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The 'I Feel Like Being Healthier' Thread!
redglasscurls:
Supersheep, honestly if you are climbing correctly, you are mostly using your legs for power and arms for balance. Some harder routes will require you to be able to pull up with your arms, but legs are muy importante.
Working on your grip would be helpful, and pull-ups, but really do not neglect leg work.
the_pied_piper:
Supersheep, these are some lower back exercises that i do to help me. Some exercises obviously work better for others but these were recommended for back/lower back. Also, i was told it is best to not use weights when stretching the spine (not sure why but i guess it could strain too much).
Back Hyperextensions
Back Hyperextensions on Ball
Lower Back Extensions on Ball
Lying Leg Raises
General List of Back Exercises
Personally, i would recommend the Basic Twist from the General List first. Hope this helps.
Avec:
If you're working on your abdonimals, I wouldn't just do sit ups. It's actually bad to just train one set of muscles, if you're looking for a legit six pack I'd add variety making sure that you're in pain after every exercise. Give yourself minumum breaks and try to do 30-40 reps of a specific exercise, works wonders once you can do it consecutively.
spoon_of_grimbo:
i am a REET FAT LAD, and i'm gonna do something about it, starting now, as it's the easter holidays so i've got plenty of spare time to get a bit of a head-start in terms of fitness.
the plan:
* lots of cycling. i used to cycle all the time, but a combination of a bike seat that feels like sitting on a brick, and the fact that i had a bit of an accident that resulted in a £200 dental bill kinda put me off. i've always been a pretty decent cyclist though, i could go for hours without getting tired. so i figure i'll get a new bike seat and see how that goes.
* i plan on cycling the few miles to my friend's house AT LEAST every other day, where he's mapped out a route around some country lanes that's about 3miles. we'll start off jogging and see what we can build to from there. then i'll bike home afterwards.
* if all the cycling goes well, i also plan on cycling to skegness, which is about 20miles away from where i live in boston, at some point during the fortnight i'm back at home, possibly more than once.
* gonna start trying to get a regular sleeping pattern going, rather than constantly staying up til the early hours and sleeping in late.
* i'm also going to start doing situps and lifting small weights (by small i mean hand-weights, as opposed to weight benches and powerlifting).
* on top of all that, i'm going to try to eat a bit healthier - main areas being cutting down a lot on snacking, and having smaller portions at mealtimes.
...having typed all that out, i'm now actually feeling quite enthusiastic about doing all this!
Avec:
--- Quote from: spoon_of_grimbo on 24 Mar 2009, 17:10 ---having smaller portions at mealtimes.
--- End quote ---
This part caught my eye because for the best results, I'd eat a lot of little meals during the course of the day, instead of just riducing how much you eat in the course of three. This is to keep up your metabolism, hopefully shedding a few pounds, or even getting you a healthier diet you don't have to force yourself into. So technically you're not sitting down at seven to a big steak or something, you're eating little things, like some boiled potatoes with other veggies at four, and maybe you'll have some stir fried shrimp at six, and so on. Do you get the idea? I've gotten myself used to the intervals of eating, so it's something I'm used to. Give it a try.
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