The video was pretty good for beginners but one of the downsides to most nutritionists/bodybuilders describing the laws of thermodynamics is that they don't fully understand it. Not saying this specific guy doesn't, don't know enough about him but most have never actually taken a thermo course. Off the top of my head he didn't discuss mass transfer or external heat transfer. You actually can eat more calories than you burn and not gain weight if your body never absorbs it. You don't always have to burn it, sometimes it goes right through you. Also, spending significant time in a cold environment will burn more calories than doing a similar activity in a moderate temperature environment. This is particularly true with swimming. Finalsbound, your iphone is probably not factoring in heat transfer which definitely taxes the body.
Please aware me on how to make it go right through you. Is this what happens for example when Kobayashi eats 20K calories worth of hot dogs or whatever other contest food during training, yet still remains ripped?
Looking for a 3 day workout for beginners plan. Something that also adds cardio in the workout. A good easy plan that I can do at the gym. Will be starting on Monday, but I just can't find a plan. Does anyone have recommendations. Maybe you have already done this plan and it worked for you. I would like to know thanks
The simplest way is eat and drink things with diuretic properties green tea/coffee and greens might help. Unfortunately, most people aren't too fond of the possibility of massive diarrhea but by decreasing the amount of time from table to toilet you are decreasing the amount of food absorbed. Of the unconventional weight loss methods, I think manipulating body temperature is much more appealing.
It has been probably mentioned in here... but look at Starting Strength/Rippetoe's for a solid compound lift beginner workout. Mix in some regular cardio and move to HIIT once you're in better shape on the days you don't lift.
From Livestrong.com: "An average lap swimmer exercising at a moderate pace completes 100 meters in about 2 minutes, so swimming 1,000 meters would take you about 2 X 10, or 20 minutes, if you maintained that speed. Considering that your pace usually slows over the 1,000-meter distance, you would take about 30 minutes to complete the entire distance. You would burn about 250 calories swimming 1,000 meters if you weigh about 150 lbs., and you would burn 370 calories if you weigh 240 lbs." Calorie Burn calculator: http://www.healthstatus.com/perl/calculator.cgi
I would start with full body workouts maybe mwf and cardio on off days.. or full body twice a week, and cardio on a 3rd day. like M-W(cardio)-Thu.
I think swimming is great exercise. It does often add muscular bulk and will not give some females the body type they are looking for if they are looking to get smaller. It just depends on how much of your workout it is, what else you are doing, and tons of other variables especially your body type before you started with it.
i really can't imagine i'm swimming enough to where bulking would start to become an issue. if anything, i need as much help as i can get strengthening my upper back... and MAN rigorous lap swimming just hammers your back and abs. 25 minutes of that during my lunch hour gets my heart rate soaring but it's not so much that my arms and shoulders get sore. i'm loving my regimen right now, trading off running and swimming, with 5-6 days a month sprinkling in P90X yoga, P90X plyo, or a spin class. adding swimming to the mix has really changed things up for me for the better...it's helped my running stamina as well. with the encouragement of coworkers who have done it, even considering mayyybe starting to train for a 70.3. thanks bobrek for helping out with calories. i've done more research and figured it's probably around 230 after 1000m.
I think I could do the biking and running with little problem, but I could never swim 1.2 miles, unless I could swim out halfway and then count the lifeguard bringing me back in as the other half.
So hows ya'll workout coming along? Mine messed up 2 weeks ago and I have to restart again. Being consistent with working out is hard.
How did you mess up a work out? Easy rule of thumb is if you haven't worked out in the past two days then do it that day.
I've gained some weight and it's to cut down. I'm about 250ish, I deserve a shot at Cain Velazquez. Aesthetics depleted.
I just stopped working out... cause of some issues but thats just a lame excuse... Need to get myself to start being more productive.
I started following a very high fat diet, lower carb of course and it's been great. Feel good and lost some fat. It's a Dave Asprey type diet modified a bit, but his diet is solid for performance and weight loss. High fat, but the right kind of fats. This is the future of eating.
