get advice from a trainer first, or you could injure
yourself.
Richard and Alex, thanks for the good info about the best exercise and
noozguru, the bit about doshas is a great reminder for me being pure
pitta. Not good to get overheated!
On Monday, March 3, 2014 9:17 PM, Pundit Sir <punditster@...> wrote:
We don't eat any sugar anymore, or very many carbs except for some
whole grains. We are not into packaged foods of any kind these days.
We are eating mostly organic vegetables, chicken and organic beef from
Whole Foods Market. Rita has tried to limit her caloric intake to 1200
calories per day and work outs at the gym every day for one hour. It
helps if you have a personal trainer.
You can turn fat into muscle using the body's basic patterns of
movement: simply do squats, dead lifts and chin ups and you have the
basics. Each day you just lift a little more weight each time -
barbells or other weights. What you have to do is keep at it every day
- don't stop. It's that simple.
According to what I've read, the best exercises to use are the ones
that involve the most muscle mass and the greatest number of joints,
and exercises that require you to balance yourself while you’re doing
them. I promise you this: If you do the squats and dead lifts at
proper levels of weight, your body will build muscle and strength.
You can do this with a barbell- just put a bar on your back and squat
below parallel; or press a bar overhead; or pick a bar up from the
ground and set it back down. These are normal human movement patterns
that can be turned into progressively heavier exercises that make you
strong the way your body moves naturally.
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On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Bhairitu <noozguru@...
<mailto:noozguru@...>> wrote:
Didn't read the article, did you? It's not even very long.
On 03/03/2014 04:54 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote:
On 3/3/2014 3:31 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
>
> We've had some heated discussions here about weight loss
because I claim
> the rather naive theory that you lose weight by burning
more calories
> than you take in.
>
Just do the math - but that's not the entire solution. Do you
realize
how long you'd have to stay on a treadmill to burn even a
small part of
1800 calories, the average adult daily intake? It's good to burn
calories but it's also important to build muscles to replace
the fat.
What you've got to do is carefully select what you eat and
consume food
in smaller proportions, and get some good exercise. The most
important
aspect of healthy living is life style - get the right mind set,
cultivate beneficial habits and keep at it. It's not easy,
but it's not
complicated.
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