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Lift Weights, Lose Inches
This article, 'For Weight Loss Success, Women Should Get Off Their Cardio Machines', recently caught my eye, as I’ve been a huge advocate for strength training for the past several years.
Like most women, I used to be undereducated and thus convinced that lifting heavy weights would make me bulky. Consequently, I rarely lifted at all, sticking to the ‘low weight, high reps’ method when I did. My weight-loss and strength plateaued, and it wasn’t until I started training for marathons post-college that I discovered the many benefits of weight-training.
At the advice of a close friend and former professional tri-athlete, I started putting in two sessions of intense weight-training weekly. I performed my usual exercises, but instead of using weight that I could easily complete 15-20 repetitions with, I upped the weight until I could do no more than eight repetitions. Admittedly, I was pretty sore for the first few sessions, but this was because I was actually challenging my muscles! Within a few weeks, I was already seeing results. My muscles were more defined, I felt stronger and I actually lost a few inches.
Muscle burns more calories at rest than fat, meaning that the lower your body fat percentage (and the higher your percentage of lean muscle), the more calories your body is burning just by you simply being alive! Weight-lifting has also been shown to preserve bone mass and lower blood pressure, two more benefits that can help lengthen and improve the quality of your life.
So if you’ve been skittish about hitting the weights, for whatever reasons, it’s time to squash your fears and start lifting - - you might just get that bikini body of your dreams sooner than you thought.
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AH LOSING WEIGHT . I SAID I WAS NEVER GOING ON A NETHER DIET AGAIN. FOR YEARS I'VE LOST WEIGHT AND THEN GAINED IT BACK. I STARTED WALKING AND SURE ENOUGH I STARTED LOSING WEIGHT AND PLUS I HAD MORE ENERGY TO DO OTHER THINGS. THEN I STARTED JOGGING WHAT A HIGH I GOT OUT OF THAT. NOW I NO LONGER CAN JOG OR GO FOR LONG WALKS BECAUSE I STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY KNEE'S AND MY FEET. SO BECAUSE I NO LONGER COULD GET THE EXERCISE I LIKED I PUT BACK ON THE WEIGHT.PLUS I'M OLDER AND ITS HARDER TO GET IT OFF. NOW THERE SAYING ALL YOU HAVE TO DO 30 MINUTE WORK OUTS, SOME STRENGTH TRAINING AND DO SOME YOGA AND CUT BACK ON THE PORTION SIZES. SO THAT IS MY PLAN AND IF I LOSE SOME WEIGHT HURRAY.
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ambongg
6/14/08 9:22 AM
(It's called "Exercise Induced Catabolism.")
This is not what you want.
Prevent soreness, stop soreness, enhance muscle building ability
by giving the muscles what they want and need:
the raw materials for building muscle tissue in response to exercise.
The safe nutrients which will do this are:
Branch Chain Amino Acids plenty
Creatine 5-10 grams
Glutamine 5-10 grams
Ribose 5-10 grams
Phosphatidyl-Serine 300 mg
You will get more benefit from exercise.
More gain, less pain.
You can take this before, during, and after a workout.
Also, 4-6 hours later.
If you feel sore, you need more.
These nutrients (all natural) will allow you to feel strong.
These nutrients are primarily amino acids, protein components.
They have no fat and no carbohydrate,
with none of the issues attached to fats and carbs.
Also, amino acids cannot cause any kind of drug overdose.
They are nutrients, not drugs, and are safe.
Don't worry, you will not look like a football player.
You will have a beautiful, toned, in-shape, fit, sexy body.