Tune up(yourself)
06-10-2008, 12:30 PM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2005
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RE: Tune up(yourself)
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
That "sounds" like someone's implying HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training)....but the "intervals" described are too long for a rest period.
You burn the same amount of calories. THIS is where what's going INTO your body is so important. How/When you train is also important (fasted v. non-fasted).....and training "right" is important. Cardio shouldn't be done for more than 45minutes....or you WILL be burning muscle. Jury's still out on fasted cardio...and I do it a few times a week. I make sure I do that protein thing when I do. I'll take my chances.
I lost weight at a VERY fast pace in 2004 (from just under 230 to 191). It was amazing. I was also running 5mi. on an empty stomach....first thing in the morning. I lost a ton of lean muscle doing this....and I'm not going to go that route, again. Like I said....I don't care if I lose another pound....as long as I replace what I'm losing with LM....I couldn't care less.
30sec-1min sprint followed by 5 minute walk, then repeat, etc
You may burn more calories, but less of those calories are from fat. Low intensity workouts burn a greater % of calories from fat.
I lost weight at a VERY fast pace in 2004 (from just under 230 to 191). It was amazing. I was also running 5mi. on an empty stomach....first thing in the morning. I lost a ton of lean muscle doing this....and I'm not going to go that route, again. Like I said....I don't care if I lose another pound....as long as I replace what I'm losing with LM....I couldn't care less.
06-10-2008, 12:34 PM
#23
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Tune up(yourself)
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
That "sounds" like someone's implying HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training)....but the "intervals" described are too long for a rest period.
30sec-1min sprint followed by 5 minute walk, then repeat, etc
06-10-2008, 12:36 PM
#24
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
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RE: Tune up(yourself)
I start walking around April in work 3 miles a day. Then in June through the whole summer I ride my bike 15 miles 5 days a week til hunting season. I always keep my legs in the best possible shape. When the legs go it all about over!!! Im 49 and I still can climb the hills with the best of them!
Hatchet Jack
Hatchet Jack
06-10-2008, 12:38 PM
#25
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Tune up(yourself)
ORIGINAL: hatchet jack
I start walking around April in work 3 miles a day. Then in June through the whole summer I ride my bike 15 miles 5 days a week til hunting season. I always keep my legs in the best possible shape. When the legs go it all about over!!! Im 49 and I still can climb the hills with the best of them!
Hatchet Jack
I start walking around April in work 3 miles a day. Then in June through the whole summer I ride my bike 15 miles 5 days a week til hunting season. I always keep my legs in the best possible shape. When the legs go it all about over!!! Im 49 and I still can climb the hills with the best of them!
Hatchet Jack
06-10-2008, 12:40 PM
#26
Dominant Buck
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RE: Tune up(yourself)
Understood
I start out (HIIT)doing a 5 min warm-up on the treadmill at speed 6mph. I then do a minute on 9mph.....then rest1.5 minutes, waling on 3mph. I repeat this for 10 "cycles". I agree that what you described is a starting point....and Ididn't start where I am, either. It's taken me 5 weeks to get there....and my Low Intensity steady state runs (3.5mi'ers) are helping me progress with the HIIT, I know.
Gary (Germ) is a personal trainer in one of his other lives.I know he'd be glad to help anyone out who's interested in making a lifestyle change, too. I called him a few months back and told him I wanted to lose 10 lbs. in 2 weeks. He wouldn't even talk to me about it. I know, now, why.
Thanks, buddy.
I start out (HIIT)doing a 5 min warm-up on the treadmill at speed 6mph. I then do a minute on 9mph.....then rest1.5 minutes, waling on 3mph. I repeat this for 10 "cycles". I agree that what you described is a starting point....and Ididn't start where I am, either
. It's taken me 5 weeks to get there....and my Low Intensity steady state runs (3.5mi'ers) are helping me progress with the HIIT, I know.Gary (Germ) is a personal trainer in one of his other lives.I know he'd be glad to help anyone out who's interested in making a lifestyle change, too. I called him a few months back and told him I wanted to lose 10 lbs. in 2 weeks. He wouldn't even talk to me about it. I know, now, why.
Thanks, buddy.
06-10-2008, 12:49 PM
#28
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Tune up(yourself)
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Understood
I start out (HIIT)doing a 5 min warm-up on the treadmill at speed 6mph. I then do a minute on 9mph.....then rest1.5 minutes, waling on 3mph. I repeat this for 10 "cycles". I agree that what you described is a starting point....and Ididn't start where I am, either. It's taken me 5 weeks to get there....and my Low Intensity steady state runs (3.5mi'ers) are helping me progress with the HIIT, I know.
Gary (Germ) is a personal trainer in one of his other lives.I know he'd be glad to help anyone out who's interested in making a lifestyle change, too. I called him a few months back and told him I wanted to lose 10 lbs. in 2 weeks. He wouldn't even talk to me about it. I know, now, why.
Thanks, buddy.
Understood
I start out (HIIT)doing a 5 min warm-up on the treadmill at speed 6mph. I then do a minute on 9mph.....then rest1.5 minutes, waling on 3mph. I repeat this for 10 "cycles". I agree that what you described is a starting point....and Ididn't start where I am, either
. It's taken me 5 weeks to get there....and my Low Intensity steady state runs (3.5mi'ers) are helping me progress with the HIIT, I know.Gary (Germ) is a personal trainer in one of his other lives.I know he'd be glad to help anyone out who's interested in making a lifestyle change, too. I called him a few months back and told him I wanted to lose 10 lbs. in 2 weeks. He wouldn't even talk to me about it. I know, now, why.
Thanks, buddy.
Jeff, what kind of workouts did you and your team do in college?
06-10-2008, 01:05 PM
#29
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2003
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RE: Tune up(yourself)
Gary this is the best advice i have heard on here for awhile at 42 Im still down about 40# from 1 1/2 years ago and feeling great 
weighing in about 195 ,still hiting the weights (what the shoulder will allow) I drink water like it is going out of style, gave up pop. My bench was real close to 250 before my shoulder injury with the trash bag 
Now i gotta go lighter until i get it fixed (shooting for Dec) like i said great advice, just the water intake alone makes a hugh difference, you notice it when your using a climber. the sweating is reduced way down
at 42 Im still down about 40# from 1 1/2 years ago and feeling great weighing in about 195 ,still hiting the weights (what the shoulder will allow) I drink water like it is going out of style, gave up pop. My bench was real close to 250 before my shoulder injury with the trash bag Now i gotta go lighter until i get it fixed (shooting for Dec) like i said great advice, just the water intake alone makes a hugh difference, you notice it when your using a climber. the sweating is reduced way down
06-10-2008, 01:09 PM
#30
Dominant Buck
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RE: Tune up(yourself)
Jeff, what kind of workouts did you and your team do in college?
If I had it to do over, again....and had NO direction......I'd work more on more reps and flexibility. And CORE....as a catcher in college....I lost 20#'s throughout the season (caught 55 games my senior year). Again...I'd work on core and flexibility (and endurance) a LOT more.....were I to be "back there".
Good luck to you! Germ is a great asset. Hit him up!
