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« Reply #15 on: September 17, 2009, 11:48:28 AM » |
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Okay, and if any of you can help with this, um, does anyone know about how many calories/hour full-speed shuffling burns?
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« Reply #16 on: September 17, 2009, 11:53:08 AM » |
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You might need to be more specific... If you were talking about full-speed shuffling OF A DECK OF CARDS  , for example, that's probably like 2 calorie per hour....  Also, for some of these questions you might want to put the effort of doing a google search first before asking to show you at least made the effort first.
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« Reply #17 on: September 17, 2009, 12:07:07 PM » |
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xD good point, okay. I'll do that. Sorry for my total lack of effort with the computer searching stuff >.<
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« Reply #18 on: November 03, 2009, 07:34:23 PM » |
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Reviving an old thread rather than starting a new one. I seem to keep disappearing on you all, but this time, I promise, it was a good disappearing act. I've been spending less time on my computer and more time actually doing stuff. Anyway, I was wondering. If I'm attempting warm-up activities (or, rather, cool down, I guess...I've been using these to help regulate my sleep schedule...if i tire myself out before 11PM, I can manage to wake up before noon), but I'm sweating buckets, and there is a slight wheezing as I breathe, should I slow down, or get my body used to it? In case you need more information, what I'm doing is the running man (basically running in place) in time to music (ranging from 80 bpm - 110 bpm, one full step for each beat), then when my legs can't take anymore, I switch to some rock music, and do the banana thing for a verse, rest for the chorus, repeat, then when I can't do that anymore, alternating sit-ups and bicycle kicks until I start to hurt (in a good way though, not the "Oh crap, I think I just killed something" way), then immediately jumping back into the running man. I am about 6'2" (last check, 4 months ago), 18 years old, 230 or 240 something at last check (4 months and 13 days ago, yes I'm counting, and yes, I know I'm really overweight), and I have a fairly big frame. I'm attempting to fit diet into this as well, but I'm unemployed and living at home still, so food choices are limited. Mainly going for calorie restrictions at this point (aiming for the standard 2000 max). So, with the results I'm having (exhaustion, massive amounts of sweating, and a wheezing inhale), should I keep this up as a warm up, or have this be a main workout?
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« Reply #19 on: November 04, 2009, 08:54:58 AM » |
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You're better off working basic movements such as QM, air squats, pushups, possibly pullups if you have a bar to use, etc. Abs work like that isn't going to help you that much. Exercises: http://www.americanparkour.com/content/category/5/25/386/Check out APK WOD: http://www.americanparkour.com/content/category/12/37/385/Ideally, you'd be able to go to agym and find a barbell to use.... but yeah.
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« Reply #20 on: November 04, 2009, 10:39:52 AM » |
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I may try that stuff as well (I'm assuming that QM is Quadrupedal Movement?) But I should let you know 1) I can't do more than 10 pushups without feeling like my shoulders are displaced. 2) I can't do a single pull-up. That's why I was focused on my stomach area. I figure if I can get the fat off of there, it will reduce the work my body has to do for the other stuff, making it easier to do.
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« Reply #21 on: November 05, 2009, 05:08:17 PM » |
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1) If you can't do those things, work on them. Work on your weaknesses. 2) You can't spot-burn fat. If you had fat on your chest, for example, you could do dips all day and all night and you wouldn't lose any more fat from your chest than if you had burned the same amount of calories by running, or doing squats, or deadlifts, for example. Your body loses fat from where it wants to lose fat, which depends on the person. Some people lose fat from their stomach before anything else, and some people (most people, actually, I think) lose that stomach fat last. Anyway, it doesn't matter where you lose the fat, just that you lose it. Anyway, don't worry about the extra weight impeding things like pushups. For most strength-related activities, more weight is better. Maybe not for repetitive exercises like running, but for pushups and similar, the added weight can only be a good thing. Yeah, it'll be harder in the beginning, but your strength-to-weight ratio will grow at a faster rate than an already slim person's would, since you're gaining strength and losing weight at the same time.
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« Reply #22 on: November 06, 2009, 08:36:03 AM » |
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Alright, that makes sense. Is there any activity I could do that's less painful than push-ups, though, that'll build up the same muscle area? I'm just wondering because, by all accounts so far, the pain I feel when I start doing push-ups is the bad kind of pain.
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« Reply #23 on: November 06, 2009, 03:06:29 PM » |
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I have a suggestion beyond strength training. A good low impact way of conditioning is getting in the pool/ going to the beach. Doing some laps, treading water, even generally moving around is a great place to start. there's even some strength training kind of stuff I do when I go to the pool... just getting in/out of the water can be a great way to work on your upper body.
So start hanging on the edge of the pool in the deep end (so you're not tempted to jump off the bottom)... and climb out just like you would cat and climb up a wall. Another thing i do is shuffle around the edge of the pool on my hands with my body in the water. just be creative with the environment that you've got.
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I started training parkour June 2009...favorite technique tic tac to precision, I roll with HIPK for now.
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