Posts by dbackerfan

I'm currently doing The New Rules of Lifting Fat Loss III and let me tell you I've had the greatest drop in weight in a month doing this workout than in the 9 months it took me to get thru The New Rules of LIfting for Wormen.  If you really want to lose body fat and lose inches trya fat loss weight lifting program.  the Really Fast Fat Loss program is good - I think its on Tnation

The NROL does whole body workouts instead of isolated moves.  I can also say I can squat more than most of the boys cause they are too busy doing the machines and one guy asked me about squats without the machine and he was shocked at how little weight he could do with free weights vs the machines.  

I think I would have told the guy he could move to another machine out of range of your hrm -- especially if you were there first- to ask someone to turn off their hrm is not right.  Also if he's using hand monitoring tell him the rate is useless.  He needs to invest in his own HRM or not bother.  I also agree the gym needs to be notified as their machines must be less than 3 ft apart for the cross talk to happen.  

I use the smith machine for my push ups.  I have a bum shoulder and can't do push ups off the floor with good form - girlie or otherwise.  I put the bar on the 2nd rung from the bottom and angle myself so I'm as flat as possible and do the pushups from there.  This is the ONLY exercise i do from this machine.  

I've been doing the NROL4W and there was never a bench press exercise in it -- closest thing was shoulder presses and barbell presses - I'm now doing the New Rules of Lifting and I don't see any bench presses in there either using the barbell at least.  There might be in other workouts I don't have the book here its in my gum locker but I can't remember seeing a picture of how to do it.

If its a heart murmur like 20% of the population has and doesn't even know they have it wouldn't effect it one bit.  I have a heart murmur too - was diagnosed in  high schol never caused me a bit of trouble I just have to take antibiotics before dentist appts and had to have shots of something after giving birth.  

A speedy recovery rate after pushing yourself is a sign of a healthy heart.  

Unless a dr has said to be careful with cardio workouts I personally wouldn't worry about it and it has no effect on the calorie burn.  

Original Post by bmx419:

I was gonna say, isn't taking the battery out and putting it back in the same as replacing it??

Anyway, it sounds like there is a short internally. Hopefully you will hear back from Polar. I think you need to get your money back or have it replaced from warranty.

I know bmx - but I just know whenever my HRM stops working I just "reset" it by taking the battery out and it works fine for a few more months.  Its not putting a whole new battery but I think to reset the watch you have to remove the battery itself as it doesn't have a turn off button.  

I rarely got a blank screen though - mine would just freeze up with the display not moving.  

If the battery isn't completely "settled" and in contact with the thingy it wont work.  I don't know what else to recommend doing.  Bummer about having 3 in such a short time.  Mine is so old 4 years this Christmas and its still working and I use it every day.

I for one can burn 2 times the calories lifting than I do in an hour long cardio.  I am currently doing NROL fat loss III and its a killer.  4 weight lifting sets of 10 - 12 no rest then one minute rest and repeat.  My heart rate has gotten as high as 168 - not bad for a 50 year old woman IMHO.  I can't run or jump rope or bike ride fast enough to get my heart rate up that high doing strictly cardio.  

Weights is the best cardio- but you need to be sure you are lifting to your maximum not just doing curls and kickbacks.  

I do my weight routine and then about 15 minutes on the treadmill doing a bit of interval and cooling down.  

When I do my step aerobic class on my non lifting days my heart rate gets to about 145 for a bit but I can't keep it up there for long.  I also can only burn about 350 cals in the class vs tonights weight lifting burn of 650 in 50 minutes.

Original Post by robynshale:

Hello! Well, nobody seemed to address the original question.

 

excuse me but did you read any of the thread posted above??  I think if you read again she asked where her heart rate needs to be staying in the fat burn zone or what -- the aforementioned thread has several links to several other links where this is all discussed.  I don't go into repeating what is already readily available in the "welcome to the fitness forum" message starred at the very beginning of this forum

http://caloriecount.about.com/heart-rate-fat- burn-zone-ft28756

I remember reading something in the New Rules Of Lifting  book about this but my book is in the locker at the gym , but if I recall correctly there are certain lifts that are good for certain sports while others not so good.  

I would 2nd the person above saying to contact your coach -

Oh I feel your pain LOL -- actually I love "feeling the burn" the 24 and usually 48 hours after a good lifting workout.

My coworkers laugh at my hobbling all the time.  I do find the best thing is ice packs to the worst pains.  Always take a rest day from weights and only lift every other day and also when I work out even if still suffering from the DOMS it makes it feel better.  

As far as the advice to lift light and multiple reps all that will do is build stamina and nothing for muscle. 

Usually when I first start a new workout I'll get the DOMS, but after the first 2 workouts its diminished enough I can continue to progress.

I don't stretch before - only afterwards and as far as walking/ running jogging to prevent it that doesn't always work either in my experience.  I do my lifting routine then 15 - 20 minutes of interval training afterwards and if I upped my squat or deadlift weights I'll still feel it the next day or day after that.

OOPs -- just noticed the Original poster is male - but men get osteoporosis too-- Also you would probably just want to go right into New Rules of Lifting.  Its a great book for beginners needing a weight lifting program and all the workouts to build strenth muscle or fat loss are all spelled out 

Also check out Tnation's "Really Fast Fat Loss" workout program.  I know lots of people who had success with that program as well.  I think the key to all these fat loss workouts has been the HIIT and interval training.  Plus you can do 20 minutes of HIIT and burn the calories of a 1 hour regular workout.

When I do weight lifting and interval training I'll burn about 250 - 400 more calories in the hour than I do during step aerobic class.

Well it depends on what information the HRM has you plug in  Age, Weight sex height are important variables that are necessary to calculate a calorie burn.  If it doesn't ask for this information then its not going to be very accurate.  MAchines are never even close unless you are male 5'7" and 175lbs as this is the "standard" machines go by if it also is not programmable with your specifics.

Also does the HRM have a chest strap so its doing constant monitoring of your heart rate?  If its one that you put your finger on every so often then its burn calculations aren't going to be close either.

I am 49 5'7" and 181 lbs and I worked out today doing heavy lifting and 15 minutes cardio and burned 550 calories - When I lift my heart rate gets going pretty hard more than walking on the treadmill at 4 mph in fact.  If you are just doing light lifting then your pule probably isn't going to do that.  

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If the HRM doesn't have a strap to do constant monitoring of your heart rate then it isn't going to be very accurate at all.  Also the VO2 is a very important factor in determining calorie burn.  I have a polar F11 and when my VO2 is elite it gives me a big calorie burn I reset it to "good" so my calorie burn won't be so high

I don't know what book that person was reading but NROL4W has the workouts and pages the exercises can be found so you do them right are all set up for you.  All you have to decide is what weight to lift. 

I  liked the set up of the routines so much and the explanation of exercises that I am now doing New Rules of Lifting.

I've heard Starting Strength is very good too.

Oh and the NROL and one for women do have logs available for downloading online.

The NROL has nutrition "touched" on but not really delved into deeply - just the stuff we all know eat clean etc...

I liked the NROLFW and I like NROL because the routines are spelled out for me in black and white.  EAch day I know what I need to do and how to do it.  Also the NROL is a whole years worth or workouts if done 3 times a week