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The Shadow
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you will never have similies if you keep the attitude....
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jenscats5
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Now, now, children play nice..... don't scare off the newbies....
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necia
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Hey Guys,
Thanks for such the warm welcome. As far as my eating habits go, I feel great eating like this. I was recently doing Atkins and felt like ish. After two weeks I started eating more complex carbs and I'm loving it. I feel great, and I actually have the energy to go into the gym and do something.
Necia
Thanks for such the warm welcome. As far as my eating habits go, I feel great eating like this. I was recently doing Atkins and felt like ish. After two weeks I started eating more complex carbs and I'm loving it. I feel great, and I actually have the energy to go into the gym and do something.
Necia
Sassy69
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So you just completed the 2 week "beginner period" or whatever they call it in Atkins where you keep your carbs below 20-30 g/day and now you are moving into the "maintenance phase"? Or have you just tossed the Atkins approach & just eating clean w/ more complex carbs? I'm not a big fan of Atkins in general -- ketosis sucks and you really don't have any energy to do any sort of great training.
necia
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Yup, you got it. Kicked the Atkins thing and really trying to approach a realistic way of eating and living. Thus eating clean and working out. I can already tell that one of my biggest problems is going to be over training. I feel the need to be in the gym every day otherwise I feel lazy. Right now I haven't been in 3 days and it's as if I lost my best friend. How do you cope with overtraining? Dare, I guess? Train hard on your on days and rest hard on your off days?
Necia
Necia
Sassy69
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I feel ya on the training. I hate cardio but I could spend all day every day in the gym. It's important to look at "training" as 24/7 thing where part of it is fueling your body at the right times w/ what it needs (and not more than it needs), training it for max "bang for the buck", but not overtraining, doing cardio as needed and also recovery. The big thing I learned a while ago is over training = under recovery. And if you don't factor in time for your body to recover, even if you just start feelign tired and it isn't on your training schedule to take an off day, your body will MAKE you take it, and then some.
Also training can involve many different activities. One of them is time in the gym. Another may be playing team volleyball or golfing or taking the dog for a walk (or chasing the cat up & down the stairs as it is in my house). Whatever to also just keep you active. I'm a huge proponent of yoga / pilates. I did a huge amount of lifting the last several years and basically ended up screwing up my lower back as a result of an imbalanced training program (and some other stuff). But the stretching and focus on core strength that you get from yoga / pilates is something that is definitely lacking from your standard bodybuilding regimen.
To get a balanced view of a fit lifestyle you need to look to your program as something that includes the gym, but isn't encompassed by the gym. It also helps you not freak out on those days that you aren't scheduled in the gym. I still go and do my cardio or hit a cardio / dance / yoga class. I sort of dont' know what to do with myself if I'm not in the gym, even if I don't need to be there.
Also training can involve many different activities. One of them is time in the gym. Another may be playing team volleyball or golfing or taking the dog for a walk (or chasing the cat up & down the stairs as it is in my house). Whatever to also just keep you active. I'm a huge proponent of yoga / pilates. I did a huge amount of lifting the last several years and basically ended up screwing up my lower back as a result of an imbalanced training program (and some other stuff). But the stretching and focus on core strength that you get from yoga / pilates is something that is definitely lacking from your standard bodybuilding regimen.
To get a balanced view of a fit lifestyle you need to look to your program as something that includes the gym, but isn't encompassed by the gym. It also helps you not freak out on those days that you aren't scheduled in the gym. I still go and do my cardio or hit a cardio / dance / yoga class. I sort of dont' know what to do with myself if I'm not in the gym, even if I don't need to be there.
