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I'm doing the same with my smartphone, a fitness tracker, and Gyrosco.pe [2] to quantifying my walking, sleeping, and step count to improve every day.
[1] http://lifehacker.com/5886128/how-seinfelds-productivity-sec...
In order to reach this goal, I take public transit to work, I walk for about 30 minutes during lunch, and I walk for 20-30 minutes in the evenings. It takes a bit of time out of your day, but the benefits are worth it.
I also cut out meat, chicken, and other processed foods from my diet (sweets) because of calorie concerns. This lets me load up with things like raw vegetables which don't have many calories but will make you feel full. If you're not thrilled with cutting those things out of your diet, then maybe see a dietician. Your health insurance may cover the visit.
I also make it a point to do daily weighins each morning, speak my weight into my iPhone (since I'm half asleep at the time), and periodically enter all of that data into a spreadsheet. This lets me track my weight and see how dietary or lifestyle changes I've made affect my overall weight.
Strength training 3x a week. Why strength? Strength is the most generalized adaptation there is. Training to be strong improves every component of fitness: strength (duh), power, agility, balance, flexibility, endurance (all 3 types) and coordination. I would also make the argument that in day to day life strength is the most important attribute of fitness for someone in the western world. The ability to carry a bunc…
I agree with you completely, just adding my two cents: I've done strength training for 5 years and am just now getting into volume training(strength is basically moving high weights for low number of reptitions, volume is moving medium weights for a high number of repititions). If I could go back, I would do a mixed routine from the beginning. Strength gains are nice, but the aesthetic gains from a volume routine are…
Is medium weights + high repetitions all there is to it, or is there some more theory here? Got any links? :)
Can only find references to German volume training - not sure if that's the same.
Drink plenty water throughout the day. Here's my physical routine that I go through. Jump rope every night for about 10-15 minutes with a weighted speed rope. Jumping rope is really great and I highly recommend it, its easy on the knees and a fast way to get a good cardio workout. Boxing on weekends, I own a heavy bag on a stand so its easy for me to do. I have a hangboard located in my kitchen that whenever I pass u…
Jumping rope is easy on the knees? I guess we don't get/need much elevation but I have been avoiding it thinking it could hurt knees (if on the heavy side).
Drink plenty water throughout the day. Here's my physical routine that I go through. Jump rope every night for about 10-15 minutes with a weighted speed rope. Jumping rope is really great and I highly recommend it, its easy on the knees and a fast way to get a good cardio workout. Boxing on weekends, I own a heavy bag on a stand so its easy for me to do. I have a hangboard located in my kitchen that whenever I pass u…
Jumping rope is easy on the knees? I guess we don't get/need much elevation but I have been avoiding it thinking it could hurt knees (if on the heavy side).
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> Why strength? Strength is the most generalized adaptation there is. Training to be strong improves every component of fitness: strength (duh), power, agility, balance, flexibility, endurance (all 3 types) and coordination > People may have different fitness goals, but for someone who is untrained by far the best thing they can do is a strength program for 3-5 months before training more specifically for their goals…
Are you confusing SS with something else? It's not at all high-intensity like cross-fit and similar. It is just as heavy weights you can manage (with good technique) for 3 sets of 5 reps for most excercises.
Strength training 3x a week. Why strength? Strength is the most generalized adaptation there is. Training to be strong improves every component of fitness: strength (duh), power, agility, balance, flexibility, endurance (all 3 types) and coordination. I would also make the argument that in day to day life strength is the most important attribute of fitness for someone in the western world. The ability to carry a bunc…
Starting strength and similar routines are great but be very careful of starting light and maintaining proper technique as getting injured can really impact your health and happiness in a lot of ways especially as we get older. It is very easy to get injured doing squats or power cleans with any kind of sizable weight. For example the injury rates in CrossFit are estimated to be between 20-75% [1,2] of participants w…
One of the primary reasons I recommended Starting Strength is because it's not crossfit. Crossfit != squats and power cleans, and those injuries are not for squats and power cleans. Starting strength has built in regulation so you don't need to worry about going too fast or too slow. It also tells you when and when not to use power cleans. Just read the book.