Wanting to lose a beer gut 4 May 2016 at 4:23PM in Sports & fitness MoneySaving 60 replies 15.2K views

mickeymouse303

Some good HIIT exercises are squat jumps, mountain climbers, burpees, pushups, high knees, different types of crunches and lunge jumps. I usually do 40 seconds of work and 20 seconds rest for each exercise.

parking_question_chap

When I wanted to get into serious fat loss I would do interval sessions on the rower.

Something like

800m,700m,600m,500m,400m,300m,200m,100m Each with a minute recovery. Though if you are just starting out something like that probably isnt the best idea.

gt568

How many sets of those rows did you do?

Recently I've been doing 50 burpees, 40, 30, 20, 10 etc. Brutal!

southernsun

I added the following to the end of my dumbell workout at home:

Set a timer for 3 minutes

Do
- 5 pull ups
- 10 box jumps (I use a dining room chair)
- 15 dumbell squats (lifting weights above head at top of move)
- 20 Dumbell/Kettlebell Swings
- As many burpees as you can fit in to the remainder of the 3 minutes

Rest for 1 minute then repeat for 2 sets then build up to doing 4 sets as your fitness improves.

Found it really helped with weightloss and at the age of 34 I am happier with my bodyshape than I have ever been.

Angry_Bear

parking_question_chap wrote: »

The point is 5:2 isnt nearly as easily sutainable as a basic nutrition plan where each day your Kcals consumed are a little lower than Kcals burned. So whilst you might lose weight doing 5:2 in the short term, you havent learned how to keep it off long term. Whereas a good nutrition plan each day will work in the short, medium and long term.

That sort of depends on the person. I work much better in "bursts" of enthusiasm followed by more gentle days - so 2 days of fasting works great for me. And I've been doing if 3 years and intend to do it forever. I'm in great health now - much better than I've EVER been. Although admittiedly I combine 5:2 with quite a heavy regular exercise regime.

But, the unintended conseuqences of the 5:2 for me are that I "relearned" what it actually feels like to be hungry (rather than just eating because it's 12 o'clock and that means lunchtime, or confusing thirst with hunger). I've also reaslised how little it actually takes to feel full - especially as, for me, the "full" feeling doesn't actually arrive for about 30 minutes after I've eaten. It's very easy to eat because you're still feeling hungry when the reality is that the food just hasn't settled yet.

However, it doesn't work for everyone - each person has to find a way of eating that for them is:
1. sustainable
2. nutritious
3. satisfying

Scott_Chegg

I had the same goal to lose weight. There is a history of diabetes in my family and I don't want it to affect me.
I started doing the "couch to 5K programme". through the NHS.


if you google couch to 5K you will find it i'm sure

I started by reducing my portions. I got myself a smaller plate and made sure at least half of it was vegetables. I then started following the 5K programme and last October did my first park-run in 39 minutes.
Also key for me was that I gave up alcohol completely. My wife is teetotal so it was quite easy really

Almost a year on and I'm about 1 stone lighter. I wasn't massive to begin with (about 6 ft 2 and 16 stone) my park run time is now 24 mins 11 secs and i'm no longer 38" waist jeans anymore

You just have to have a plan and stick with it....bit like money saving really.....:rotfl:

cheers
Scott

indesisiv

Scott_Chegg wrote: »

I had the same goal to lose weight. There is a history of diabetes in my family and I don't want it to affect me.
I started doing the "couch to 5K programme". through the NHS.


if you google couch to 5K you will find it i'm sure

I started by reducing my portions. I got myself a smaller plate and made sure at least half of it was vegetables. I then started following the 5K programme and last October did my first park-run in 39 minutes.
Also key for me was that I gave up alcohol completely. My wife is teetotal so it was quite easy really

Almost a year on and I'm about 1 stone lighter. I wasn't massive to begin with (about 6 ft 2 and 16 stone) my park run time is now 24 mins 11 secs and i'm no longer 38" waist jeans anymore

You just have to have a plan and stick with it....bit like money saving really.....:rotfl:

cheers
Scott

I love couch to 5k and parkrun. There are so many people that get into running through it and then go on to more and more running.
One of our local running clubs has just started their mid summer group and there is 30 people in it.

I'm actually timekeeping at my local parkrun tomorrow as I am racing a 10k on sunday.
The support that people get from the others that are doing the parkruns is amazing both for the faster runners and the slower ones.

parking_question_chap

gt568 wrote: »

How many sets of those rows did you do?

Recently I've been doing 50 burpees, 40, 30, 20, 10 etc. Brutal!

Just one, but pretty much eyeballs out.

Quality over quantity.

parking_question_chap

I love park run, but I much prefer it in the winter.

Something about waiting at the start line in wooly hat and gloves.

System

parking_question_chap wrote: »

The point is 5:2 isnt nearly as easily sutainable as a basic nutrition plan where each day your Kcals consumed are a little lower than Kcals burned. So whilst you might lose weight doing 5:2 in the short term, you havent learned how to keep it off long term. Whereas a good nutrition plan each day will work in the short, medium and long term.

People will always try and overcomplicate something that is very simple, by following whatever the latest gimmick is.

Like I said in the post you quoted, 5:2 is a method of creating a calorie deficit, and is one of many available to people. If you feel it is not suitable then that is fine however it not being sustainable is your opinion. I personally know a few of people that would say the 5:2 plus healthy eating up to calorie allowance on the non fast days is much easier to do that daily calorie deficits in to the long term.