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Where do our exercisers work out and what do you do?

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  • HoraceH Offline
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    It’s important for resistance training to be full body. But for cardio, whatever gets your heart going is fine. For someone who does no resistance training, I guess a full body cardio would be more important, just to get some work for all the muscles.

    Education is extremely important.

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      I signed up with a high priced gym today, just to get away from the crowds of the low price one. 105/month rather than 15, but it'll be worth it.

      They have a bodyfat tester called Styku which takes a 3D image of your body and correlates it with a training set of Dexa scans, using machine learning. It's supposed to be pretty accurate. I get a free scan on oct 8, then another free one 45 days later. The club is running some sort of contest to see who can get fit in 45 days. The regular price for the scans is $60.

      Education is extremely important.

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        Mine is $50 a month. Even planet fitness is $30/mo here.

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          I’d like to get a rowing machine. Maybe in a year or two. My biggest issue is finding the time and then fighting off the snack/drink demons at 10pm when I finally get a minute to myself!

          My neighbor has a rowing machine he said to try before you buy as it’s a great workout but can also make your butt sore if you don’t have the correct posture.

          Love swimming, it’s such a great workout and the waterproof headphones makes it fun to listen to music while swimming.

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            Back when I was a regular at a club in Chicago, they had a former Olympic rower who taught the classes on the rowing machine. She got me to move from doing heavy pulls to lighter tension and faster pulls with better form.

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              The interesting thing about rowing is that if you have proper technique, only something like 25% of the power comes from your arms.

              The most well known indoor machine is the "Concept 2". From what I have heard/read, the fly setting should be at around 4-5 and the stroke every minute should be somewhere around 20-22.

              I usually just watch Asian dramas while rowing. LOL The concept 2 had a holder for an Ipad or similar. Makes the time go quickly.

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                • MikM Offline
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                  I'm starting to change my cardio sessions to HIIT - one minute normal, 30 seconds fast and furious. It supposedly has a brain preserving effect. I'll see if i can find the article.

                  "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                    https://www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/AD.2024.0642

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                      I bet this works for weight training too.

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                        When I have to "scroll" to select my birth year when filling out a form, it's starting to becoming insulting. And yes, I know we have longer-scrollers here.

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                          Latest addition to my home gym to help with leg workouts

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                          • MikM Offline
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                            Not quite sure how that works...

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                              I worked out today, but my body was already unhappy with me for having hoisted wet mulch bags all day yesterday in a very rare day of yardwork. It shows that no matter how much time i put in on the machines, they don't work ALL the muscles. I'll have to look into adding some dumbbell work.

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                                Not quite sure how that works...

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                                @Mik said:

                                Not quite sure how that works...

                                It's a trap bar. You stand inside it to do deadlifts. Usually they're closed on both sides. I use on at my gym. I find it much easier to lift with my legs rather than back with the trap bar.

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                                  I recently started doing real pull-ups and dips. Previously I only did the assisted kind out of fear that I'd injure my shoulder (torn rotator cuff in 22).

                                  I've been trying to do 3 sets of 5 (up from 3 sets of 3). I can do that with dips, today I hit 5-5-4 on pull-ups. Still need to improve my form though.

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