Getting in shape

[berettafan]

Originally Posted by JD159

So true. HIIT!!!!!

Do that a few times a day. Maybe rip some good form squats with a plate a whole bunch of times. It really doesn't take as much as people think

HIIT without the warmup/cool down around it seems like a recipe for a heart attack or stroke.

burning calories is time at xxx heart rate. interval training within a workout allows you to raise the bar over time but I've not heard it suggested as a solo plan for health in any way.

what am I missing here?

[sugarwood]

The paradigm of HIIT is not one of calories burned, but of hormonal effects and resting metabolism
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/sweaty-answer-to-chronic-illness/

[vash]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Boring... I love grapefruit juice and have 3 oz mixed with 3 oz of water almost every morning - 30 calories and it tastes a lot better than water. Like the whipped puppy said, you don't have to suffer to eat healthy.

Nice. I cut out juice. If I do drink it, it's just a big splash of it in water.

My BIL orders this giant glass of OJ every time I take him to breakfast. I bet it's 20oz. That a lot of sugar.

[impactbumper]

Originally Posted by berettafan

HIIT without the warmup/cool down around it seems like a recipe for a heart attack or stroke.

burning calories is time at xxx heart rate. interval training within a workout allows you to raise the bar over time but I've not heard it suggested as a solo plan for health in any way.

what am I missing here?

every exercise routine warrants warm up and cool down. Period.

[vash]

I don't warm up. My slow starts are self-warming.

My cool downs happen when I'm laying on the ground waiting for the sweet release of death. I'll do stretches in case I live.


Sent via Jedi mind trick.

[intakexhaust]

I don't care what one does but do keep the story of Jim Fixx in mind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fixx

[Tobra]

I agree, if you have a genetic predisposition to atherosclerosis, get checked out, even if you go from a fat tub of goo that is heavily using tobacco to not so much, risk is risk.

[impactbumper]

what is the average participant age on this thread ?

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by impactbumper

what is the average participant age on this thread ?

I'm guessing 60.

[billybek]

Originally Posted by vash

My cool downs happen when I'm laying on the ground waiting for the sweet release of death. I'll do stretches in case I live.

LOL