I been reading about fitness and weight loss and want to start exercising. I'm thinking about jogging and some light free weights to burn fat and build muscles. I don't really have more than half and hour a day so I was thing I might start jogging a few miles each morning with those velcro weights on my ankles and wrists. Right now I'm six feet, 42 years old and 236 lbs but not too flabby as I had a big frame. I want to get undo 200 to get out of the red on the bmi chart. I've got good shoes and a soccer field nearby. Any thoughts on how to ease in to this routine? Oh yeah, I'm not a total potatoe as I coach hockey and did a lot of skating over the winter.
I been reading about fitness and weight loss and want to start exercising. I'm thinking about jogging and some light free weights to burn fat and build muscles. I don't really have more than half and hour a day so I was thing I might start jogging a few miles each morning with those velcro weights on my ankles and wrists. Right now I'm six feet, 42 years old and 236 lbs but not too flabby as I had a big frame. I want to get undo 200 to get out of the red on the bmi chart. I've got good shoes and a soccer field nearby. Any thoughts on how to ease in to this routine? Oh yeah, I'm not a total potatoe as I coach hockey and did a lot of skating over the winter.
FB
Start with some light jogging, don't even bother with velcro weights. Use heavy weights. Heavy enough for you to do 3 sets of 8 reps and feel it.
Forget ankle and wrist weights, they are useless and will injure you. To start out jog as much as you can until you are out of breath, then walk until you catch it, repeat. You'll soon find yourself running more and walking less. Weights: buy a set of free weights, use the program that comes with it, but skip the leg excercises. Do a full weight WO every other day.
"True Grit" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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Forget ankle and wrist weights, they are useless and will injure you. To start out jog as much as you can until you are out of breath, then walk until you catch it, repeat. You'll soon find yourself running more and walking less. Weights: buy a set of free weights, use the program that comes with it, but skip the leg excercises. Do a full weight WO every other day.
This whole "use the program that comes with it" is so bizzarely stupid I can't even figure out where it's coming from. What are you thinking? Do you know and approve of every program that comes with every weight kit? WTF?
To the OP: The most important thing is what no one's said yet: eat less.
Hugh
-- Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will attend no other.
"True Grit" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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Forget ankle and wrist weights, they are useless and will injure you. To start out jog as much as you can until you are out of breath, then walk until you catch it, repeat. You'll soon find yourself running more and walking less. Weights: buy a set of free weights, use the program that comes with it, but skip the leg excercises. Do a full weight WO every other day.
This whole "use the program that comes with it" is so bizzarely stupid I can't even figure out where it's coming from. What are you thinking? Do you know and approve of every program that comes with every weight kit? WTF?
To the OP: The most important thing is what no one's said yet: eat less.
Hugh
I miss the days where BS advice like this was always challenged... -- -Larry
"Geezer From The Freezer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Start with some light jogging, don't even bother with velcro weights. Use heavy weights. Heavy enough for you to do 3 sets of 8 reps and feel
it.
I want to foucs on the jogging or fast walking cause that should be the fastest way to lose weight. Swimming might be better but not with wieghts. I like the idea of the velcro wieghts cause it should help burn more calories faster. Anyone tired this, how much wieght did you use? Like is said i only have about a hlaf hour a day so a wieght regime and jogging seems like too much.
"Awa Tagoo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
You are a very strange man.
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Hell you got shoes and play hockey all winter. take one of your millions and buy some frocking weights. there couch great who wants to run now from his new s.u.v. to moms soccer field fat sir....and for god
I don't play hockey, I coach for free so I don't have millions and I don't have an SUV (just an old volvo wagon) and we dont play soccer.
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sack....lose some weight.........
I'm not that heavy just a bit out of shape.
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........ mister I two fat nd only got 30 minutes to run at the
I only have a half hour cause I have to commute to my job as a bus driver which just barely pays the bill a keeps me out of shape. That why i'm here looking for ideas I can use in a half hour a day.
To the OP: The most important thing is what no one's said yet: eat less.
Hugh
I don't eat much. I might get too many calories from beer but at least it has antioxidants. I try to eat a lot of salads and fish, but that is really hard when I drive bus for a living.
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To the OP: The most important thing is what no one's said yet: eat less.
Hugh
I don't eat much. I might get too many calories from beer but at least it has antioxidants. I try to eat a lot of salads and fish, but that is really hard when I drive bus for a living.
beer has antioxidants? whatever good it MIGHT be doing you the alcohol is bad for you. period. you're in a rush to lose weight; drop the beer. drink water.
the ankle/wrist weights do not significantly increase the calorie burn.
Consider if you add a total of 4pounds of weights, you increase you total mass by only 2%. Running instead of walking will be more important.
And running those weights cause the balance of your legs and arms to change. Will it directly injure you, may be not. But it may cause you to have a poor running form which can lead to injuries long term.
The goal for exercise to burn calories is to get the heart rate higher than normal.
SO lose the jogging weights and just run/walk, increasing the run portion over time.
I don't really do weights, so I won't suggest what you need for those other than more reps is better than more weight per rep. (unless you want to do body building.)
To the OP: The most important thing is what no one's said yet: eat less.
I don't eat much.
Wanna bet? Try recording it, use www.fitday.com. Don't forget to include the beer. You may be surprised.
Following up my own post - I used fitday to enter a typical person's meals, starting with a breakfast of a glass of milk, two fried eggs and toast with margarine, then a lunch of cheeseburger, fries and a medium coke. At that point I stopped, because I'd already exceeded my base metabolic rate of around 1850 calories/day - this without supper, dessert, snacks, alcohol or even any bacon with my eggs. Fitday can be a bit of a slap in the face - try it.
"Ed Prochak" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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the ankle/wrist weights do not significantly increase the calorie burn.
Consider if you add a total of 4pounds of weights, you increase you total mass by only 2%. Running instead of walking will be more important.
And running those weights cause the balance of your legs and arms to change. Will it directly injure you, may be not. But it may cause you to have a poor running form which can lead to injuries long term.
The goal for exercise to burn calories is to get the heart rate higher than normal.
SO lose the jogging weights and just run/walk, increasing the run portion over time.
I don't really do weights, so I won't suggest what you need for those other than more reps is better than more weight per rep. (unless you want to do body building.)
You would have done better to stop sooner.
Hugh
-- Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will attend no other.
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To the OP: The most important thing is what no one's said yet: eat less.
Hugh
I don't eat much. I might get too many calories from beer but at least it has antioxidants. I try to eat a lot of salads and fish, but that is really hard when I drive bus for a living.
FB
Dude. You're fat, you're out of shape, you're fixing to injure yourself, and you're arguing with the people who are trying to help you.
If you're fat YOU ARE EATING TOO MUCH.
If you're overweight RUNNING WITH ANKLE WEIGHTS IS STUPID.
If you want to keep the muscles you do have WEIGHTLIFTING HEAVY IS GOOD.
Hugh
-- Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will attend no other.
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"Fat [censored]" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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To the OP: The most important thing is what no one's said yet: eat less.
Hugh
I don't eat much. I might get too many calories from beer but at least it has antioxidants. I try to eat a lot of salads and fish, but that is really hard when I drive bus for a living.
FB
Dude. You're fat, you're out of shape, you're fixing to injure yourself, and you're arguing with the people who are trying to help you.
If you're fat YOU ARE EATING TOO MUCH.
If you're overweight RUNNING WITH ANKLE WEIGHTS IS STUPID.
If you want to keep the muscles you do have WEIGHTLIFTING HEAVY IS GOOD.
go heavy or or go home.
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Hugh
-- Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will attend no other.
I don't really do weights, so I won't suggest what you need for those other than more reps is better than more weight per rep. (unless you want to do body building.)
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what's your rush? did you put the weight on overnight? are you planning on getting in shape and comitting suicide? you've got the rest of your life
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lose weight. do it right. the more responsibly you take the weight off the better platform you'll be building for a healthy lifestyle. i think if you focus on the running you'll improve quicker and you won't end up with
aching
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elbows from carrying stuff while you run/walk. a half hour is perfect to start out. run for 30 seconds walk for 30 seconds repeat for 30 minutes.
No big rush really but my doctor thinks I might have a heart mummer or prolapse or something like that so the sooner I take the wieght off the better off I'll be.
It looks like everyone thinks I shouldn't use the velcro wiedghts, are they good for anything?
