Diet and exercise

Feb 17, 2009 12:08

From mid-November to mid-January, I put on 4kg. Between Christmas, New Year, a plethora of birthdays and my gourmet brother staying for a week, not all that surprising ( Read more... )

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tyggerjai February 17 2009, 02:16:57 UTC
Yeah, I say horseshit on the "slows your metabolism" thing. Vague article with doomy warnings about "tendon damage" and no cites? Ignore.

They're right about adding actual resistance training with free weights, of course, but you can do both. Google "Farmer's walk" for the other side of the story.

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thorfinn February 17 2009, 02:41:42 UTC
Any exercise which over-works your muscles and generates lactic acid is going to crash your metabolism.

How much and what kind of exercise very very much depends on your personal state of physical being.

For someone who's been a total couch potato for 10 years, getting up and walking around the house a few times might be too much exercise which would result in crashing their metabolism. For an professional grade AFL player, running around the field a few times is just a gentle warmup.

I posted about the biochemistry a long while ago: http://thorfinn.livejournal.com/25035.html

That post is a little more focused around about the input side of things (diet), but it does go into the output side (metabolism).

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tyggerjai February 17 2009, 02:48:17 UTC
Like, say, the resistance training with free weights advocated in the very same article :)

Point being, "walking with weights" is not an inherently bad thing, nor is there anything resembling a solid argument in that article as to why it might be a bad idea at all, beyond vague warnings about damage to your tendons and ligaments.

And again, if walking with weights is a risk for that, free weight resistance training at any serious level is much more of a risk.

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See erudito February 17 2009, 04:53:11 UTC
This is why you post on LJ: to learn stuff :)

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tyggerjai February 17 2009, 02:39:22 UTC
Also, for both articles - doing 10 minute "chunks" of cardio is better than nothing, but (and I'll find cites for this when I hav some time) it's generally acknowledged that maintaining the elevated heart rate for 20 minutes is what triggers many of the valuable reactions associated with "cardio". Anything less than 20 minutes just doesn't give you the full benefit, even if you do an aggregate of an hour.

HIIT is a little different, but then that has a different goal.

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HIIT? erudito February 17 2009, 04:51:02 UTC
HIIT -- not familiar.

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findalexh February 17 2009, 05:37:45 UTC
High Intensity Interval Training.

It was the latest and greatest fad a couple of years ago, which isn't to say that it is a bad thing, actually it's a good tool to have in the toolbox, but it was quite a fad some time back.

Speaking of fads... I'd rather take Len Schwartz's documented demonstrated and highly effective advice than the web page you linked.

http://www.heavyhandsfitness.com/content.aspx?idx=54

Have you looked into girevoy or competition club swinging? Both would be far more beneficial for your SCA ish activities and actually resemble medieval strength and fitness training techniques.

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Self-advertising erudito February 17 2009, 06:38:41 UTC
Len Schwartz does look like a good advertisement for his own system.

Never heard of girevoy before. Looks like it could be fun.

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findalexh February 17 2009, 05:44:56 UTC
Do you have any use for a barbute?

It is fairly open faced with a pronounced crown, similar to but not the same as this.

http://www.swordsandarmor.com/images/H6_Barbute.JPG

It isn't strapped, and I wouldn't trust it to take a good blow, but I don't need it and I don't want to watch it growing rust.

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Yes erudito February 17 2009, 05:55:52 UTC
Either my work is (I will check with my business partner) or a member of my household will be.

How much?

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mr_bassman February 17 2009, 06:45:17 UTC
Yep I'm interested... What's the provenance of it. History of make and it's use and abuse. I'm the household that Mr E is in.

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findalexh February 17 2009, 10:55:27 UTC
No use, no abuse other than sitting on top of the cupboard getting dirty and has some dust rust which should scrub off pretty easily.

It was a sample from some Indian or Chinese company. Sorry, can't get much more specific than that, I was in contact with a bunch of companies and received samples from quite a few of them.

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findalexh February 17 2009, 06:03:11 UTC
Free to a good home.

I'm in Chadstone, pm me and we'll figure out a way for you to get a hold of it.

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Goodie erudito February 17 2009, 06:24:07 UTC
I am being acronym challenged today: pm me?

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Re: Goodie findalexh February 17 2009, 10:56:35 UTC
Yeah, we all have those days.

PM - private message or private mail.

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