Re: Introduction : New Member

[Guest guest]

Hello and welcome.

Your goals look well within reach to me. Good luck! This group is good for

advice and you might find that just talking about the program helps to keep

you on track.

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> Hello Fellow Body For Lifers!

>

> I recently celebrated my 43rd birthday and I'm losing weight.

>

> I'm nearly 5'7 " and when I started losing weight I was 162. :-P

>

> I've been counting calories for several weeks and I'm back to 155.

>

> My fitness goals for this year are:

>

> Get my weight back to 120

> Maintain my weight at 120 - 125 (and for the rest of my life)

> Complete a century (100 mile bike ride)

> Complete a marathon

> Reduce my resting pulse (and keep it there)

> Build muscle

>

> I recently purchased " Champions Body for Life " and I have a gym

> membership close to home which allows me 24/7 access to every free

> weight and machine known to man.

>

> I took a " before " picture at the most unflattering angle possible.

> It's on my phone. I'll refer to it if I ever have the urge to skip a

> workout.

>

> Today, I'm going to ride my bike, run, and do weights. Hey - it's a

> Sunday! I don't have time for all that during the week.

>

> Tomorrow is Day 1, Week 1 of Body For Life.

>

> I'm looking forward to communicating with all of you

>

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>

>

>

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Kurnik

http://expat-wanderlust.blogspot.com/

[Guest guest]

,

Thanks for all the good info.

I'll read the stuff at the link tonight.

I'm so glad I did *something* rather than nothing (which is what would

have happened if I wasn't following this program.)

Thanks!

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>

> ,

>

>

>

> > an argument is made for 20 minutes intense being better than same

> > number of calories at low intensity.

> >

>

>

> Your not just burning calories for the run, but you are tyring to

through

> switches in your metabolism to burn more calories all day long.

Intensity

> training is suppose to improve your metabolism over low intensity.

That's

> the theory anyway.

>

> However, more of a fact is that it improve you must force your body

to adapt

> to increasing stresses. The traditional way of doing that was to

add more

> time onto your run. This practice might in fact be equivalent to

> the interval training, but you will be adding a lot of miles and

minutes to

> your run in a short time. Your body is extremely adaptable, but it

will

> only respond to stress. Intensity training gives you a system to push

> yourself to higher levels without making your run the length of a

feature

> film. If have not already, give it a try.

>

> Research shows that intensity training is at least as good if not better

> than low intensity in its aerobic and conditioning effects:

>

>

http://www.active.com/cycling/Articles/High-intensity-Training_-The-Latest-Evide\

nce.htm

>

> Your Cardio vascular system already has the ultimate endurance

challenge.

> It has to be beat every few seconds of your entire life. Intensity

training

> forces your body to adapt in ways that are not 'business as usual " .

It is

> common sense that intensity forces your body to adapt in ways that low

> stress does not.

>

> Finally, working out at night, even a 60 min low intensity job, is

so much

> of better than just going to bed tired it renders the discussion

above as

> trivial. Don't think your wasting your time or effort with it. While

> " perfection " might be high intensity interval training first thing

in the

> morning before breakfast, what your doing is still making progress

and you

> see the results from it in time.

>

> --

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

No problem. Looking back my post seems pretty incoherent now, but it sounds

like you got the gist of it. Thats what I get for doing email before I

exercise in the am.

Good luck.

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> ,

>

> Thanks for all the good info.

>

> I'll read the stuff at the link tonight.

>

> I'm so glad I did *something* rather than nothing (which is what would

> have happened if I wasn't following this program.)

>

> Thanks!

>

> -

>

>

>

> >

> > ,

> >

> >

> >

> > > an argument is made for 20 minutes intense being better than same

> > > number of calories at low intensity.

> > >

> >

> >

> > Your not just burning calories for the run, but you are tyring to

> through

> > switches in your metabolism to burn more calories all day long.

> Intensity

> > training is suppose to improve your metabolism over low intensity.

> That's

> > the theory anyway.

> >

> > However, more of a fact is that it improve you must force your body

> to adapt

> > to increasing stresses. The traditional way of doing that was to

> add more

> > time onto your run. This practice might in fact be equivalent to

> > the interval training, but you will be adding a lot of miles and

> minutes to

> > your run in a short time. Your body is extremely adaptable, but it

> will

> > only respond to stress. Intensity training gives you a system to push

> > yourself to higher levels without making your run the length of a

> feature

> > film. If have not already, give it a try.

> >

> > Research shows that intensity training is at least as good if not better

> > than low intensity in its aerobic and conditioning effects:

> >

> >

>

>

http://www.active.com/cycling/Articles/High-intensity-Training_-The-Latest-Evide\

nce.htm

> >

> > Your Cardio vascular system already has the ultimate endurance

> challenge.

> > It has to be beat every few seconds of your entire life. Intensity

> training

> > forces your body to adapt in ways that are not 'business as usual " .

> It is

> > common sense that intensity forces your body to adapt in ways that low

> > stress does not.

> >

> > Finally, working out at night, even a 60 min low intensity job, is

> so much

> > of better than just going to bed tired it renders the discussion

> above as

> > trivial. Don't think your wasting your time or effort with it. While

> > " perfection " might be high intensity interval training first thing

> in the

> > morning before breakfast, what your doing is still making progress

> and you

> > see the results from it in time.

> >

> > --

> >

> >

> >