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| Sat, 11-24-2007 - 10:17am |
My treadmill was delivered this morning!!
| Sat, 11-24-2007 - 10:17am |
My treadmill was delivered this morning!!
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Anyway, signed up for a 3 wk program with a personal trainer at my local gym. They put me through an intense weight training regimen along with a diet plan (not that I needed one as I was there only for the gut; the rest of my frame was fine) and a couple of fat burn pills. These pills actually helped quite a bit. The first - Apex FatBurn 1 (supposedly) cleans out the liver, the second - FatBurn 2 increases the resting metabolic rate . As for the actual training, hah, I was made to do things I never I thought I was capable of. Began slowly, but before long I was bench pressing 150 lbs in sets of 12, three sets at a time! Arm curls, leg curls, ab crunches, squats and lots of other routines whose names I don't remember. This went on for a whole hour with practically little to no rest in between. I would feel my heart jumping around inside the rib cage wanting to leap out.
The results were visible. Other than the obvious buffed up arms, the gut had started to recede. Two months later it had shrunk to about 30 %, another month later it was gone replaced with nice little ripples. Even my trainer (22, blond, 5'8", legs) said "Wow you look good !"
"Yes, I see that!".
Took her to dinner at the end of the program (as a gesture of appreciation being the gentleman that I am), and then once more.
Well it's been six months since. The ripples are still there but covered under a thin layer of ..umm..shall we say adipose tissue. Moral of the story - a couple of years of treadmilling didn't do for me what weight training did in a few short months.
I've only used it once, but so far I like it.
Proform? Hmm... I don't recall seeing that one listed. (I also was looking at the Sears Web site.)
I'm going to go into my local Sears here in the next week and take a look at the models they have out.
A co-worker of mine also suggested 2nd Wind - she said they were something along the lines of previously owned equipment. Definitely can't afford anything there though! I'm hardly rich! So Sears it probably is then.
Actually I achieved very similar results via jogging, weight training and portion control. Lost 30 pounds, achieved some fantastic results and didn't spend a penny at a gym or on dietary supplements.
I am very skeptical about the trainers at gyms. The majority of them have had no formal education on nutrition, exercise science or anatomy and physiology. In addition, most of them have never taken a Red Cross course in CPR - bad idea when you're working with folks who may not have worked out in years and have failed to consult a physician before starting a program! Basically I find that most trainers are salespeople out to sell supplements and the gym they are employed by. They only know what they have been told and they pass that mis-information on to whatever consumer with a wallet full of cash they have in front of them at the moment. Garbage in/garbage out.
In short, effective (and healthy) weight loss is an equation - eat less/exercise more.
Uh...it's cardio. Cardio burns calories. I'm not really sure what you propose if not running/walking. If you're concerned with the Oreos, just don't eat them. Doesn't matter what you do, eating crap for food isn't going to help.
edited to add: a gut is different than losing weight in general. If you have no abs, running on a treadmill for four hours straight isn't going to help that, but there's nothing better than cardio to straight up burn calories. Of course, doing any one thing alone isn't as effective as combining two or threee.
On a more related note, I'm thinking about running myself...I'm reasonably in shape and am definitely not looking to lose weight, but I feel like ten minutes of cardio wears me out. The one thing I worry about is that for some reason, I have super-strong calves (I think it's all the city-walking and commuting) and though I don't mind, I don't necessarily want them to get any bigger. :)
Edited 11/25/2007 6:00 pm ET by cml7721
When I first started running I noticed my legs/buttocks getting more toned, but since then, it's leveled off. I still run a lot but I don't notice myself bulking up still or any big change. You might see a little more bulk when you first start but don't let that discourage you from running! Besides, it's more attractive to have really strong/big calves than big jello-like claves!
On another note, I run all the time so I can eat like crap! I started running four years ago because I thought about going into the Air Force. Then once I realized that the Air Force wasn't for me, I continued to run because it was nice to be able to run for an hour or two and then come home and eat cookies. I don't feel guilty about eating lots of food because I know that I'll just burn it off the next time I run. For me, running isn't something to help me lose weight, it just keeps me in shape and lets me eat the way I do without gaining weight.
Edited 11/25/2007 6:40 pm ET by running_chick
When I first started running on a treadmill it was hard for me to get the right pace. It would either go to fast for me or too slow. It was actually quite comical if you watched me; I'm sure some of my friends got a good laugh watching me fall off of it because I couldn't get the right pace! :)
Okay, now I don't feel like such clutz!
Glad the purchase is working out well!
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