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| bio | website | ideafit.com/profile/… |
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| location | New Jersey | |
| age | 50 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 2 months |
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NASM Certified Personal Trainer, 27+ years in the martial arts
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Aug 22 |
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Why is the weight not dropping off? I don't think there could be a general x calories adds/removes x lbs or even x exercise burns x calories - there are to many factors involved at an individual level...it's just a guideline......I think the end of the day it's the results for the person that determine if the change is working or not and obviously in this case, it isn't |
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Aug 17 |
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How best to apply TUT theory? Great info! Thanks |
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Aug 14 |
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What exercise develops internal fortitude? Not sure the difference in this and asking how to build bigger biceps? except fortitude has real, long term, benefit... |
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Aug 7 |
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How do I bench press safely without a spotter? @MikeS - I agree that you should push yourself beyond your current capacity, and no two workouts should be the same, but I'm not sure going to failure all the time is necessary....from what I read (Rippetone, Don John, others) it's a tool to be used as part of a plan. I agree with the hard work and associated pain, there's no magic pill...I think this goes with wearing belts, wraps, etc. - lots of advice on either side and it comes down to what works best for the specific person. |
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Aug 6 |
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How can I improve my reaction speed and timing for martial arts? so you think meditation/visualization works for reaction and timing...have you done any 'physical' types of training in addition to that? |
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Aug 6 |
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How do I bench press safely without a spotter? @MikeS - NOT going to failure when you're benching on your own and have no way to unload/stop the bar from doing damage is great advice. On the other hand - Going to failure as planned WEHN a spotter is present is good advice.. |
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Aug 2 |
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What are the primary muscles worked when hitting a Heavy Bag? @Ivo - I think there's a difference in any exercise depending on technique/specifics (bench pressing could be looked at as bench pressing OR incline, decline, close grip, board, etc...) - but I'm assuming there's some common primary muscles used for a boxing focused heavy bag workout. |
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Aug 1 |
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Need help with squatting on stronglift 5x5 @Mike - Squats are to parallel aka 90 degrees and if you use a stability ball, its difficult breaking parallel since the ball would most likely be over your head. We're talking about someone with difficulty doing any squats, never mind butt to ground ones. Partial squats are above parallel in all cases. |
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Jul 29 |
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Are Box Squats more like dead lifts or standard squats? @VPeric - the shorter range allows for more weight |
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Jul 20 |
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Dead lift, best way to gain strength and power @Robin - seems to be 360-380lbs (depending on the warmup, day, etc) |
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Jul 19 |
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Dead lift, best way to gain strength and power @Dave - just deadlift'ing |
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Jul 19 |
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Dead lift, best way to gain strength and power @Dave - my priorities would be power, strength and calories in that order...but I was wondering if there was a good/sweet spot that would address all 3 |
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Jul 18 |
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Is it true that the body gets used to diet and exercise after a while and stops responding? great answer, very clear on all points |
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Jul 13 |
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Effective ways to decrease recovery time @Bee - reading (stalking) your other posts, it seems you're a competitive swimmer, I have no knowledge on that and would hesitate trying to give any advice in that direction...my recommendation: find coaches/trainers (keep looking until you say 'yep') that can help build a program specific for you. There's a huge difference between the everday athlete and the top 5% who are competative. |
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Jul 12 |
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Effective ways to decrease recovery time @Bee - of course, but from what I've seen/read, unless you're a high end athlete, pushing the intensity beyond all reasonable levels...you won't have overtraining issues. Health is a long term/marathon event, plan it, pace it and you'll be fine. Make sure you know where you're going |
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Jul 12 |
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Effective ways to decrease recovery time @Bee - the body changes based on stresses placed on it, if you place the same constant stress...it adopts. So, by increasing the intensity, the recovery from a less intense workout 'should' be less. This only works to a certain degree. Since my original response I've read some approaches that could help with the direct question of reduced recovery:sportsmedicine.about.com/od/sampleworkouts/a/After-Exercise.htm |
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Jul 9 |
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Sore stomach muscles from push-ups Nice to see that you worked your way through your sore abs, it's most likely they were a weak spot. Good Job! |
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Jun 27 |
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Which muscles would I need to train for ambulance work? @DaveLiepmann - you're right, sure it is possible - you might do nothing but curls to develop your bicep muscle (via a machine to really isolate the muscle) - and have one strong single muscle - but strength to perform some function can not - in most cases - be so isolated... |
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Jun 26 |
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Best stretches before weight training I generally do goblet squats (light) prior to squating, overhead squats prior to benching/overhead press and deadlifts - that warms me up enough for the weight workout |
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Feb 17 |
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Interval Timing Indicators Sorry - just added the link - I thought I did have it there. Good luck. |
