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Thurs 5th: Guy Fawkes blows up debt, DFW chat

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  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    okay, hands up who just clenched!?!?!


    surely couldn't hurt hun... would probably do your pelvic floor as much good as anything else....

    *puts hand up* :o:rotfl:
    Debt@16.12.09 £10,362.38, now debt free as of 29.02.2012.
    "I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better."
  • becky_rtw
    becky_rtw Posts: 8,393 Forumite
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    sallyx wrote: »
    anyone know how affective doing bottom clenches are to toning and getting rid of the wobbles? Yes I know this will go down as one of the most random questions!

    You cant rid of fat by 'spot toning' so they may firm up the skin (but you'd have to do a LOT) but wont reduce the size - the only way to do that is to do enough all round exercise to recduce your fat levels to a point where it will reduce...

    (And :rolleyes: tell me about it - been trying to get slimmer legs for ages - you'd think running would do it, but still working on muscle creation rather than reducing the fat - should be about another 6 months of solid training before the muscles under the fat show through and the fat is nearly gone - its a LONG process! :o)
  • sallyx
    sallyx Posts: 15,815 Forumite
    Not pelvic floor squeezing, like when your sat and you clench your muscles and it kind of lifts you up...ok I'll get my coat ;)

    Ive done 200 today and going to do 500 a day will let you know if it has any effect!
    I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change And breakaway. I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change and breakaway ....
    Finally Debt Free...
  • sallyx
    sallyx Posts: 15,815 Forumite
    becky_rtw wrote: »
    You cant rid of fat by 'spot toning' so they may firm up the skin (but you'd have to do a LOT) but wont reduce the size - the only way to do that is to do enough all round exercise to recduce your fat levels to a point where it will reduce...

    (And :rolleyes: tell me about it - been trying to get slimmer legs for ages - you'd think running would do it, but still working on muscle creation rather than reducing the fat - should be about another 6 months of solid training before the muscles under the fat show through and the fat is nearly gone - its a LONG process! :o)

    Dam grrrr :mad::mad:
    I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change And breakaway. I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change and breakaway ....
    Finally Debt Free...
  • becky_rtw
    becky_rtw Posts: 8,393 Forumite
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    Running up/downs hills would prob work that area quite hard though :p
  • (Land_of)_Maz
    (Land_of)_Maz Posts: 11,738 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    the only thing that gives me sore bum cheeks is stair running.... the football training night routes have a couple of sets of steep steps which i try to always encorporate....

    or squats....
    I'm just a seething mass of contradictions....
    (it's part of my charm!)
  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    becky_rtw wrote: »
    Running up/downs hills would prob work that area quite hard though :p

    Just clenching again to see if last night's hill run has affected that area.. hmmm definitely a bit of tightness... :rotfl:
    Debt@16.12.09 £10,362.38, now debt free as of 29.02.2012.
    "I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better."
  • Tixy
    Tixy Posts: 31,455 Forumite
    Thanks Sally! - Someone just walked in to my office and looked at me a bit odd bobbing up and down on my chair :o
    A smile enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give
    or "It costs nowt to be nice"
  • becky_rtw
    becky_rtw Posts: 8,393 Forumite
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    Oooo just ordered a new laptop and got it for the bargin price of £119 :D:D
  • tenmah
    tenmah Posts: 2,209 Forumite
    becky_rtw wrote: »
    Oooo just ordered a new laptop and got it for the bargin price of £119 :D:D

    Oooh where from Becky - I am looking for a new one?
    OD [STRIKE] £2600 [/STRIKE] £0 :j Loan [STRIKE]£9500.00[/STRIKE] £0 :j Car [STRIKE]£3150[/STRIKE] £0 :j Moving Costs [STRIKE]£1300[/STRIKE] £0 :j Savings £1150 :j

    Everytime I hear the 'dirty' word Exercise, I wash my mouth out with chocolate!
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