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| I need to switch up my working out huh?
If I continue to do the jogging/walking and my abs and squats is it true that I will eventually stop seeing results?? Or is that not going to happen for some time?
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08-15-07, 01:20 PM
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| Re: I need to switch up my working out huh?
15 minutes > 45 minutes??? http://www.obesitydiscussion.com/for...make-3688.html
Read that, start increasing the intensity of your workouts. Need to be doing some type of exercises to keep the muscle mass you have, pushups (bench press), squats, lunges etc.
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08-15-07, 01:42 PM
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| Re: I need to switch up my working out huh?
Great to really work huh? LOL
Hmmm maybe I should get some weights....
Or those weights for when I walk or jog.
Thanks!!!!!
I am going to try my best on all of those. Thanks alot!!
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08-15-07, 04:29 PM
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| Re: I need to switch up my working out huh?
Yes the body does adapt after time which is why it is good to switch things up every so often.
Are you familiar with the law of diminishing returns?
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| Re: I need to switch up my working out huh?
No?
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08-15-07, 04:59 PM
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Mike B 6'4" 39 yrs young
**Oct 1 2006 - 310 lbs 40%+ BF **Sep 28 2007 - 224.5lbs 15.81%BF
I had the pain of regret for many years, I now proudly bear the pain of sacrifice.
189lbs LBM last tested Aug 1. 210lbs for 10% BF
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08-15-07, 05:14 PM
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| Re: I need to switch up my working out huh?
Great thanks.  So what I am doing is great but slowly add more to get better.
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08-15-07, 05:23 PM
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| Re: I need to switch up my working out huh?
Aye
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I had the pain of regret for many years, I now proudly bear the pain of sacrifice.
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| Re: I need to switch up my working out huh?
Ok cool. So keep to my jogging/walking. Add some squats and such...and see if I can go longer on my jogging or faster. Then adding weights in at some point will be good.....but for now this is a start.
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| Re: I need to switch up my working out huh?
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| Re: I need to switch up my working out huh?
Well trying to jump start my exercising....but now a bit sore from doing that. LOL
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| Re: I need to switch up my working out huh?
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Originally Posted by inlove No? | The law of diminishing returns just means that if you keep doing something over and over again, it may become less effective over time.
If a person brand new to exercise were to run 20 minutes a day, at first that person's heart rate would be very high, each time they exercised. Good cardio exercise! What if this same individual has been running 20 minutes a day every day for the last 3 months. By now this person's heart should be used to running 20 minutes a day and this person's heart would not beat as fast and they would not get the same intense workout as they did when they first started running. The more you keep doing this same thing the less effective it becomes.
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| Re: I need to switch up my working out huh?
Right!! Thanks. I have been figuring out how to make each week or whatever a bit different.
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| Re: I need to switch up my working out huh?
You want to keep your body constantly adjusting to meet the demands you place on it. Don't become predictable because the body will find the way to do what you ask it to with the least amount of effort, ie. it just gets more efficient.
There are many ways of changing up a weight resistance program - use different equipment, change the weight used and the number of reps, add more or subtract sets, decrease the amount of rest time between sets. But the goal is always to increase intensity no matter how it's done.
The same principles apply to a cardio routine. Run longer some days, then on others shorter and faster, etc. Or run stadium steps or do a spinning class occasionally.
And, I actually think the same ideas work with nutrition and dieting too. Don't eat the same way, the same foods, the same number of calories every day. Many bodybuilders allow themselves one day a week where they allow themselves to eat anything they want.
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| Re: I need to switch up my working out huh?
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Originally Posted by Obesity Discussion The law of diminishing returns just means that if you keep doing something over and over again, it may become less effective over time.
If a person brand new to exercise were to run 20 minutes a day, at first that person's heart rate would be very high, each time they exercised. Good cardio exercise! What if this same individual has been running 20 minutes a day every day for the last 3 months. By now this person's heart should be used to running 20 minutes a day and this person's heart would not beat as fast and they would not get the same intense workout as they did when they first started running. The more you keep doing this same thing the less effective it becomes. | Quote:
Originally Posted by dugan51 You want to keep your body constantly adjusting to meet the demands you place on it. Don't become predictable because the body will find the way to do what you ask it to with the least amount of effort, ie. it just gets more efficient.
There are many ways of changing up a weight resistance program - use different equipment, change the weight used and the number of reps, add more or subtract sets, decrease the amount of rest time between sets. But the goal is always to increase intensity no matter how it's done.
The same principles apply to a cardio routine. Run longer some days, then on others shorter and faster, etc. Or run stadium steps or do a spinning class occasionally.
And, I actually think the same ideas work with nutrition and dieting too. Don't eat the same way, the same foods, the same number of calories every day. Many bodybuilders allow themselves one day a week where they allow themselves to eat anything they want. |
Good points you two, sometimes I forget this myself and get in a rut!
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