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reach4Astar said:
hey wala have you lost a significant amount of weight or have you ever been over weight?? You look fantastic........just wondering?
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Nope, I did however used to be very slim and skinny (hated every sec of it) that was until I was 22! started training 3 years ago and now im 25 and thats about it :)

Sorry i haven't answered many q's in the last day, been very busy and its the weekend so not on here much... I'll answer what I think needs answering - other members have cleared up most poeple's Q's already (which i dont mind at all BTW)

I'll be on tomorrow tho with some time.. ;)

Oh, remember you can PM me too
 
O Great Wala the enlightened one... please tell me... of those who choose to walk in the path of the "woodchopper" and build great obliques with his sacred twisting motions by the way of crossover cables, of what weight, reps and sets would of most benefit to a student who is 155 and 5'9" and wants to look straight pimp with his honey-magnet abs???
 
wala im on a cardio program in which i do 7 days a week on my stationary bike
mondays weds thurs sat i do HIIT for 25 mins and on the other days i do low intensity for 25 mins 2 times a day, i also try to limit my self to like 2000 calories am i doing to much i am a 6'5 male and im about 215 lbs give or take.

Thanks
 
excelsion said:
wala im on a cardio program in which i do 7 days a week on my stationary bike
mondays weds thurs sat i do HIIT for 25 mins and on the other days i do low intensity for 25 mins 2 times a day, i also try to limit my self to like 2000 calories am i doing to much i am a 6'5 male and im about 215 lbs give or take.

Thanks
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What is your goal?
 
corndogggy said:
O Great Wala the enlightened one... please tell me... of those who choose to walk in the path of the "woodchopper" and build great obliques with his sacred twisting motions by the way of crossover cables, of what weight, reps and sets would of most benefit to a student who is 155 and 5'9" and wants to look straight pimp with his honey-magnet abs???
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Everyone is different. What may be heavy or light for you, wont be the same for the next person.
 
tonymcclellan said:
Never exercise on an empty stomach. The "Fat Burning Zone" is a myth.
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Not exactly true, there is an optimal fat burning zone. The thing is, it's not the same for everyone. If you know of a student majoring in a athletic performance field, they could probably test your co2/o2 ratio while exercising and find your optimal hr%. Or if anyone is in fl, i'd be glad to take you to the university, ill even put you in the bod pod for fun! lol
 
tonymcclellan said:
Everyone is different. What may be heavy or light for you, wont be the same for the next person.
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They just don't make me tired as much as I expected. I can put the weight up high enough that my body weight can't hardly budge the weights and still rip out more reps than I had expected. So, it doesn't seem to be on the same level as other exercises where you just increase your weight to the point that it's real hard to do 8-12 reps. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
 
I think what's meant is not that the exercise becomes ineffective on an empty stomach so much as it's not healthy to do and it doesn't make the exercise any MORE effective. I know I would *never* exercise on an empty stomach because I'm hypoglycemic--if I tried to do a bunch of cardio right after waking up with no food in me, I could do some serious damage to myself. I tried it once. I'll never ever do that again.
 
corndogggy said:
I lost 37 pounds in 3 months a few years ago by waking up and doing crappy cardio on an empty stomach. Must be a myth. ;)
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Good for you. Its not to say that you cant lose weight by exercising. The myth that morning fasted cardio is "the fat burning zone" is what I was referring to.
 
corndogggy said:
They just don't make me tired as much as I expected. I can put the weight up high enough that my body weight can't hardly budge the weights and still rip out more reps than I had expected. So, it doesn't seem to be on the same level as other exercises where you just increase your weight to the point that it's real hard to do 8-12 reps. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
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You just confused me. You cant budge the weight, but yet you can do the allotted reps? *scratches head*
 
corndogggy said:
O Great Wala the enlightened one... please tell me... of those who choose to walk in the path of the "woodchopper" and build great obliques with his sacred twisting motions by the way of crossover cables, of what weight, reps and sets would of most benefit to a student who is 155 and 5'9" and wants to look straight pimp with his honey-magnet abs???
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I wouldn't choose that exercise to build 'great obliques' firstly I dont train abs/obliques much - but i have good ones! (when im slightly lower BF too! :) )

If i were to train obliques, I'd use bumbbells - stand up, hold dumbbell and lean over to the side NOT holding the weight.

simply do 3 sets of 8 - 12 reps (different reps ranges affect different people in different ways)

They are just another muscle like any other in the body - not a lot of movement there but still, your able to train them... so they'll respond to proper training - guys that do abs/obliques for 50 crunches, then 50 side crunches, then ... and so on... are wasting there time!

And main thing to do if you want great abs, is to have a BF under 10%... no training needed! but training them will improve the look i guess.

Once again, sorry i haven't been on much, but I've been busy setting up my new site with a pal of mine. the site IS now up and running, and although i'd like to tell you the name, Im sure the rules say not to - so i wont! :rolleyes:

hopefully i can now get on here a little more.. hope everyone's achieving their goals!!

wala
 
Thanks M :cool:
 
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