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04-11-2010 10:29pm#1Hey guys.
Joined the gym this week. Problem is i haven't a clue what i'm doing. I'm entitled to a fitness review, but i don't need that, i know i'm unfit. And from what i've heard the trainers in the gym don't have a clue what they are doing either.
Aim is to reduce my overall bodyfat. The reason is to increase the speed and accuracy of my fingers for the piano. My fingers (as well as my belly) have gotten bigger in recent years and i want it sorted out in 12 months (hopefully). And just maintain my desired weight (Probably need to loose about 4 or 4 and a half stone in total)
Some questions:- What exercises do i do to reduce my percentage bodyfat? I'm thinking all cardio work but wtf do i know. :rolleyes:
- If i'm going to the gym in the morning straight from bed what is the best thing to eat before i go?
- If i'm going to the gym in the evening what is the best thing to eat before and after the workout?
- Wtf is the difference between Hi GI and low GI meals and what is the name of that popular cookbook with the green cover that i should have to help me cook healthy things?
- How the **** can i stop eating junk. I tried this week and i'm eating fairly healthy but there is always temptations around. If anybody has any relatively
effortless healthy substitutes i'd be very grateful of them - I've given up the booze (don't know how long that will last)
I'm committed to this and will do my best. However is there any supplement or anything i can take to speed up the process. - To reduce my % bodyfat do i need to use weights and cardio or will just cardio just do. Whatever little i know about cardio (i know how to operate the machines
) i really don't have a clue at all about weights. I think i look like a tool when i'm lifting them looking at myself in the mirror. Feel like a right knob. - If you know any weight exercises that i can do to speed up the process i will try them though. Although a diagram may help so i know what machine i'm supposed to be using!
Thanks so much for your help guys! I forgot boards came in colour
(Please don't just refer me to the sticky. I've read some stuff in there but theres so much it confusing)Tagged:1 - What exercises do i do to reduce my percentage bodyfat? I'm thinking all cardio work but wtf do i know. :rolleyes:
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Dublinstiofán wrote: »Hey guys.
Joined the gym this week. Problem is i haven't a clue what i'm doing. I'm entitled to a fitness review, but i don't need that, i know i'm unfit. And from what i've heard the trainers in the gym don't have a clue what they are doing either.
At least talk to the trainers there. Posting on an anonymous internet message board is hardly dependable either. Transforms diet 101 video is straight forward enough without going through all the stickies.
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At least talk to the trainers there. Posting on an anonymous internet message board is hardly dependable either. Transforms diet 101 video is straight forward enough without going through all the stickies.
Totally agree. It's become quite cool to say the gym staff don't know what they're talking about and it's certainly true at times. However, it's also true that there are very good gym staff around too. As you said op, it's free so what have you got to lose.0 -
SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »First and foremost can you post up your diet. And your actual diet, not your ideal diet. I have this hunch that people are not being truthfull all the time.:eek:
Your not going to go very far if thats not right, no matter what work you do in the gym. It's 90% all about your diet if you want to lose weight.
Typical M,T,W,T:
I usually don't eat breakfast. I used to but then the breakfast cereals dried up and have to date not been replenished cause nobody eats breakfast in the house. I get into college and usually have a cup of tea at the 11am break. Sometimes i'd eat a bowl of cereal there or a bit of fruit (Really
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Have a plain chicken fillet baguette for lunch with just butter and the hot chicken most every day. When i don't have a roll i have sausage, beans and chips from the canteen cause its cheap. Or if i'm not that hungry a bowl of soup with a small roll.
If its a long day i'd probably have a bottle of lucozade around 4 to keep me going and maybe a snack (bar of chocolate or crisps)
Have some form of dinner when i get home. Sometimes they are healthy other times they are not, i eat them eitherway. Today was a pork chop, burger, homemade chips and 1 fried egg. Yesterday we had a healthy casserole.
Typical Friday:
I have two sausages and scrambled egg between two slices of white bread every Friday. Roll for lunch. And without fail a heaped plate of Chinese in the evening. Usually consisting of a house special curry, fried rice, couple of chicken balls and chips.
Typical weekend:
Usually a full irish on the Saturday morning. Then a healthy dinner that night or Fish and chips from the takeaway. Sunday roast is usually cooked. On occasion we would head to the local for carvery.
This Week:
Two pieces of brown bread with butter for breakfast. Chicken fillet roll for lunch (cant think of a healthy alternative) fairly healthy dinners (bar today) and two pieces of brown bread with smoked salmon after the gym. Couple of milky bar yoghourts on occasion too as they were in the fridge. Had a sneaky white chocolate kinder bueno at one stage and had one teaspoon of my favourite cheesecake instead of my regular quater.
As i said i'm gonna cut out the fry's and the chinese indefinitely and pints for the moment until we get a half decent start.0 -
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I can olny give you my own experience of trying to get fit and drop fat but here goes
I do a mix of both combining a lot of spin classes and rowing with a lot of heavy(for me) circuits involving rotating areas hit through out the week..like Monday legs and tuesday chests etc, i have found that intense heavy circuits really worked for me when dropping fat.Dublinstiofán wrote: »What exercises do i do to reduce my percentage bodyfat? I'm thinking all cardio work but wtf do i know.
I generally have a protein shake on rising and nothing else, ill have porridge or an omlette for breakfast afterwards depending on the workout.Dublinstiofán wrote: »If i'm going to the gym in the morning straight from bed what is the best thing to eat before i go?
I actually try do all workout in the morning, if i do have like a spin class or something in the evening at say 6, i'll have protein and fruit at 4 and nothing else, then ill have dinner at approx 7.30 when i get homeDublinstiofán wrote: »If i'm going to the gym in the evening what is the best thing to eat before and after the workout?
Not a scooby dooDublinstiofán wrote: »Wtf is the difference between Hi GI and low GI meals and what is the name of that popular cookbook with the green cover that i should have to help me cook healthy things?
The only advice i can give here in relation to losing fat and looking good is that if you want it..and i mean really want it...temptation isnt an issue, like all good campaigns "just say NO" I aint saying its easy but its just something that HAS to be done, when you use terms like effortless it generates and image of someone who wants results with no work..dont be that person:p, to quote Tom Venuto "train hard and expect success"Dublinstiofán wrote: »How the **** can i stop eating junk. I tried this week and i'm eating fairly healthy but there is always temptations around. If anybody has any relatively
effortless healthy substitutes i'd be very grateful of them
In my own opinion fat burners do work when you have a spotlessly clean diet...which you dont...yet!!!!!so i'd concentrate your efforts on diet and forget about supp's for now at least. As far as Booze goes...well i think training and booze just dont mix...some lads on here have a few jars and some dont..like i say i think booze when training for fat loss is a big no.Dublinstiofán wrote: »I've given up the booze (don't know how long that will last)
I'm committed to this and will do my best. However is there any supplement or anything i can take to speed up the process.
Weights and cardio all the way, the ration of which i cant be sure of, i know i do more circuits than cardio and it works for me, there are better lads on here to advise on that, as for looking like a tool with weights, talk to your gym induction person and get a machine based program for now...I started on machines and could notice good changes with the program i was given for both upper and lower body, i was on this for at least 5 months before i moved to free weights. Again you use terms like "speed up the process"....i can tell you in all honesty above "everything else" the one thing you need to drop fat and start looking good is patience, it will come...i'm sure of it and i'm still waiting:D But i think patience and hard work is the key to getting in shape, from getting out of bed for workouts to cycling in the pissing rain to saying no to that pecan pastry with cream.....Patience and hard work!!!!! i hope my own info helps, some beefcake will be along in a minute to rubbish all ive just said:D:p- To reduce my % bodyfat do i need to use weights and cardio or will just cardio just do. Whatever little i know about cardio (i know how to operate the machines ) i really don't have a clue at all about weights. I think i look like a tool when i'm lifting them looking at myself in the mirror. Feel like a right knob.
- If you know any weight exercises that i can do to speed up the process i will try them though. Although a diagram may help so i know what machine i'm supposed to be using!
0 - To reduce my % bodyfat do i need to use weights and cardio or will just cardio just do. Whatever little i know about cardio (i know how to operate the machines
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*Walks into local spar, "Eh, do yiz have any agar vinegar or flaxseeds?"*
Ah its a great vid though. Cuts through all the bull. Yerman is some man to talk!0 -
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6G_7V8syrw
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