Exercise & Fitness
If you want to be healthy, inside and out, incorporating exercise into your life is important. Research has shown that regular physical activity is a major contributor to effective weight loss, improved physical health and emotional well-being. Ready to finally commit to getting in shape?
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ARick2 Oct 18, 2018, 10:56 PM"I've shifted my emphasis away from lifting and onto cardio. So far, it seems the stair-stepper machines are the best, but just today I tried one of those rowing machines with actual water in them. I think that's going to end up better. More reading/doing will tell the tale. I still lift, but I do a lot less. I basically just do shrugs, curling, cable crossovers and shoulder stuff. I want to see what I look like without this thin layer of fat smoothing me out. I'm doing a lot of fasting. Everyone says "how do you fast so much and not hate life?!" So far it's impossible to find a limit where I don't feel awesome. I've gone up to 16 hours without food (just protein powder at the end of the day). I restrict my eating to four or five hours most days. I realize I'm flirting with shutting my metabolism down, so I bracket my days now with cardio in the morning and again in the evening. Been shooting for "300 calories" (according to the machine) each session. I think that'll force my body to burn fat at a level comparable to someone who is eating the "standard-ish" a-couple-hundred-calories-under-maintenance kind of cutting diet. For recent indicators of progress, I guess all I can say for sure is that I'm more vascular. The blood vessels are just blue lines and they don't pop out of my skin at all yet, except for a little bit while I'm actually in the middle of a set. @lukeswole I don't document anything really anymore or use any apps (don't even own a smartphone), I just found it to be a waste of time."View my Commitment -
ARick2 Oct 18, 2018, 10:42 PM"Well, I certainly noticed improvement in my rowing movements. I can now do proper facepulls for four sets of 6-10 reps at 100 lbs. If I lean way back and turn lat pulldowns into a facepull-esque movement (call them chestpulls, maybe?) I can do the same at 160 lbs. I just did that as a quick what-if one night, so who knows if it means anything. Gonna see what I can get with a barbell row. Last I remember, 3x5 at 135lbs was a challenge."View my Commitment -
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emmaimber Oct 18, 2018, 9:42 PM"Did a spin class. It was pretty funny. The Spanish soul cycle. "View my Commitment
