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Started doing some weights last week and already I can see the difference.For the first time in my 28 years I can see biceps,tiny as they are.I'm loving my new found sobriety and all that comes with it.

Well done. Ive a weights room set up at home now. 25 min every second day. You'll notice the difference. Cut out cardio to one session a week. Weights is the way to go to get fit and or/lose weight.

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Disagree.

A balanced exercise regime and a balanced diet is the answer

Would have to agree with you.

Lost 4 stone couple of years ago just by cutting out beer to one day a week, no crisps, no chocs, no sweets and no biscuits.

Add that to a bit of running and lots of walking.

Although I put a stone back on in the last 6 months, steadily getting that back of as lost 6lbs since new years day.

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Disagree.

A balanced exercise regime and a balanced diet is the answer

The modern opinion from physiologists is that high intensity training is far more effective than lots and lots of regular paced cardio. Traditional cardio activates less than 40% of muscle cells where high intensity training activates about 80% of muscle cells.

Also, the afterburn effect (how many calories you burn in the 24 hours post workout) is high with HIT and pretty much zero after regular cardio.

Agree on diet of course. I like my food, I haven't really changed my diet in the last year, chocolate, crisps, chips etc. Jogging did nothing for me really (for the hours I put in) but HIT is doing the business.

I swim a few times a week but even then I would use a HIT approach as opposed to slow steady laps. Lots of sprinting and fast butterfly and 25 mins of weights every 3rd day or so.

I'm no adonis either by the way. Just a good bit fitter now than when I used to jog 3 times a week. Not getting injured anymore when I play football and I'm doing a less minutes per week.

TT - 4 stone! Fair play to you man.

Baz - You're a bad man!

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HIT needn't be weights though - you could just have said drop a "traditional" cardio session for a high intensity cardio session.

Sounds like you didn't see any results because you were just jogging. If you'd tried varying hour after hour of jogging with short sharp interval training or hill sessions and the results would have been different

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HIT needn't be weights though - you could just have said drop a "traditional" cardio session for a high intensity cardio session.

Sounds like you didn't see any results because you were just jogging. If you'd tried varying hour after hour of jogging with short sharp interval training or hill sessions and the results would have been different

Sorry yeah should've made that clear. As I said though, I take a HIT approach to swimming.

You're right about intervals and hill training too. Didn't do any of that because my injured leg couldn't take it at the time.

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Sorry yeah should've made that clear. As I said though, I take a HIT approach to swimming.

You're right about intervals and hill training too. Didn't do any of that because my injured leg couldn't take it at the time.

Fair points. I've been refraining from hill sessions at the moment as I've tight Achilles

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Fair points. I've been refraining from hill sessions at the moment as I've tight Achilles

Potential achilles injuries scare the bejesus out of me.

Last thing Ill add, HIT vs "regular" or whatever can be dependent on genetics so its a matter of finding what works I suppose.

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Potential achilles injuries scare the bejesus out of me.

Last thing Ill add, HIT vs "regular" or whatever can be dependent on genetics so its a matter of finding what works I suppose.

Double agree.

Achilles injury wrecked my Edinburgh marathon - so taking every trouble to prevent it spoiling my Paris marathon.

You can take and read as much advice as you like but everyone's body is different, what works for most may not work for you. You need to listen to what your body tells you as you know it better than anyone else.

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A memeber of our Glasto Gang has just bought a Land Rover so he's going to pick me up and give me a lift to the Classic Rock Show tonight. (In a way he has to as I've got his ticket!)

I live at the top of a mile long 1 in 4 lane and I'll have to slither down to the main road but at least I'll be OK from there.

I've also cancelled courses I was supposed to be teaching on Monday and Tuesday so more time to enjoy the snow.

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