Legs & muscle

by | Feb 26, 2013 | Exercise, How Your Body Works, Weight Loss | 0 comments

leg-muscles-man-15265902The muscles in the legs are about the biggest in the body so using those is actually very good for weight loss.

There are three exercises that will principally help you get the most out of using your leg muscles. They are Hindu squats (there are plenty of videos on YouTube how to do those), walking or running up and down stairs and finally 100 meter sprints (sprint in one direction, walk back).

Do that as many times as you can up to 4 times and that will be enough for that session and for most people you don’t need to add any extra weight as the weight of your body give your legs a sufficient enough work out unless you want to be Arnold Schwarzenegger of course.

Hope that helps,

Mark

Below is a copy of the comment I made on a forum post about muscle building

Talking to Doctor about Weight/BMI

by | Feb 22, 2013 | Exercise, Fat Loss, Low carb diet, Metabolism, Weight Loss | 0 comments

1297680967Xa27j9In my book unfortunately doctors are becoming increasingly weary about discussing a patient’s need to lose weight with the patient themselves.

In my recall not so long ago there was a case that came to the newspapers and television news about a woman who was trying to sue her doctor because he said she was fat and needed to lose weight.

So from that side I understand his caution. From the other side sadly it would appear that many medical practitioners can offer no further advice to somebody who is already successfully losing weight possibly because they know that the advice they’re about to give them just doesn’t work.

So if you’re already losing weight why spoil it? The fact that he went on to talk about cholesterol medication even before you had a blood test just makes me wonder if he either A -Hasn’t got a clue what he’s on about or B- He’s following another agenda.

If were in your position I’ll just keep on doing what you have been doing and let the weight come down with diet and exercise. It seems to work for you so far.

All the best,

Mark

This is a copy of the comment I made on a forum post about weight loss

Goal Weight

by | Feb 18, 2013 | Exercise, Low carb diet, Weight Loss | 0 comments

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In truth how much we weigh is really only an indicator of excesses. It’s no indicator of how we as an individual should be that’s because our actual weight can be determined by huge range of things. Height is an obvious one then there’s frame size, bone density and inherited body composition. That in turn will be influenced by our medical history, our history of exercise practice and on a very basic level our ethnic origin.

So you can see that with those nine or ten factors an ideal weight for each of us compared with our height means very little except as I said to show if we are over the top.

However in order to address the problems that you are talking about, probably the most efficient way of dealing with things like belly fat and so forth is exercise particularly exercise done whilst in ketosis as part of it’s self preservation “reprogramming”, the body will not allow muscles that are used regularly to waste but it will obviously require nutrients in order to maintain effective muscle strength and even growth.

During ketosis it will most effectively obtain that from body fat or rather I should say excess body fat. So if you want to re sculpture your body stay in ketosis, follow a sensible exercise regime that covers most of your muscle groups and allow your body to use the excess fat in order to supply your body’s needs. Within a very short time you’ll notice that belly fat disappearing and the body you can be proud of taking its place.

Hope that helps,

Mark

This is a copy of the recent comment I made on forum post about weight loss

Low Carbs and Post Workout Muscle Fatigue/Soreness

by | Feb 5, 2013 | Exercise, Low carb diet, Questions about low carb, Weight Loss | 0 comments

Below is a copy of the comment I did on a forum post about a low carb question

 

Hi Siltz,

I switched to low carb during my time as a body builder and I actually found that after I’ve got into ketosis I actually had more energy and less fatigue such that I cut my session time down from just under an hour and a half to between 25 and 30 minutes doing the same number of reps with the same weight and in fact the gym instructor used to follow me around because he couldn’t believe what I was doing in the time I was doing it in.  I think if he would’ve had his way, he would’ve had me dope tested.

The only thing I would say the quality of protein that you are taking if you’re doing any form of serious exercise has to be high. I know a lot of people resort to whey protein shakes but I would tend to steer away from those because of the other ingredients they contain, things like soy and various artificial sweeteners.

Honestly the best protein you can take if you’re exercising to that sort of degree is good old fashioned grass- reared beef. I also agree with Doug wholeheartedly, you should give your body time to rest and also make sure that you’re not just drinking water but remember to make up the salts, literally with salt but don’t forget to dose up with potassium as well.

Hope that helps,

Mark

I hate to exercise

by | Jan 28, 2013 | Exercise, Low carb diet, Weight Loss | 0 comments

Here is a post over at lowcarber forum where I have commented on about exercise

 

From BlueDress:

So… I hate to exercise. I hate to feel hot. I hate having sweat pouring down my face BUT I want to feel fit & healthy. I want the whole package and I’m going to give it a solid go. I’m going at my pace. The goal is to improve my fitness without injury. I’m working with a bad back and weak, left leg that I inherited after a long episode with sciatica. Inever want to go back to that so safety is my first priority. 

 

My comment:

Hi BlueDress,

Yes I know exactly where you’re coming from. That’s the part about exercise I never really liked, feeling hot, sweaty and uncomfortable. But the great thing about doing exercise is that it gradually gets easier as you’re finding out and does we get fitter the exercise we do becomes easier therefore less hot and less sweaty.

Years ago when I used to do weight training when I first started, almost by the end of the first exercise I felt like I was melting yet towards my affair with that type of exercise I went low carb and within a very short period I was doing the same type of exercises with much heavier weights and a much faster pace and many times wouldn’t even break out into a sweat.

So you just keep going doing what you’re doing, knowing that’s it doing you good and the only pace that matters is yours.

Well done you!

Mark

First day and so weak!

by | Jan 23, 2013 | Exercise, Low carb diet | 0 comments

Yet another comment of mine on a post about low carb diet at fattoskinny.net

 

Angie’ post:

First day.  Kept carbs to 30.  I’m very weak and just down right mean!  When will this awful feeling go away?

My poor family!      Your stories and photos are so inspirational.  I want this to work for me, but these jittery and weak feelings are about to get the best of me.  Should I not go so drastic and decrease the carbs more slowly?

Thanks in advance for amy words of wisdom!

 

My advice:

Hi Angie and welcome!

The advice that the others have given on this page is something that you should be sure to follow. I would particularly take notice of TooSweet’s advice to take a bit more salt and to make sure you drink a lot more than usual.

The salt would ensure that your electrolyte levels don’t go too far out of whack and drinking water will help you to detox more quickly, as well getting a lot more exercise simply because the more exercise that you can get particularly if it makes you sweat a little will increase the rate that your body processes the sugar out of your system, so to speak.

But do know one thing, you’re not alone; we’ve all been through it and the feeling that you get in your body when it comes to an end is absolutely marvelous.

Cheers,

Mark