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Fit Meals and Recipes / Not sure what to eat? Here is a diet generator.
« Last post by zainrazvi on January 20, 2012, 10:39:20 am »
http://swole.me/
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Fit Meals and Recipes / Re: Salad
« Last post by zainrazvi on January 19, 2012, 09:50:49 pm »
I find that nuts and dried fruit are really calorie dense. Nuts, especially. I personally love vinegar in salads.
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Fit Meals and Recipes / Salad
« Last post by shireenie on January 19, 2012, 08:15:41 pm »
A good way to make salad more tasty without using dressing is to use a box of nuts mixed with dried fruit as your dressing.  It adds a nice sweet taste:)
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Exercise questions/discussion / Starting Strength Guide for beginners
« Last post by zainrazvi on January 19, 2012, 12:11:39 pm »
This is the program that Nunu, Sameer, and Maaria are doing. This is what I started off with, back in April 2011.

http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/The_Starting_Strength_Novice/Beginner_Programs#Practical_Programming_Novice_Program:
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Exercise questions/discussion / Re: Sofia's new cardio routine
« Last post by nayyara77 on January 18, 2012, 11:01:23 pm »
also my version is:

al ittle different: sincemy legs are no where near long sofies.... a fat and calorie burning workout:  put the incline up to 10 or 11... then walk at a pace of 3.5 (may need to hold on).. then after 5 minutes bring down to 0 incline and speed 5 .... run for 1- 2 minutes, back up... the calories will melt off...

DONT FORGET !!! music...
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General Discussion / Re: Nayyara's Blog HAhahah..
« Last post by nayyara77 on January 18, 2012, 10:39:22 pm »
hello blog.. so i just found youtube videos of my zumba class. now my class has 50 ppl and is loud and awesome.. age range 20-70. everyone zumbas.. most ppl suck, but hey its fun! so now you too can do the same workouts. revfit or hot z .

so tonight i am lost... i was supposed to work with my trainer but due to a timing glitch that didnt happen, so today is yoga day, we will conquer!!

food today: sucked.. i ate "out" veggies grilled from whole foods and tilapia.. thats dinner.
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Exercise questions/discussion / True bench press technique.
« Last post by zainrazvi on January 18, 2012, 08:23:24 pm »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QnwAoesJvQ
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Exercise questions/discussion / Re: This is what I do for cardio
« Last post by zainrazvi on January 18, 2012, 07:42:36 pm »
Before this, I was doing the Bear complex. It was a little bit more intense, as you're supposed to use a much higher weight than Cosgrove's Evil 8.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Laa7BJHJWrw
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General Discussion / Why resistance training and losing weight go hand in hand.
« Last post by zainrazvi on January 18, 2012, 07:36:12 pm »
This is basically the scientific backing for why I lift weights. This is the reason I'm losing weight, aside from cleaning up my diet.

What will resistance training do? Here are the benefits, specifically for fat loss:

1. Supports lean mass over fat mass
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17111010

2. Increases your overall metabolic rate
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16526835

3. Helps with losing fat tissue
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20847892

4. Weight lifting will increase your RESTING metabolic rate. Most people think that doing cardio will increase their metabolism for a while afterwards. While this is technically true, the effect is very low when compared to resistance training.
http://www.ajcn.org/content/55/4/802.abstract
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10204826

5. It will make you stronger and healthier, improve your posture, and prevent injuries.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15561636
http://www.exrx.net/ExInfo/Posture.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16036094

All of this applies whether you're a guy or girl.

I understand that most of you won't go through and read the articles, but at least check out the abstracts. It's only a paragraph long each, and this stuff is pretty interesting.

Note: this is NOT to say that cardio isn't good for general health. Most people seem to think that to lose weight, cardio is the only answer. That's just not true. Cardio IS ESSENTIAL for overall health, but resistance training seems to be better just for overall quality of life.

Here is an obligatory case. This guy started out doing cardio for the first month, then switched over to doing only resistance training while cleaning up his diet. He did what I'm currently doing now.


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Exercise questions/discussion / Re: This is what I do for cardio
« Last post by zainrazvi on January 18, 2012, 07:14:03 pm »
The rule of thumb with barbell complexes is to do it with the weight you are most comfortable with on your weakest lift. So, most people's weakest lift would be the Good Morning, which is pretty scary in itself. I do this workout with just 65 lbs total. By the time I'm done, I'm completely destroyed.

Also, power cleans can be kind of dangerous for your wrist if you don't know what you're doing. I was too confident when I was first starting out ended up spraining my wrist trying to do more weight on the power clean than I should've.
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