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Old 03-05-08, 01:23 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Is anyone here doing circuit training with aerobic intervals? I ask because doing so with the right workout will elevate your heart rate for 20 minutes and throw your metabolism into overdrive. This kind of workout is for those who want to lose weight and gain muscle at the same time. Why want to gain muscle as well? Because a gain of 2 or 3 pounds of muscle means you'll expend an additional 70 to 100 calories a day. Plus you know, having muscles is cool...

And in case anyone is curious at to what that kind of workout is, it's for example...doing dumbbell bench presses then running in place for 60 seconds then going to squats and doing jumping jacks for 60 seconds etc so you keep active throughout the entire workout so your heart rate stays elevated.

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Re: Workout Question

I do what's known as super sets, which in effect is going back and forth non-stop between sets of two different exercises at the same time without any rest period. Circuit training is great for your new lifters or those that like to lift light weights. Some people I know do situps and other ab work in between their sets as well to keep their heart rate up.
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Old 03-05-08, 03:00 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Workout Question

Thanks for your response, I have another question since you have experience with it.

When doing supersets, were you doing more weight training(lighter weights) or more weight lifting(heavier weights)? I ask because I was wondering if one was more beneficial than the other. I also heard that doing super sets helps you build muscle faster. Obviously you did it for weight loss, but do you think it was comparitavely as beneficial for building muscle? I'm looking at your profile, congrats on the weight loss btw.

Also, did you use a particular workout from a trainer, magazine etc. or did you just go your own way and modify your workout?
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Old 03-05-08, 10:25 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Workout Question

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I ask because doing so with the right workout will elevate your heart rate for 20 minutes and throw your metabolism into overdrive.
EPOC is not a significant contributor to total metabolism.

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This kind of workout is for those who want to lose weight and gain muscle at the same time.
Circuit training is actually sub-optimal when it comes to building muscle....

Without bringing the nutrition aspect into context.

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Why want to gain muscle as well? Because a gain of 2 or 3 pounds of muscle means you'll expend an additional 70 to 100 calories a day.
Sure about that?
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Old 03-06-08, 12:19 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Totally sure, everything I said I check and re-check. Every bit of this is from Alan Mikesky Ph.D, director of the human-performance lab and a associate professor at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. Then again, what does he know?

It's actually from a Medical Journal (I actually forgot the exact one myself, I just clip notes from various sources and add it to my own research) if you're interested, I can look it up and you can read for yourself. there is a shorter paraphrased re-print that says the same thing in an article written by Julia Van Tine that quotes the same source. Obviously,the workout is in the article and not the journal.

I did leave parts of it out though.

One thing missing is when I said 'this kind of workout' is that I didn't include the actual step for step workout itself. I should have said "By elevating your heart rate for at least 20 minutes, this workout throws your metabolism into overdrive." then listed the actual workout...but I didn't know if I would get into any kind of 'copyright' problems.

My apologies then....I am the new guy you know

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Old 03-06-08, 04:26 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Totally sure, everything I said I check and re-check. Every bit of this is from Alan Mikesky Ph.D, director of the human-performance lab and a associate professor at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. Then again, what does he know?
That's ashame that you limit yourself to one smart man.

Expand your horizons a bit.... just a suggestion is all. The sooner you realize that everyone and anyone is fallible, the better and more unbiased your research will be.

You say you're totally sure that muscle burns 35ish more calories per pound. That's better than the usual that I hear. Usually it's 50-100 calories, which is assanine.

Still though, 35 is far from true.

It doesn't take some arm-chair expert (mind you, I'm well versed and do my own research) to give you the facts. Take real world examples for instance.

Personally I've gone from 175 to 200 lbs over the last 2 years. That's 25 lbs gained. If you've seen my pictures, I'm pretty lean. But I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and say that 5 lbs of that was fat. That's 20% of my total gain, which is highly unlikely.... but still, for the benefit of the doubt.

That leaves me with 20 extra pounds of muscle. With your figures, I should be burning an additional 700 calories.

Hint: I'm not, lol.

I keep strict tabs on my intake and I can assure you that I'm not granted the freedom of eating an additional 700 calories every single day without having consequences of weight gain.

I can say the same for my clients.

If you want more than empirical evidence, check this out:

Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2001 Mar;4(2):143-7. Links
Dissecting the energy needs of the body.McClave SA, Snider HL.
Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 550 South Jackson Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA. samcclave@louisville.edu

Actual research puts the number at 5.89kcal/lb/day, which definitely falls much closer to real world, empirical data.

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It's actually from a Medical Journal (I actually forgot the exact one myself, I just clip notes from various sources and add it to my own research) if you're interested, I can look it up and you can read for yourself. there is a shorter paraphrased re-print that says the same thing in an article written by Julia Van Tine that quotes the same source. Obviously,the workout is in the article and not the journal.
Peer-reviewed study please.

I'm not much a fan of the classical appeal to authorities internet gurus of today like to use.

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One thing missing is when I said 'this kind of workout' is that I didn't include the actual step for step workout itself. I should have said "By elevating your heart rate for at least 20 minutes, this workout throws your metabolism into overdrive." then listed the actual workout...but I didn't know if I would get into any kind of 'copyright' problems.
Oh you're talking about your claims of the workout?

I asked if you are sure about the calories expended per pound of muscle. Not the workout. You said "totally sure." So all my dialog above was in reference to the metabolism of muscle.

The workout and your claims.... well, suck.

Let's discuss EPOC.

You say you like "clippings". Here's one for you:

From the big recent (2006) review

135kj is about 35 calories or so. yippee

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"Because the EPOC is sensitive to work intensity, far less supramaximal than submaximal work is required to produce comparable EPOCs. The contribution of the EPOC to the net total oxygen cost of exercise following supramaximal exercise is therefore much greater than for submaximal work (*6%). Nevertheless, the EPOC remains a relatively minor component of the net total oxygen cost of exercise (*14%) even following exhaustive supramaximal protocols. Furthermore, when the EPOC differences between submaximal and supramaximal workloads are translated into energy equivalents, it is clear that such differences impact minimally on the energy balance of athletes. LaForgia et al. (1997) reported that the 135 kJ greater elevated postexercise energy expenditure for their supramaximal treatment could be easily replaced by ingesting only 75 ml of orange juice. Finally, supramaximal exercise, which is primarily the realm of athletes, is unlikely to be undertaken by untrained and overweight individuals who are seeking to maximize energy expenditure."
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My apologies then....I am the new guy you know
No need for apologies.

Just use better reasoning, logic, and research.
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Old 03-07-08, 12:15 AM   #7 (permalink)
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I will certainly try....I assure you. Thanks for the help though, I just wish I didn't have to make you assert so much draining energy .

Lesson learned though...

er...out of curiosity though, are you equally as knowledgeable as how to GAIN weight, meaning the good kind of course?

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I will certainly try....I assure you. Thanks for the help though, I just wish I didn't have to make you assert so much draining energy .
Where was there an assertion of energy?

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Lesson learned though...
That's nice to hear.

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Certainly.

It's what I do.
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Old 03-07-08, 01:03 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Very good then, but I don't want to alienate anyone here by talking about weight gain on a weight loss forum and/or take up valuable forum real estate here...so would you happen to have another way for me to contact you so I don't bother the people here with the 356,432 questions I have?






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I'm sure the administration won't mind the discussion.... we've talked about these kinds of things before on here.

If you don't feel comfortable, you can privately message me.
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