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01-03-2011, 07:24 AM
#471
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On the cardio machines (those things that come with book racks, lol) time spent is not nearly as important as intensity of the workout. You should always be working within your target heart rate for burning fat. For me that is 150. Find out your target heart rate and check often to see if you are in that range. 20-30 minutes of that will do more for you than hours of leisurely walking while reading a magazine in the book rack. In my gym, the people who read while using the cardio machines are not the ones you see ever get any smaller. My rule of thumb is that if you can see print on a page or screen while working out, you aren't working hard enough to do any good.
01-03-2011, 08:29 AM
#473
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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
On the cardio machines (those things that come with book racks, lol) time spent is not nearly as important as intensity of the workout. You should always be working within your target heart rate for burning fat. For me that is 150. Find out your target heart rate and check often to see if you are in that range. 20-30 minutes of that will do more for you than hours of leisurely walking while reading a magazine in the book rack.
Now I'm going to pat myself on the back because I just got back from 15min on a slow treadmill and 1/2 hr slowly on a stationary bike. I have to keep my pulse on the lower side, says my cardio doc.
Also I've bought a pulse oximeter fingertip thing that tells me what my pulse and blood oxygen level are. I've noticed that the pulse numbers on it are a lot lower than the readout on the machines. I'm going to go believe my pulse oximeter.
I'm only going to weigh myself once a week. Don't want to depress myself!
01-03-2011, 08:48 AM
#474
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Originally Posted by dotcomdtcm
Good morning everyone!
I have a slimmed down recipe to share. Do I post it here or
in Recipe section? Dotty
I have a slimmed down recipe to share. Do I post it here or
in Recipe section? Dotty
01-03-2011, 09:06 AM
#476
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Originally Posted by dotcomdtcm
Good morning everyone!
I have a slimmed down recipe to share. Do I post it here or
in Recipe section? Dotty
I have a slimmed down recipe to share. Do I post it here or
in Recipe section? Dotty
01-03-2011, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by MissyGirl
Originally Posted by trupeach1
Originally Posted by kwendt
:lol: There's this little thing on the Elliptical, the Cross Trainer, the Stationary Bike, etc.... and it's called.....are you ready?.... it's called a "book rack". lol
01-03-2011, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
In my gym, the people who read while using the cardio machines are not the ones you see ever get any smaller. My rule of thumb is that if you can see print on a page or screen while working out, you aren't working hard enough to do any good.
We incourage people who are now able to walk up a flight of stairs or out to their mailbox who couldn't before. WE ARE NOT TRAINING FOR A MARATHON. Your advice might be good for people at a different level then most of the people doing the challenge. HAVE YOU NOT READ COMMENTS? Some players have 100 lb or more to lose. You say if they can read while working out you are not working out hard enough. Do you know the ages of someone the players? If some of them would take your advice they will end up having a heart attack. If you are going to be negative about the intensity, or type of exercise people are doing PLEASE REFRAIN from commenting. That also includes their diet or food choices.
If you read all previous months there is nothing EVER negative. Your comments were negative. I am hosting this thread I do not expect to read anything in the way of "the ones who read...................never get smaller" If a person on this thread is exercising any exercise after being immobile for months no make that years I am proud of them to even attenpt to be exercising at all.
This is also not to GET SMALLER some have been doing this challenge for months, it is to get healthy not necessarily to only lose weight. I am happy for each and everyone when they decide to de-crap their kitchens replacing it with healthy food. This has been a long journey for some people to start a healthy lifestyle and I along with many others on this thread will incourage not discourage them as much as we can.
I understand you have a gym and prehaps you could start your own thread with people who are at the same level you are. It might be more fun for you, you could talk about the intensity of your workouts or how many miles you ran. It's just a thought.
01-03-2011, 09:59 AM
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ANY movement is a plus no matter what speed you do !!
I didnt do any speed stuff today but I can certainly feel it already which means I have moved muscles that havent been used in a few months.
I am going to keep a chart of my excerise,hoping to increase my duration each week. Today I got 30 min on the treadmill, 35 minutes on the bike and 15 on the eliptical. I'll continue these amounts this week and try to bump them up by 5 minutes each next week until I can do 45 minutes on each.
I didnt do any speed stuff today but I can certainly feel it already which means I have moved muscles that havent been used in a few months.
I am going to keep a chart of my excerise,hoping to increase my duration each week. Today I got 30 min on the treadmill, 35 minutes on the bike and 15 on the eliptical. I'll continue these amounts this week and try to bump them up by 5 minutes each next week until I can do 45 minutes on each.
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