Getting fit (running quesion)

[Whoha]

Re: Getting fit (running quesion)

Originally posted by reds4ever
I've put a few pounds on in the last 6 months or so and enough is enough. I decided to do a bit of weight training and running.

I used to weigh train quite regulary so I'm OK with that, but I've never run to a program in my life, what is/are realistic starting points and targets? How often should I be doing it? Di I try to increase the distance or reduce the times?

So to recap, non-runner, 36, about 7-10 pounds overweight. Suggestions? Besides lipposuction or euthanasia!

Exercise is good, but you have to get your body to use the fat, so you'll also have to not end up eating more as a result of your additional exertion. A lot of the diets that I've seen seem to be a variant on going to bed on an empty stomach.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Dracon II
I have reasonable strong legs (not owning a car helps), but I have puny T-rex arms and a fairly round belly. Without resorting to a gym membership or getting a labouring job, what kind of exercizes should I be doing to rectify the situation. Pushups, situps and crunchups?

I thought you are still in uni? Don't they have a gym you can use for free?

[Meticulous Man]

I lost nearly 10 kilos in 3 months by walking some 10-15 kilometers a couple of times a week (each time took around 2 to 2,5 hours). Very relaxing and you get results without really even feeling like having done anything. I happened to have a lot of spare time, of course.

[Dracon II]

it ain't free. It'd probably be cheaper than most gyms though.

[Urban Ranger]

Hm, okay. Lousy uni.

If you just want to shed some fat you could do what Aivo½so does, i.e. hiking. Or swim, or cycle, etc. You know, aerobic exercises. If you want to add some upper body strength then you need to do some weight training. Pushup is good but you are pretty much limited to your triceps, shoulders and chest. You could do arm curls with a chair or something, though.

[Verto]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Any exercise is better than nothing. Say turn on some music and flail your arms and legs around or use a hula hoop for 20 to 30 minutes each day at home.

[KrazyHorse]

Well, I don't care if it rains or freezes,
Long as I have my plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Through all trials and tribulations,
We will travel every nation,
With my plastic Jesus I'll go far.

{Refrain}
Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Through all trials and tribulations,
We will travel every nation,
With my plastic Jesus I'll go far.

I don't care if it rains or freezes
As long as I've got my Plastic Jesus
Glued to the dashboard of my car,
You can buy Him phosphorescent
Glows in the dark, He's Pink and Pleasant,
Take Him with you when you're travelling far

{Refrain}

I don't care if it's dark or scary
Long as I have magnetic Mary
Ridin' on the dashboard of my car
I feel I'm protected amply
I've got the whole damn Holy Family
Riding on the dashboard of my car

{Refrain}

You can buy a Sweet Madonna
Dressed in rhinestones sitting on a
Pedestal of abalone shell
Goin' ninety, I'm not wary
'Cause I've got my Virgin Mary
Guaranteeing I won't go to Hell

{Refrain}

I don't care if it bumps or jostles
Long as I got the Twelve Apostles
Bolted to the dashboard of my car
Don't I have a pious mess
Such a crowd of holiness
Strung across the dashboard of my car

{Refrain}

No, I don't care if it rains or freezes
Long as I have my plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
But I think he'll have to go
His magnet ruins my radio
And if we have a wreck he'll leave a scar

{Refrain}

Riding through the thoroughfare
With his nose up in the air
A wreck may be ahead, but he don't mind
Trouble coming, he don't see
He just keeps his eyes on me
And any other thing that lies behind

Plastic Jesus, Plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Though the sun shines on his back
Makes him peel, chip, and crack
A little patching keeps him up to par

When pedestrians try to cross
I let them know who's boss
I never blow my horn or give them warning
I ride all over town
Trying to run them down
And it's seldom that they live to see the morning

Plastic Jesus, Plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
His halo fits just right
And I use it as a sight
And they'll scatter or they'll splatter near and far

When I'm in a traffic jam
He don't care if I say Damn
I can let all sorts of curses roll
Plastic Jesus doesn't hear
For he has a plastic ear
The man who invented plastic saved my soul

Plastic Jesus, Plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Once his robe was snowy white
Now it isn't quite so bright
Stained by the smoke of my cigar

God made Christ a Holy Jew
God made Him a Christian too
Paradoxes populate my car
Joseph beams with a feigned elan
From the shaggy dash of my furlined van
Famous cuckold in the master plan

Naughty Mary, smug and smiling
Jesus dainty and beguiling
Knee-deep in the piling of my van
His message clear by night or day
My phosphorescent plastic Gay
Simpering from the dashboard of my van

When I'm goin' fornicatin
I got my ceramic Satan
Sinnin' on the dashboard of my Winnebago Motor Home
The women know I'm on the level
Thanks to the wild-eyed stoneware devil
Ridin' on the dashboard of my Winnebago Motor Home
Sneerin' from the dashboard of my Winnebago Motor Home
Leering from the dashboard of my van

If I weave around at night
And the police think I'm tight
They'll never find my bottle, though they ask
Plastic Jesus shelters me
For His head comes off, you see
He's hollow, and I use Him for a flask

Plastic Jesus, plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Ride with me and have a dram
Of the blood of the Lamb
Plastic Jesus is a holy bar

[Solly]

My intention is to go swimming again as I am considerably overweight

I'll believe it when I see it :

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Park Avenue




I'll believe it when I see it :

It must sounds terrible the number of times I say it but never quite get around to it

[Solly]

You've been saying it for at least three years now. I still intend to visit the international pool in Leeds...

(Hey but at least I'm lifting thrice a week and cycling and playing football).

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Gay in the molly bloom sense. Complete girlyman...

Says the bulbous gutbucket frigid virgin.

When did you last see your genitalia without assistance, lardo ?



Or your feet, for that matter ?


See, keep up the unnecessary references to me, or my sexuality, and I have a great fund of invective coming right your way.

[Ecthy]

What kind of food should I get before working out? What kind after? At what point does high protein food make sense?

Chocolate bar before working out anyone? What should it contain?

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Bkeela
I get angry when I read topics like this. So much crap advice is handed out.

Running should be taken slowly at first. I would recommend no more than 5-10 minutes per week day. As your body gets used to the change, perhaps after a month or so, extend to 20 minutes per day. 45 minutes for an unfit person is dangerous and stupid. I've been jogging since high school - even I would find 45 minutes a tedious, unnecessary strain.

If someone can't run for more then 10 minutes then there is something seriously wrong with them. If the pace is to much then slow down but his goal is weight lose so continous effort is the key. He's doing it for time not for distance so he can start with a slow jog and work his way up.

That's not "crap advice" that's sound advice.

Lastly, swimming is the best cardio activity there is hands down. It's a total body work out and you burn boat loads of calories both keeping your body warm and from the physical activity. There are a number of different strokes a person can use to work different muscles and keep it interesting or you add in a kick board or a leg float to isolate just your upper or lower body and add still more variation.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Ecthy
What kind of food should I get before working out? What kind after? At what point does high protein food make sense?

Chocolate bar before working out anyone? What should it contain?

It depends on what your diet goals are. Normally I just eat a banana or apple an hour before and a light snack afterwards so I don't get super hungry and over eat.

[Ecthy]

Diet goals? err... build muscle... Today I had a half cereal half chocolate bar ("Corny", German product), which is basically a muesli bar with chocolate, before worout. After that had a sandwich of dark bread with chicken and cheese. Should remember to put in some tomato, cucumber or lettuce next time, it was damn dry. Back home I got some rice with sausage and egg, still not feeling really fed now but I shall eat some more later on.