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Question posted by akihatoh...
Am I thin or average?
I'm 5'4 and I weighed around 115-118 pounds. My bmi for 118 is 20.3 Am I really thin? Don't get me wrong, I don't want be too skinner. That's all I want to know.
Well, I thought that I still look fat. Average isn't bad, but I'm just afraid that I looked so embarrassing. I was just hoping that I look thin. That's my answer of what do I think of myself.
1 day ago
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by Pinky Leong
Easy weight calculation. Take your 5.4" x 5 = 20. Add to 100, that gives you 127 lbs as your ideal weight.You BMI falls within normal range.Based on ur weight and height, I would guess you are pretty skinny. Not excessively thin.
Assess your meals to make sure they are well balanced and nutritious. Have adequate exercise so that you are toned and not flabby skinny. Being skinny does not exempt you from making the extra effort to be healthy, ok?
Lucky you, enjoy your thinness while mostly around you others are struggling to lose weight!
1 day ago
August 18, 2008
Question about working out? - Best Answer by Pinky Leong on Yahoo! Answers
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Question about working out?
i've been working out for 5 weeks now. When i started the most push ups i could do in a row was 25 and the most sit ups were 40. Now the most push ups i can do in a row is 45 and most sit ups is 70. Is this good improvement? I'm currently doing 200 push ups and 200 sit ups per day, am i not doing enough? should i be doing more?
4 days ago
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Well done, you have really shown a great deal of strength improvement.200+200 is terrific, but let me ask you, are you just doing the same routine each time? Just adding more reps, but without any new routines?
You have to move on from here. Just go to You-Tube and check out Push Up Variations. There are endless push up variations and now is the time to learn them all - spider man, elevated, diamond etc.
Let me challenge you to master the 1 hand push up, or the handstand pushup. That is almost the ultimate pushup! Regarding the situp, the CORE exercises are more powerful to sculpt and develop your 6 packs. So again, go to YouTube for Core Exercises. Stuff like planks, side planks, V situp, Russian twist, will come up. These are superior to normal situps.
If possible, find somewhere you can pull yourself up. Balance your body with pulling after all that pushing. Muscular imbalance can create problems years down the line.Don't neglect stretching, OK?
Stretch and warm down after the strenuous pushing.
Drop a line when when you have conquered the one hand pushup, bye!
4 days ago
Bread or rice? - Best Answer by Pinky Leong on Yahoo! Answers
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Bread or rice? Which carb is worse as far as creating sugar in your body?
Wheat bread and brown rice as well?
1 week ago
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Brown rice and whole meal wheat bread have almost the same glycaemic index. The more processed the grain, the worse it is for the body. On this logic, if the brown rice is organic unpolished, it will be the superior choice.If the bread is whole grain ground with no additives or processing, then it will be also good.
However, factories are still over processing flour, and commercially made bread have any number of chemicals added to make it fluffy, taste good and keep well. Therefore, I personally would favour rice.
Bread on its own will flood sugar faster than rice. However, to keep sugar on an even keel, always balance carbs with protein. Protein slows the sugar uptake. Rice has higher satiety compared to bread, by the way. Wheat flour has gluten, which is bad news for gluten intolerant sufferers. Flour is also pro-inflammatory, meaning it creates inflammation at cellular level.
The latest research always ask us to avoid wheat based products on account of this.
A good thing will happen when you stop eating bread, you will lose weight!
1 week ago
How can I build more upper body strength? - Best Answer by Pinky Leong on Yahoo! Answers
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Question posted by Julian C
How can i build more upper body strength?
how can I lose the fat on my triceps
2 weeks ago
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by Pinky Leong
You can't lose fat just from the triceps. It doesn't work like that. When you lose overall body fat, then fat from the triceps will also go away. Spot reducing is a myth. So assuming you are already fairly fit, been working out a bit and eating a decent diet, here's my suggestion:
To build upper body strength, you do
a) traditional weigthtlifting excercises with dumbells/ barbells /gym
machines ( make u look bulkier).
b) modern method or using bodyweight excercises like pushups, pullups,
chinups ( make u look leaner).
c) increase in weights, repetitions, momentum.
d) dips, tricep extensions, dumbell raises.
Fat loss from ur triceps will come automatically as you start doing these excercises. Make sure ur protein intake is adequate because your muscles need feeding.
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Question posted by Julian C
How can i build more upper body strength?
how can I lose the fat on my triceps
2 weeks ago
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by Pinky Leong
You can't lose fat just from the triceps. It doesn't work like that. When you lose overall body fat, then fat from the triceps will also go away. Spot reducing is a myth. So assuming you are already fairly fit, been working out a bit and eating a decent diet, here's my suggestion:
To build upper body strength, you do
a) traditional weigthtlifting excercises with dumbells/ barbells /gym
machines ( make u look bulkier).
b) modern method or using bodyweight excercises like pushups, pullups,
chinups ( make u look leaner).
c) increase in weights, repetitions, momentum.
d) dips, tricep extensions, dumbell raises.
Fat loss from ur triceps will come automatically as you start doing these excercises. Make sure ur protein intake is adequate because your muscles need feeding.
2 weeks ago
Source(s):
http://www.fitstep.com/
August 13, 2008
High Intensity Resistance Training
Cutting Edge Fitness: The Wonders of Incorporating High Intensity Resistance Training
By Carlo Alvarez
We've all heard the old adage, "The more you give, the more you get." Though at times we don't get rewarded for all of our hard work, there is at least one situation in which this saying holds 100% true -- high intensity resistance training (HIT), or for cardiovascular training, high intensity interval training (HIIT).
HIT is weight training that allows for no more than 8-12 reps, for anywhere from one to three maximal effort sets. HIIT is performing aerobic exercise at an interval at 90-100% of max heart rate for a designated period of time on a cardiovascular machine with a 3:1 rest to work ratio. HIIT should be performed at the end of resistance training sessions. It affects the anaerobic energy pathway but has implications for the burning of fat.
This new type of training exemplifies a concept that has been in existence since the dawn of physical exercise and training. It is the idea that "to achieve maximal gains, maximal effort must be given on every rep, of every set, of every exercise." The benefit of this type of training is that you can get tremendous results with relatively short workouts.
The only problem is that some people simply don't want to work that hard. But if you are one of the few that has a vision and passion to not let a lot of sweat get in your way -- than HIT and HIIT are the highways to achieving ideal health. (And the small rests in between exercise do make it more bearable.)
What are the benefits of giving it your all during your sessions? Better bone density and joint integrity, metabolic increases, improved muscle strength, muscle size increases, and better pulmonary/cardiovascular function.
Preserving bone minerals and joint stability is important for anyone, from athletes to elderly folks. HIT and HIIT force bone osteoblasts to form new bone and the body to adapt in the most dramatic ways producing the most positive results.
According to Nelson et al., "High-intensity strength training exercises are an effective and feasible means to preserve bone density."
Exercise has always been important for achieving ideal health and body image. Through exercise you not only burn calories during the exercise, you improve basal metabolic rate through preservation and building of muscle.
The higher your basal metabolic rate, the more your body goes to work on stored fat while you are sleeping, sitting on a couch, or relaxing by the pool. What is exciting is the HIT training has been found to be one of the best, if not the best form of exercise for improving the rate at which you burn calories even when you are not exercising.
That's because the exercise is so intense when you are performing it, the maintenance and retaining of muscle tissue requires a lot of work -- and the best part is, it all happens when you rest! Performing HIIT afterwards will further boost your basal metabolism.
With regular resistance training, it is not uncommon to hit plateaus in the actual building of muscle size and strength. With HIT, the "strength plateau" or a period when no gains are made, rarely occurs because of all the ways to increase intensity.
So, HIT is superior in this area as well. Whether it's through more weight, reps, range of motion, slower speed of movement, or rest between sets, your muscle gains will skyrocket.
While HIT and HIIT are intense forms of exercise, they have even been evaluated and found to be effective forms of exercise in cardiac and pulmonary patients. According to researchers in the American Journal of Cardiology, "Interval training provides an effective means to improve the cardiovascular fitness and health status of highly functional patients with coronary artery disease. We also revealed that interval training improves anaerobic tolerance to a greater extent than the traditional exercise training model without increasing the risk to the patient."
While this evaluation states HIT and HIIT are beneficial and safe for highly functioning patients, programs can be tailored to individual fitness levels. It is imperative that anyone wishing to begin these types of programs consult a physician to determine whether or not they are healthy enough for exercise.
If cleared, recognizing your own intensity level and gradually improving is the way to go.
References
Nelson. M. et al. JAMA Vol. 272 No. 24, December 28, 1994; August 5, 2008. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/272/24/
1909 Warburton. D. et al. Am J Cardiol, Volume 95,Issue 9,1080-1084; August 5, 2008. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0002914905001888
By Carlo Alvarez
We've all heard the old adage, "The more you give, the more you get." Though at times we don't get rewarded for all of our hard work, there is at least one situation in which this saying holds 100% true -- high intensity resistance training (HIT), or for cardiovascular training, high intensity interval training (HIIT).
HIT is weight training that allows for no more than 8-12 reps, for anywhere from one to three maximal effort sets. HIIT is performing aerobic exercise at an interval at 90-100% of max heart rate for a designated period of time on a cardiovascular machine with a 3:1 rest to work ratio. HIIT should be performed at the end of resistance training sessions. It affects the anaerobic energy pathway but has implications for the burning of fat.
This new type of training exemplifies a concept that has been in existence since the dawn of physical exercise and training. It is the idea that "to achieve maximal gains, maximal effort must be given on every rep, of every set, of every exercise." The benefit of this type of training is that you can get tremendous results with relatively short workouts.
The only problem is that some people simply don't want to work that hard. But if you are one of the few that has a vision and passion to not let a lot of sweat get in your way -- than HIT and HIIT are the highways to achieving ideal health. (And the small rests in between exercise do make it more bearable.)
What are the benefits of giving it your all during your sessions? Better bone density and joint integrity, metabolic increases, improved muscle strength, muscle size increases, and better pulmonary/cardiovascular function.
Preserving bone minerals and joint stability is important for anyone, from athletes to elderly folks. HIT and HIIT force bone osteoblasts to form new bone and the body to adapt in the most dramatic ways producing the most positive results.
According to Nelson et al., "High-intensity strength training exercises are an effective and feasible means to preserve bone density."
Exercise has always been important for achieving ideal health and body image. Through exercise you not only burn calories during the exercise, you improve basal metabolic rate through preservation and building of muscle.
The higher your basal metabolic rate, the more your body goes to work on stored fat while you are sleeping, sitting on a couch, or relaxing by the pool. What is exciting is the HIT training has been found to be one of the best, if not the best form of exercise for improving the rate at which you burn calories even when you are not exercising.
That's because the exercise is so intense when you are performing it, the maintenance and retaining of muscle tissue requires a lot of work -- and the best part is, it all happens when you rest! Performing HIIT afterwards will further boost your basal metabolism.
With regular resistance training, it is not uncommon to hit plateaus in the actual building of muscle size and strength. With HIT, the "strength plateau" or a period when no gains are made, rarely occurs because of all the ways to increase intensity.
So, HIT is superior in this area as well. Whether it's through more weight, reps, range of motion, slower speed of movement, or rest between sets, your muscle gains will skyrocket.
While HIT and HIIT are intense forms of exercise, they have even been evaluated and found to be effective forms of exercise in cardiac and pulmonary patients. According to researchers in the American Journal of Cardiology, "Interval training provides an effective means to improve the cardiovascular fitness and health status of highly functional patients with coronary artery disease. We also revealed that interval training improves anaerobic tolerance to a greater extent than the traditional exercise training model without increasing the risk to the patient."
While this evaluation states HIT and HIIT are beneficial and safe for highly functioning patients, programs can be tailored to individual fitness levels. It is imperative that anyone wishing to begin these types of programs consult a physician to determine whether or not they are healthy enough for exercise.
If cleared, recognizing your own intensity level and gradually improving is the way to go.
References
Nelson. M. et al. JAMA Vol. 272 No. 24, December 28, 1994; August 5, 2008. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/272/24/
1909 Warburton. D. et al. Am J Cardiol, Volume 95,Issue 9,1080-1084; August 5, 2008. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0002914905001888
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