Comments on: Exercise Equipment That You Don’t Need (Part 3)

By: Keith @ My Body Fat

Keith @ My Body Fat — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:29:19 +0000

I use the aids to shorten my workout, because I’m seeing better results from shorter more intense workouts. This also includes my cardio workouts, when I first started out I was told all the wrong information. To lose weight do long cardio sessions at low intensity, lift lower weights for higher reps.
I now know that this is wrong, to lose weight you need to train harder for shorter periods, because it will elevate your metabolism for many hours following your workout and will help in weight loss.
At the moment I’m training hard with weights in the 4 to 7 rep range, the advantage to this is my metabolism is running at a fairly high rate. I’m eating around 4000 calories per day to maintain weight. But the disadvantages to training hard are you are constantly feeling hungry and this is when I find myself overeating which is eating into my success.
Keith @ My Body Fat´s last blog ..Weekly Weigh In November 27th 2009

By: Dr. Kal

Dr. Kal — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:18:10 +0000

The push up aids may give you a better workout, but a better work out does not mean greater weight loss. If your goal is weight loss, your resistance training should be focused on maintaining muscle and burning calories. Not on muscle hypertrophy or strength gain.

By: Keith @ My Body Fat

Keith @ My Body Fat — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:29:42 +0000

I disagree when you say that devices that aid push ups are a waste of money. A couple of weeks ago I started doing push ups using push up bars, not only does this allow me to go lower on each rep. But my chest and core have improved dramatically since switching from standard push ups. I have also recently purchased a weight vest to lower the amount of reps I have to do in each set. Because without it I was able to do around 70 push ups before I failed. With the weight vest on I’m now only able to complete 15 to 20 reps till I fail.
This is a great time saver for me, as well as giving my body a much better workout.
Keith @ My Body Fat ´s last blog ..Weekly Weigh In November 27th 2009