Posts by artiparte

Congratulations!!! that is my ultimate goal. That is the reason why I took up lifting. Hopefully I'll be able to share the same accomplishment with you all.

I too upped my calories a about 2 weeks before I began the workouts. I upped them to maintenance level and have lost one pound. I'll review in 4 weeks my results and then decide if I will eat more on workout days. Right now, I'm having a hard time to eat more protein.

Thank you all for the advice. I did take a hot shower and it did get better, so off to the gym this afternoon for more punishment, nah... I shouldn't call it punishment because I really love lifting. It's the only kind of exercise I don't find boring and look forward to doing.

I was lifting until May of this year, then I got sick and stopped lifting on my cardiologist's advice. He allowed me to do only cardio until we figured out what was wrong. As soon as he gave me the green light 3 weeks ago, I ordered the book and I am so looking forward to this program. 

Thanks again for being here, this group ( lifters) is great and I'm glad to be a part of it.

Thanks Paula. I think I'll probably do the long walk today. My legs don't hurt when I walk, it's getting up from a seated position or sitting down. My guess is the stepups did me in.

My book arrived today, I'm already halfway through it. Planning to begin on monday. 

I used the book's formula to determine calorie needs and on a sedentary day I get almost 1700 calories. I've been maintaining on a weekly average of 1500. I'm ready to give this a try, maybe combine with the diet advice from Tom Venuto's ebook, which is quite similar.

I have yet to read the exercise part of the book.

I'll check back in a few days.

A bunch of us are doing the 100 pushups challenge. You may want to join. Look it up in the Games and Challenges forum.

Don't let the light activity fool you, you will work up a sweat and will raise your heart rate.

Just as I suspected yesterday, a was only able to do 15 standard pushups with perfect form today for my test. I'll try again tonight but I think it would be better if I did week 2 again.:-(

YESSSSS, YESSS, YESSS! Completed day 2, week 2 with perfect form. I colapsed in the end and need to catch my breath but, I feel sooo awesome. I can't believe I did 11 standard push ups.

Completed week 1 day 3. It keeps getting harder. And I did have to derank. Like OP said, the assessment doesn't seem fair with one set.

I too started today.

Age: 57

Sex: Female

Starting rank: 2

Pushup variation used: Standard Pushup

Goal: 100 pushups

Good luck to all.

No, you need to get out of the pool to prevent osteoporosis. I too use the pool often for my workouts, right after I do either a 30 minute walk or a 30 minute weights session.

I too developed an irregular heartbeat. I went through a battery of tests, including a 24 hour holter to monitor the heart beat and a radioactive isotope stress test. The holter confirmed the arrhythmia and the stress test has shown that my heart is in athletic condition.

I too had been doing HIIT about 5 times a week and stopped when out of the blue my heart would jump from 135bpm to 190bpm during intervals. My cardiologist said not to worry and gave me medication for a month and I should go back at the end of August for a follow up. He also said to lay off caffeine and I've completely eliminated it. He said to continue exercising at my age appropiate heart rate, no intervals though.

I still get the occasional flutter, but it doesn't scare me as it used to. I hope I can get back to HIIT, although sure as hell I won't be doing it 5 or 6 times a week as before.

Thank you all for sharing your experiences. I'm still debating which feeling I need more, being at peace or letting go of pent up anger... I'll probably try one class each and then decide. 

I remember about ten years ago, T'ai Chi could be self defense, some advanced students in my class were able to subdue an opponent in the blink of an eye. I only took the class for 6 weeks and had to drop it because my dad's health required full time commitment from me.

I also remember I was the only klutz in the class who managed to pull a muscle in my lower back, don't ask.

Thanks Melkor. I did Yoga and Taichi eons ago when I was looking after my father who was terminally ill. It did wonders for my psyche, I was calm and centered amid the chaos of my life at the time.

I thought kungfu is a form of taichi too.

I'm lifting weights and speed walking on alternate days to maintain my hard earned fat loss. So I would probably want something for my brain, too much going on at the same time.

I'll take a trial class next week and see.