Slow Motion Weight Training?

[brutusbabe]

The research seems to show that slow motion lifting works.....

http://www.cbass.com/Slowfast(2).htm

As for Body For Life, it works very well if you are willing to put forth the effort to follow a 6-day a week workout plan. You have to decide how dedicated you will be and how will you react if you are unable to stick by these fitness goals. Decide what you are willing to commit, 3/4/5/6, and have a program designed around that. Anything else is bonus - use it for cardio.

Everyone has their preference and opinion on nutritional diet. I am a firm believer in the facts of calories in verses calories out. Burn more calories in a day than you take in and you will shed pounds. 150 calories in potato chips and 150 calories of broccoli and chicken breast are both 150 calories. The body will obviously get more use out of the broccoli and chicken but if you are taking a decent multi-vitamin you are getting that anyway. Now, I am NOT promoting anyone to skip nutritionally sound food for junk but understand they are they same.

As for vitamins, the body will only store the material it needs for proper function. Anything that is not utilized will either 1) be removed from the body (ever wonder why your urine glows) or 2) be stored as fat. Most often #1 is the case. Be smart - ask questions of the people you purchase your supplements from or research them on the 'Net.

The most important part to know when trying to start getting more fit and lean is to not get discouraged. You may not see the results for at least 6 weeks, and know you may get heavier before actually getting thinner, remember muscle weighs more than fat, and if you can do it stay off the scale. Use decreased inches and the way you feel and look to judge your progress.

This is all my opinion, so if you do not agree or feel that I am mistaken in something I stated please feel free to IM me. I don't claim to be an expert by any means, simply a personal trainer with an exercise science background.

Good Luck!!!

 

[powerlifter]

The research seems to show that slow motion lifting works.....

http://www.cbass.com/Slowfast(2).htm

As for Body For Life, it works very well if you are willing to put forth the effort to follow a 6-day a week workout plan. You have to decide how dedicated you will be and how will you react if you are unable to stick by these fitness goals. Decide what you are willing to commit, 3/4/5/6, and have a program designed around that. Anything else is bonus - use it for cardio.

Everyone has their preference and opinion on nutritional diet. I am a firm believer in the facts of calories in verses calories out. Burn more calories in a day than you take in and you will shed pounds. 150 calories in potato chips and 150 calories of broccoli and chicken breast are both 150 calories. The body will obviously get more use out of the broccoli and chicken but if you are taking a decent multi-vitamin you are getting that anyway. Now, I am NOT promoting anyone to skip nutritionally sound food for junk but understand they are they same.

As for vitamins, the body will only store the material it needs for proper function. Anything that is not utilized will either 1) be removed from the body (ever wonder why your urine glows) or 2) be stored as fat. Most often #1 is the case. Be smart - ask questions of the people you purchase your supplements from or research them on the 'Net.

The most important part to know when trying to start getting more fit and lean is to not get discouraged. You may not see the results for at least 6 weeks, and know you may get heavier before actually getting thinner, remember muscle weighs more than fat, and if you can do it stay off the scale. Use decreased inches and the way you feel and look to judge your progress.

This is all my opinion, so if you do not agree or feel that I am mistaken in something I stated please feel free to IM me. I don't claim to be an expert by any means, simply a personal trainer with an exercise science background.

Good Luck!!!

I agree with almost everything you say except the "150 calories in potato chips and 150 calories of broccoli and chicken breast are both 150 calories"


Amino acids are the building blocks of muscle. There is protein that contains amino acids in chicken. There isnt in potato chips. And there are simple carbohydrates in potato chips as well as saturated fat. Combining carbs/fat/protein in one single meal isnt a good idea. Especially a meal using simple carbs and fat. The biggest difference is that the simple carbs will spike your body. If you don't burn them off immediatly they can turn into fat. Not saying that your method of burning calories put in compared to burning out would not work because it would. But using healthy sources of carbs/fat/protein would surely speed up the process. If you are trying to build muscle there is no reason you would want to burn off every calorie that you put in. If someone is simply trying to drop weight cutting carbs is the quickest way of dropping it.

Not really the healthiest considering that insulin supression would result in lethargy,hunger increase, and possibly a shitty attitude lol. Anyway the carbohydrate suppression will dehydrate you. Giving a lot of people a false sense of weight loss. Basically,its acting very similar to a direutic. Take for example the famous atkins diet. It will certainly work for the most part,but people that are willing to never eat carbs the rest of their life are going to have a lot of fun tonz. It's a hell of a lot easier to binge and get away with it when your using complex carbs because the way they are slowly burning off throughout the day. Your body will still store junk food as fat,but at the same time ,if only used once in awhile it will only enhance your metabolism. So you wouldn't want to make a habit out of bingeing.

So techically I agree with you if someone wants to lose weight,but I'm just saying theres a better way. If someone is trying to add lean mass there's honestly only one way. Just my opinion though...