My first leg workout in my new gym today, I was really looking forward to it as it meant I could do squats and heavy leg press! My old gym had a rubbish leg press machine, one of those cable machine that attaches to the weight stack with a cable. The new gym has a proper leg press machine whereby the weight stack is attached to a footplate that you sit under and push up the guard rails. The mechanism and footplate are all made out of solid looking steal girders and must weigh a good 30-40kg by themselves!
The first exercise that I did wassquats, which I hadn’t done for a good six weeks or so since I’d had a leg workout with my brother at his gym. I did actually watch a really good
Say Uncle… noreply@blogger.com (Weight Master) says: I’m going to be an uncle next week. My sister, who’s like a bean pole, is going to deliver little Madelyn next week. This is her first, and she’s so exited. She is worried, however, about how she can tighten her baby belly back up. For those with the same concerns, heres an idea.
After your doctor gives you the go-ahead to exercise, try this visualization exercise called “Belly Lacing”: Imagine that you have a ribbon woven in and around your ribcage. Close your eyes and imagine pulling on the ends of the ribbon to compress the entire area so that your ribcage narrows. Hold the tightened torso for as long as you comfortably can while you breathe normally. Then relax and repeat.
After the success of my firstsprint hill interval training session on Tuesday evening, I decided to go for another session today. My aim was to do about twenty minutes again, similar to Tuesday, but this time I opted to do the session on the flat instead of up a hill!
Where I live, down on the Somerset levels is fairly flat, and there is a long farmers track which is pretty much one mile in lenght. I figured this would be an ideal place to do an interval session along, two miles (there and back) of short 10-15 second sprints intersperced with a jog to enable me to get my breath back and allow my heart rate to recover.
The first mile, I was fine, I did 10 second sprints followed by 60 second j
Welcome to the 39th edition of theWeight Management and Fitness Forum. As always we appreciate everyone’s participation which is what makes this all possible. We hope you enjoy the selections for this edition and come back toWeight Masterfor our next edition and other informative posts.
Fitness
Maxxpresents8 Most Popular Home Fitness Equipmentposted atHow To Maximize Your Health And Fitness, saying, “The kind of equipment that you choose to help you get fit at home may involve one simple machine or a range of equipment. What you choose here usually depends on what you want/need to do to get fit, how much space you have at home to store equipment and how much you can afford to spend on equipment
A whey protein shake made with 25 grams of fine scottish oats and a banana, with a teaspoon of creatine mixed into the shake. Approx 400 calories and 40 grams of protein.
Post-workout
Another 50 grams ofwhey protein powderin a shake with a teaspoon of creatine mixed into it. Approx 200 calories and 40 grams of protein.
Lunch
A flour tortilla wrap with tuna mayo, lettuce and cucumber for filling. Approx 500 calories and 40 grams of protein.
Mid afternoon snack
50 grams of sliced peperoni salami. Approx 300 calories and 10 grams of protein.
Dinner
A large steak and salad with ceasar dressing and a glass of red wine. Approx 700 calories and 60 grams of protein.
Bedtime Shake
An instant milk pr
6 workout tips… noreply@blogger.com (Weight Master) says: Slow down and stand tall. Make sure your form is correct.
Sip 15 ounces of water two hours before working out
Listen to music
Pick a cardio routine that’s fun
Swap aerobic exercise for weights three times a week
You’ve read a million articles… heard or watched a million endorsements that elicit the benefits of protein powders that can turn you into ‘The Incredible Hulk’ or his delightful real-world compadre, Hulk Hogan.
Before we can talk about protein powders, let’s understand what protein is and howfoods high in proteinbenefit our bodies.
So, we’ll begin with the premise that protein is good for you. OK, you know this already… don’t you?
Good.
Let’s find out why.
For a start, the muscles, immune system and your organs are composed of protein. And we all know how important they are to our health. Secondly, with the regular intake of protein-based food, our body is able t
My second bicep and tricep workout in my new gym was also my last workout of my current training period. I’ve split my training up into eight week periods, during which I supplement withcreatine monohydrate, followed by one week where I don’t do any weight training and I come “off” creatine. So next week will be a week off from weights, though I will continue to do some CV work, no doubt mainly interval training.
Biceps
Did a quick warmup set ofbarbell curlsusing the 25kg barbell, then went into my working sets, my aim was to do three sets of 9 reps, thus increasing slightly on last week’s working sets.
Welcome to the 40th edition of the Weight Management and Fitness Forum. We had more submissions to this edition than ever before. Thank you all for your participation because that is what makes this all possible. Please come back toWeight Masterfor our next edition and our other posts.
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Cash TreepresentsTime No Longer an Excuse with Ten Minute Trainerposted atTen Minute Trainer, saying, “When we get in a rut of being unfit, we make excuses for our own behavior. We all do it and we rarely realize what we are doing. These excuses may seem totally valid when we are in the act of self-sabotage. Maybe we have a twinge of pain in our shoulder that we think should excuse us from exercise. More
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Leg Workout Thursday 30th April 2009
Tristan says:
My first leg workout in my new gym today, I was really looking forward to it as it meant I could do squats and heavy leg press! My old gym had a rubbish leg press machine, one of those cable machine that attaches to the weight stack with a cable. The new gym has a proper leg press machine whereby the weight stack is attached to a footplate that you sit under and push up the guard rails. The mechanism and footplate are all made out of solid looking steal girders and must weigh a good 30-40kg by themselves!
The first exercise that I did wassquats, which I hadn’t done for a good six weeks or so since I’d had a leg workout with my brother at his gym. I did actually watch a really good
Say Uncle…
noreply@blogger.com (Weight Master) says: I’m going to be an uncle next week. My sister, who’s like a bean pole, is going to deliver little Madelyn next week. This is her first, and she’s so exited. She is worried, however, about how she can tighten her baby belly back up. For those with the same concerns, heres an idea.
After your doctor gives you the go-ahead to exercise, try this visualization exercise called “Belly Lacing”: Imagine that you have a ribbon woven in and around your ribcage. Close your eyes and imagine pulling on the ends of the ribbon to compress the entire area so that your ribcage narrows. Hold the tightened torso for as long as you comfortably can while you breathe normally. Then relax and repeat.
This type of cor
Sprint Interval Training Session
Tristan says:
After the success of my firstsprint hill interval training session on Tuesday evening, I decided to go for another session today. My aim was to do about twenty minutes again, similar to Tuesday, but this time I opted to do the session on the flat instead of up a hill!
Where I live, down on the Somerset levels is fairly flat, and there is a long farmers track which is pretty much one mile in lenght. I figured this would be an ideal place to do an interval session along, two miles (there and back) of short 10-15 second sprints intersperced with a jog to enable me to get my breath back and allow my heart rate to recover.
The first mile, I was fine, I did 10 second sprints followed by 60 second j
Weight Management and Fitness Forum 39th Edition
noreply@blogger.com (Weight Master) says:
Welcome to the 39th edition of theWeight Management and Fitness Forum. As always we appreciate everyone’s participation which is what makes this all possible. We hope you enjoy the selections for this edition and come back toWeight Masterfor our next edition and other informative posts.
Fitness
Maxxpresents8 Most Popular Home Fitness Equipmentposted atHow To Maximize Your Health And Fitness, saying, “The kind of equipment that you choose to help you get fit at
home may involve one simple machine or a range of equipment. What you choose here usually depends on what you want/need to do to get fit, how much space you have at home to store
equipment and how much you can afford to spend on equipment
Food Journal Thursday 30th April 2009
Tristan says:
Pre-workout
A whey protein shake made with 25 grams of fine scottish oats and a banana, with a teaspoon of creatine mixed into the shake. Approx 400 calories and 40 grams of protein.
Post-workout
Another 50 grams ofwhey protein powderin a shake with a teaspoon of creatine mixed into it. Approx 200 calories and 40 grams of protein.
Lunch
A flour tortilla wrap with tuna mayo, lettuce and cucumber for filling. Approx 500 calories and 40 grams of protein.
Mid afternoon snack
50 grams of sliced peperoni salami. Approx 300 calories and 10 grams of protein.
Dinner
A large steak and salad with ceasar dressing and a glass of red wine. Approx 700 calories and 60 grams of protein.
Bedtime Shake
An instant milk pr
6 workout tips…
noreply@blogger.com (Weight Master) says: Slow down and stand tall. Make sure your form is correct.
Sip 15 ounces of water two hours before working out
Listen to music
Pick a cardio routine that’s fun
Swap aerobic exercise for weights three times a week
Track your burn with a heart rate monitor
Benefits of Protein Powders – What’s your favorite brand?
FitBuff Blogger says:
Protein Powders
You’ve read a million articles… heard or watched a million endorsements that elicit the benefits of protein powders that can turn you into ‘The Incredible Hulk’ or his delightful real-world compadre, Hulk Hogan.
Before we can talk about protein powders, let’s understand what protein is and howfoods high in proteinbenefit our bodies.
So, we’ll begin with the premise that protein is good for you. OK, you know this already… don’t you?
Good.
Let’s find out why.
For a start, the muscles, immune system and your organs are composed of protein. And we all know how important they are to our health. Secondly, with the regular intake of protein-based food, our body is able t
Bicep And Tricep Workout Friday 1st May 2009
Tristan says:
My second bicep and tricep workout in my new gym was also my last workout of my current training period. I’ve split my training up into eight week periods, during which I supplement withcreatine monohydrate, followed by one week where I don’t do any weight training and I come “off” creatine. So next week will be a week off from weights, though I will continue to do some CV work, no doubt mainly interval training.
Biceps
Did a quick warmup set ofbarbell curlsusing the 25kg barbell, then went into my working sets, my aim was to do three sets of 9 reps, thus increasing slightly on last week’s working sets.
Unfortunately I didn’t manage three sets
Weight Management and Fitness Forum 40th Edition
noreply@blogger.com (Weight Master) says:
Welcome to the 40th edition of the Weight Management and Fitness Forum. We had more submissions to this edition than ever before. Thank you all for your participation because that is what makes this all possible. Please come back toWeight Masterfor our next edition and our other posts.
Fitness
Cash TreepresentsTime No Longer an Excuse with Ten Minute Trainerposted atTen Minute Trainer, saying, “When we get in a rut of being unfit, we make excuses for our own behavior. We all do it and we rarely realize what we are doing. These excuses may seem totally valid when we are in the act of self-sabotage. Maybe we have a twinge of pain in our shoulder that we think should excuse us from exercise. More