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Exercise Ineffective for Weight Loss?
On Nov 1, 10:12 pm, Chris Malcolm wrote:
I don't think you need to worry. Having already left your bicycle and started using the bus at your age it shouldn't take you too long to either bloat into a hippo or shrivel into a lizard depending on your constitution. If you can afford it, buy a car, then you'll have even less time to wait before you degenerate from lack of exercise. Huh? My complaint is that degeneration takes decades...if we must be mortal, well, let's just have done with it, then, no need to rot for decades yet! Still doing my three a week at the gym, but I'm afraid at a certain point it's simply paddling against an ever increasing current.... -- Chris Malcolm DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/] |
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Exercise Ineffective for Weight Loss?
On Nov 1, 11:10 pm, Oldest guy alive
wrote: So does that crap really help? I'm thinking about trying some to see if I can buildup a bit of muscle. Hard to say, as I didn't do things under controlled (laboratory) conditions. I've gotten stronger since I first started using them mid- summer, but would I have been stronger anyway? I think that at best I made ever so slightly faster progress, and that's still quite debatable. My arms went up half an inch and I gain ten pounds of water weight from the creatine, from what I can tell. It may have helped me pump out an extra rep or two; I simply don't know. Being that a ~$10 tub of creatine fruit punch lasts like a month, it's not a total waste of money if those gains are indeed due to creatine. One thing I read about creatine is that gains are supposedly kept even after discontinuing use, unlike with something like steroids, provided one still exercises and eats right, etc. It's the same thing with protein shakes, though I'm even less sure about them. I take them before, during, and after working out, as advised by the book "Nutrient Timing," but there's simply no telling whether I would have made the progress anyway, or am simply undergoing a placebo effect, or if any progress due to these supplements are that big of a deal in the first place! It sure was fun at first, however, to mix up these "magic potions" and imagine that I was going to tear the gym apart. =) My recommendation: give 'em a try for fun if you have the money (though creatine is particularly cheap). Don't expect much and you might be slightly amused. |
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Exercise Ineffective for Weight Loss?
On Nov 2, 5:32 am, "ATP*" wrote:
There is also some evidence that intermittent fasting offers benefits. Robb Wolf's blog and Art Devany's site have some interesting discussions. Fasting?? What benefits?? I thought this issue was settled by now. They used to say it help "clean out" your system -- even help sharpen mental focus! Now the conventional wisdom is that you're hungry for a reason (duh!) and if peak physical prowess is important to you, don't do it. |
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Exercise Ineffective for Weight Loss?
On Nov 1, 1:21 pm, Michelle Steiner wrote:
In article .com, wrote: A nutritionist told me that back in 1976. It's been estimated that you burn 100 Kcalories per mile (that would vary by weight, of course). One pound of fat is about 3500 Kcalories. That means you would have to run thirty five miles to burn up one pound of fat. It's not just what happens during exercise - it's the resulting changes in your body's metabolism and how it burns calories at all times. Of course. And just because you burn up one pound of fat, that doesn't mean you lose a pound; there are other factors involved. -- Support the troops: Bring them home ASAP. Obviously every one is different and what works for me will be much different than what works for someone else. body type is a big factor. I run anywhere from 25-40 miles a week and can't lose weight on that alone, I really need to keep the calorie count down, but not too low. Everyone needs to change some habits and see what works best for you, it will take some time though. Matt http://www.recreationease.com |
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Exercise Ineffective for Weight Loss?
On Nov 6, 12:55 am, Michelle Steiner wrote:
I've lost about 20 pounds in the past eighteen months, fifteen of them since May, and eight of those since August 11th, without any substantial change in my diet. Um, she had her penis and nutsack removed for pre-op preps. Nothing magical about that weight loss. |
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