Would doing squats etc help with weight loss
Anyone see anything wrong with porridge/blueberries for breakfast and then 4 hours or so later weetabix/almond milk with some whey mixed in?
Getting a bit bored of certain things so trying to mix it up and have been having the above with Milk however going to try almond milk.
Then I have a big meal with meat and veg in the evening and a few bits of fruit/nuts and stuff throughout the day.
I've started tracking what I eat and found it easy to stay below 1800 calories.
Today I had a teacake for breakfast, went out on the bike for an hour. For lunch had 2 boiled eggs with a chicken breast on wholemeal bread. For dinner was slow cooked beef with carrots onions and mash potato as a side. Total calories just under 1400. Still have the odd treat (mainly local curry takeaway). Anyhow lost 6 pounds in just under 2 months. Currently 6ft2 and aim to get down to 13st5.
My question is, do I need to hit the gym? I currently use the bike every other day with at least one swimming session a week. Would doing squats etc help with weight loss
After a few weeks on the cross trainer I finally went to Circuit Training today.
It's only on once a week, 10:00am on a Wednesday, so I thought it would be full of housewives and pensioners and that I'd be the fittest there.
I was right about the first part.
As for the second part...I'm being unduly generous if I say I utterly embarrassed myself.
Someone kill me now before I disgrace the human race any more.
Steve W
Hiya Wardy,
I'm male,45,6ft,12 stone 9, down from 15.5 stone since last Feb,achieved through eating clean (with a couple of cheat meals per month.)
In January this year I started body weight exercises comprising of chin ups,squats,press ups and sit ups.
I've read this thread and tried to get as much info online as possible and my current (week 13-16) workout has added calf raises and have been adding reps every 4 weeks.
Chin ups 7,7,6,5,5 (started with 5,5,3,2,2)
Dumbbell squat 10,10,10,10,10 (started with body weight only till this week)
Press ups 10,10,10,10,10 (struggle with the last rep or 2 in the last set while keeping good form)
Calf raises 10,10
Sit ups 10,10,10,10,10 worked up to this and do it fairly easily so my question is would you advise doing planks and/or another core workout to challenge me a bit more? I know sit ups are a bit out of favour ATM.
I do the above Mon,Wed and Fri, Tuesday and Thursday is HIIT on my pushbike,30 secs all out 90 secs slow,repeat 6 times.
Cheers
yes, kettlebells are great - tho, I strained my upperback at a class over a month ago (was doing 2x20kg clean and press) - was a nightmare as it felt ok at the time (just very hard!) - but your gains will come fast and hard...
Are you referring to post 678 onwards pal? Sometimes I think I may over think and expect more progress.