I have only room for one piece of cardio equipment in my apartment. Which is better all around: treadmill, bike, rower, elliptical?
An elliptical b/c:
-low/no impact
-standing up as aposed to sitting (probably burns more callories)
-using your arms and legs
-and is still a great cardio workout
Kettlebell Conditioning Workout
20 Minute CARDIO Workout with kettlebell – FAT LOSS – CARDIO MACHINE™
ROUND 1
1 minute SWING + 1 Minute Clean & Press + 1 Minute AB
ROUND 2
1 Minute SWING + 1 Minute Figure-8 + 1 Minute AB
ROUND 3
1 Minute SWING + 1 Minute SNATCH + 1 Minute AB
ROUND 4
2 Minutes SWING + 1 Minute AB
ROUND 5
3 Minutes SWING
Total Time of each Round is 3 minutes followed with one minute pause between the rounds,
Training design by Genadi Hiskia 2006-2007.
for more information please e-mail to Genadi Hiskia
genadih@gmail.com
Duration : 0:4:32
I would like to lose some weight through diet and exercise. I always hit a roadblock because I’m such a picky eater—no salads, only veggies I like are lima beans & corn, no fruit except bananas & grapes, etc.
What are some good suggestions of healthy foods that don’t include the above? And what are good cardio workouts I can do without any exercise equipment?
Lima beans & corn aren’t veggies, they are starches. Only fruit you like just happen to be the highest starch content or highest sugar content. You can skip fruits & veggies, but it’s going to get boring long term.
You can lose more body fat eating protein & fat (don’t eat protein alone) than not eating AT ALL. To lose weight fast, eat all you want, but nothing but meat, eggs, healthy oils, mayo, butter & half an avocado a day (for added potassium). Keep the calories high & the fat percentage high, at least 65% of calories. Green vegetables & some cheese will continue weight loss but at a slower pace.
The first week is just water weight but fat is lost thereafter if you keep your calories high enough. Otherwise the body will strip it’s own lean tissue for nutrition. Although that may look great on a scale it will make it MUCH easier to accumulate fat in the future (since all that pesky lean tissue burning up calories will be gone). The body won’t release fat stores if you lower calories below what it needs. It will slow metabolism to compensate & store every spare ounce as fat. If you continue lowering calories, it will continue lowering the set point, til it can survive off nothing & store fat on anything. The body will only release it’s fat stores if it knows there is plenty of nutritious food.
Eating carbs while trying to lose body fat is terribly inefficient. When in glycolysis (burning glucose as fuel) you have to lower your calories (which slows your metabolism) & exercise heavily to deplete your glycogen stores before burning body fat.
The core of Atkins program is converting the body from glycolysis (burning glucose as fuel) to ketosis (burning fat as fuel). Dietary fat levels need to be at >65% of total calories, if not, the body will still remain in glycolysis by converting 58% of excess protein into glucose (via gluconeogenesis).
It takes minimum of 3 days to convert a body to ketosis, (but only one bite to convert back to glycolysis). People feel sluggish the first week but most feel better than ever thereafter.
Simple carbohydrates (sugar, flour, bread, cereal, pasta, potatoes, rice) trigger insulin which can store the calories eaten into fat. The more protein the more the fat burning hormone glucagon is released. The more carbohydrate the more the fat storage hormone insulin is released.
Simple carbs are addictive & can be disastrous to health. The best way to break the addiction is NO carbs for 3 days. Make a huge batch of deviled eggs, eat one every time you want "something" – have huge omelets with bacon, sausage, peppers, mushrooms & cheese. Pork chops smothered with peppers, mushrooms & cheese – pork rinds & dip or tuna/chicken/turkey/egg salad – steaks – a huge sugar free cheese cake. Eat so much you won’t feel deprived of anything. By the 4th day, the addiction will be gone & you can start making healthy choices.
High insulin levels promote inflammation, weight gain, hunger & unbalance other hormones. Controlling insulin levels will balance out other hormones & allow human growth hormone (HGH) to be produced naturally so lean muscle will be gained even without exercise. Any exercise will greatly increase muscle mass with high HGH levels.
Ground flax seed (2 Tbsp) 1/4 cup water, artificial sweetener, mix in a raw egg – let sit 10 min. to absorb liquid, put some cream cheese in the middle & nuke 2 minutes. Suggested for daily fiber needs.
The first 2 weeks eat several cups a day of (mostly) lettuce & celery, cucumbers, radishes, mushrooms, peppers & more variety of vegetables thereafter – add 5 grams per day additional every week (20 grams day first 2 weeks, 25grams 3rd week, 30grams 4th week etc) til you gain weight, then subtract 10grams. That will be your personal carb level (everyone is different & depends on how active you are.)
Start with meat, fats & salads for 2 weeks and then slowly add in more green veg, wk4 fresh cheeses, wk5 nuts & seeds, wk6 berries, wk7 legumes, wk8 other fruits, wk9 starchy veg, wk10 whole grains. You will learn how your body reacts to different foods.
As long as you have <9grams carbs per hour, you will maintain insulin control & shouldn’t gain weight, no matter the calories. Many people gain weight on high carb, do low carb to lose weight & then are shocked when they return to high carb & gain weight. Many people can return to moderate carb levels but very few can really eat all they want of sugar & maintain weight or health.
Dr.Atkins was a cardiologist, low carb was a health plan easier sold as a "diet" Read any of his books for easily understandable science. Normalizing blood pressure, blood sugar, insulin, cholesterol, triglyercerides & hormone levels are all bonus features of doing a low carb way of eating. Lutz "Life without Bread" & Taubes "Good calories, Bad calories" are excellent books that dispel all the nutrition myths.
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More specifically, is running in place or doing jumping jacks just as effective as running on a treadmill? What other cardio exercises can I do without any equipment?
Its hard to maintain jumping jacks or running in place as long as running, because the lactic acid builds in your muscles, and you may have to stop before you get an equal cardio benefit. Still, it is just as good as long as you are exerting yourself to the same degree. Have you heard of plyometrics? Basically you can get an awesome workout. The exercises include : jump knee tucks, lateral "tires" (pretending to jump through invisibel tires), jumping jacks, squat jumps, Mary Kathrines (lung jumps), gap jumps, one leg jumps, etc. Best if you look it up for a better explanation.
I am building a GYM at my Hotel and I need the best of the best
The places I have been all seem to use Precor.
Kettlebell Conditioning Workout
CARDIO MACHINE™
ROUND 2 includes:
1 minute of Kettlebell SWING +
1 minute of Kettlebell CLEAN & PRESS +
1 minute of Kettlebell FIGURE-8 and
1 minute of Kettlebell SWING
Total Time of each Round is 4 minutes with one minute pause between the rounds,
total workout time is 60 minutes (all together 12 differently designed rounds).
Training design by Genadi Hiskia 2006-2007.
for more information please e-mail to Genadi Hiskia
genadih@gmail.com
Duration : 0:5:1
Please don’t say runnig/jogging/swimming, because I live on a pretty unsafe road, and can’t run jog or swim anywhere. I have 8 lb dumbbells, but that’s the only equipment I have. And a chair.
Dancing is probably your best bet. And shadowboxing. Put some hard, loud kickass music on that makes you feel like you want to beat somebody up. Then for like 20 mins just pretend like you’re fighting somebody, but you really gotta punch hard (kick too if you want).
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Swimming works everything 
Some ellipticals have settings that make you have to push or pull the handles.
Row machines are great.
But if you’re all about cardio, swimming. Otherwise, I’d tell you that getting a set of weights from like Walmart or something will do the trick. No, you won’t become bulky and gross. Strength training cuts down your fat and women build muscle that doesn’t look the same as men.
Also, your diet is key!