#6350398 - 05/18/12 08:34 PM
Re: Where to start for girls??
[Re: Silock]
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96CivicHB
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Do the same exercises as a dude. Not joking.
Sweet! That makes its easier.....
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#6350408 - 05/18/12 08:37 PM
Re: Where to start for girls??
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96CivicHB
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Get your diabetes/eating under control. And under control well.
Get off of the machines.
Done and done...
Why no love for the machines?
*now to begin to read threads answering a lot of the newb questions I have*
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#6350508 - 05/18/12 09:35 PM
Re: Where to start for girls??
[Re: 96CivicHB]
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dirtyS13drifta
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To follow up with what Dahlia and Silock said.
Women should do the same thing as guys. Ultimately muscle tone and strength is what we all want. Hormones do the work of keeping a women and man looking different.
Machines isolate a single muscle, being strong isn't about one muscle. It's about using the muscles as a chain. i.e. curls, holding a suitcase uses your biceps similarly, but also your back and and shoulders and even your lets to hold your upper body still. So doing machine curls only works part of this. What you want is the whole movement.
Also machines can put undue stress on one joint or muscle. Most of us can do a lot more on a machine, putting more stress on joints. But without the benefit of actually being stronger.
As far as your cardio. Don't worry about heart rate too much, especially if you're using the built in heart monitors. Also, cardio is a misnomer. Working at 150 is probably only a slight stress on you heart or lungs if you've been working at that bit for a month or so. Start interval training, where in you spend 2-4 minutes at more around 165-170 and then spend 2-3 minutes at a lower level where your heart rate can try to get back down to like 140 ish. Intervals truly strengthen your heart and lungs, making you truly faster/fitter. Plus I bleieve the evidence is they burn even more calories than a stable medium pace.
Plus you'll get that "harder push" feeling. After intervals my lungs feel the stretch and I feel alive. They can be brutal at first and it can take a while to determine the right pace, but ultimately they're one of the best ways to do aerobic exercise. But don't do them every time, even once a week and you'll see great results.
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#6350698 - 05/18/12 11:21 PM
Re: Where to start for girls??
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96CivicHB
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Machines isolate a single muscle, being strong isn't about one muscle. It's about using the muscles as a chain. i.e. curls, holding a suitcase uses your biceps similarly, but also your back and and shoulders and even your lets to hold your upper body still. So doing machine curls only works part of this. What you want is the whole movement.
Also machines can put undue stress on one joint or muscle. Most of us can do a lot more on a machine, putting more stress on joints. But without the benefit of actually being stronger.
That makes a lot of sense and we have free weights but I don't have the slightest clue how to use them correctly. Guess I need to consider learning how to correctly use the free weights and other equipment they have (they've got trainers so I'll sign up) - I'll take some pictures this evening of our gym, considering I only pay $10/month and its 24/7 its probably the best bang for my buck....
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#6350706 - 05/18/12 11:27 PM
Re: Where to start for girls??
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#6351789 - 05/19/12 08:25 PM
Re: Where to start for girls??
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Back 5
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Orlando meet!!
In my pants.
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#6352522 - 05/20/12 11:51 AM
Re: Where to start for girls??
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What can you guys recommend a female Type 1 diabetic do to lose weight?!?
always start by posting pics of yourself first.
Indeed.
Plus, pics will motivate the hell out of you as you make progress.
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