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Leese said:maybe your lower back is expanding hence the tightening of the trousershave you tried putting your legs in various positions when you go on the ab roller?
well, i do 80 reps in normal position, then 50 each with knees to each side (to do side ab muscles) then another 80 in normal position again?? why, what else can you do??
Buckley said:stuie said:first of all, get a body fat reading.
if you think it's raised since last time/too high then drop one of your gym sessions and replace it with a 1 hour run/vigorous sauna of course!)
And we can all guess how that works
Buckley - that's chewie/jjinit/niteflys level of humour!
you might have built up too much muscle... Situps don't give you a six pack. They build muscle. Fat loss is what gives you a six pack. We've all got one under there somewhere.
Rollbar things are for girls. Do two lots of 30 crunches. Then those ones where you put your heel on a knee then sit up your elbow to the knee without a heel on. 15 each side. Then lay flat and raise legs keeping straight and together to a vertical position till you can't do anymore. Once a week, twice max
Rollbar things are for girls. Do two lots of 30 crunches. Then those ones where you put your heel on a knee then sit up your elbow to the knee without a heel on. 15 each side. Then lay flat and raise legs keeping straight and together to a vertical position till you can't do anymore. Once a week, twice max
jjinit said:Leese said:maybe your lower back is expanding hence the tightening of the trousers
well, i do 80 reps in normal position, then 50 each with knees to each side (to do side ab muscles) then another 80 in normal position again?? why, what else can you do??
lifting your knees up, straightening your legs in the air, lifting one knee up and placing the opposite foot on the knee
chewie_oo7 said:stuie said:Buckley - that's chewie/jjinit/niteflys level of humour!
since when were u a good boy?
u've had more Warnings/bans than me!
did i say anything about good boy/bad boy?
Buckleys jokes are usually more constructive/elaborate than quote changing! (albeit, we don't always understand them!)
btw: Ban Count still 1
jjinit said:
Hands on either temples or behind neck because you shouldn't be putting any pressure or pulling on you kneck. Just somewhere to keep your arms out the way.
Keep your chin on your chest and your tounge on the roof of your mouth (helps to keep the muscles at the front of your neck strong else you'll get stronger muscles at the back of the neck and develop a stoop)
Then clench your stomach and raise your self about half way.
Keep stomach taught and don't roll back all the way.
Shouldn't be able to do more than 30 in one go without feeling something
mambobirdette
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Am i doing enough at the gym??
At the moment im doing 20 mins walking but walking on a hill and then 50 sit ups with the roller thingie.
Then i move onto the weights for my arms (50 of them) then 10 mins on the bike.
Bearing in mind ive only just started again but ive got 3 months until Ibiza and will go twice a week
At the moment im doing 20 mins walking but walking on a hill and then 50 sit ups with the roller thingie.
Then i move onto the weights for my arms (50 of them) then 10 mins on the bike.
Bearing in mind ive only just started again but ive got 3 months until Ibiza and will go twice a week
mambobirdette said:Am i doing enough at the gym??
At the moment im doing 20 mins walking but walking on a hill and then 50 sit ups with the roller thingie.
Then i move onto the weights for my arms (50 of them) then 10 mins on the bike.
Bearing in mind ive only just started again but ive got 3 months until Ibiza and will go twice a week
buy yrself a heart rate monitor, and exercise within the zone while yr on the cardio equiptment. yr BPM should stay between 55%-70% if yr plurely excercising for fat burn, and over 70% is the target area should u decide to build up yr stamina. you'll find yr excercising with more control and can stay in there longer.
work out yr heart rate by
220 minus your age = MAX heart rate.
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ive got a spare heart rate monitor strap u can have (might work with the gym equpt)
also, what u eat helps, cut out the curry's, lose the skin off chicken, cut off excess fat of chops, steam yr veg rather than boiling it to retain the nutrients, grill meat, avoid cheese.
easy isnt it.
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mambobirdette said:Am i doing enough at the gym??
At the moment im doing 20 mins walking but walking on a hill and then 50 sit ups with the roller thingie.
Then i move onto the weights for my arms (50 of them) then 10 mins on the bike.
Bearing in mind ive only just started again but ive got 3 months until Ibiza and will go twice a week
You could probably do more sit ups hun, i tend to do around 200 of an evening, when I can be bothered
and about 250 at the gym Your walking and cycling is a good start, what excercise do you do for your arms? when I go to the gym with Paul we normally do 2 lots of muscle groups excerises (e.g chest and biceps) and do 3 different excercises for each, each excercise we'll do 4 sets of 12-15 reps! I ALWAYS do triceps too (trying to get rid of my bongo wings).