AF Biggest Loser/Fitness Challenge-May 3 to Whenever We're Not Fat Anymore

[pocaracas]

I'm fairly satisfied with what I can do at home but..damn the US needs more socialism. I want this in my park.

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[The Industrial Atheist]

You're very welcome! Keep up the good work and good luck in your efforts. The only upper body thing I can think of is rowing, but that's not gentle. There's an exercise that 's like swimming you can do on a weider ultimate bodyworks. I can't find a video. Maybe if you set it on a low enough incline it could be gentle and a cardio exercise.

Thanks By gentle I think I partly mean rhythmic... something you can get into a flow with, change the resistance, and pace yourself... like the exercise bike... so as long as I could change the resistance on a rowing machine it might be something I could get into, but I haven't really got space for one at the moment, or for whatever a weider ultimate bodyworks is... presumably a home gym? Not even enough space for a small weights bench... though I'd love one; think that would help with the situps as well as it would be something to hold my feet in place. But I think I can roughly picture the sort of thing you're suggesting here and I'll bear it in mind in case I ever do get a suitable surface to try it from... it might even work.. with mods... just on an exercise mat...  maybe

The Weider Ultimate Bodyworks is kind of like a Total Gym. It's this:





There's another set of videos with a hot female, but I think those are actually featuring the older model of the same piece of equipment.

[emjay]

Thanks By gentle I think I partly mean rhythmic... something you can get into a flow with, change the resistance, and pace yourself... like the exercise bike... so as long as I could change the resistance on a rowing machine it might be something I could get into, but I haven't really got space for one at the moment, or for whatever a weider ultimate bodyworks is... presumably a home gym? Not even enough space for a small weights bench... though I'd love one; think that would help with the situps as well as it would be something to hold my feet in place. But I think I can roughly picture the sort of thing you're suggesting here and I'll bear it in mind in case I ever do get a suitable surface to try it from... it might even work.. with mods... just on an exercise mat...  maybe

The Weider Ultimate Bodyworks is kind of like a Total Gym. It's this:





There's another set of videos with a hot female, but I think those are actually featuring the older model of the same piece of equipment.

That's not what I pictured by a home gym (just pictured the stereotype of one... more like the things in poca's picture) but looks really cool anyway, maybe even better; the sort of thing I like... simple but versatile... and it looks like you could pretty much use that as a rowing machine if you wanted, plus much more besides. So yeah, I'm definitely sold in theory... I want one But unfortunately it has a very large footprint, at least in terms of length so I wouldn't have space for it... or at least not for it to be out all the time. As it stands I have an exercise bike, a (manual) treadmill, and an exercise mat, but not enough space to have them all out at the same time. But if I ever do get more space I'll look out for it... cos it looks a really good bit of kit and looks like it does the sort of exercises I was hoping for, even saying that it was for a total body workout that didn't care so much about muscles than toning... an alternative to weights and a more expensive, weights based gym. So thanks for that

[The Industrial Atheist]

The Weider Ultimate Bodyworks is kind of like a Total Gym. It's this:





There's another set of videos with a hot female, but I think those are actually featuring the older model of the same piece of equipment.

That's not what I pictured by a home gym (just pictured the stereotype of one... more like the things in poca's picture) but looks really cool anyway, maybe even better; the sort of thing I like... simple but versatile... and it looks like you could pretty much use that as a rowing machine if you wanted, plus much more besides. So yeah, I'm definitely sold in theory... I want one But unfortunately it has a very large footprint, at least in terms of length so I wouldn't have space for it... or at least not for it to be out all the time. As it stands I have an exercise bike, a (manual) treadmill, and an exercise mat, but not enough space to have them all out at the same time. But if I ever do get more space I'll look out for it... cos it looks a really good bit of kit and looks like it does the sort of exercises I was hoping for, even saying that it was for a total body workout that didn't care so much about muscles than toning... an alternative to weights and a more expensive, weights based gym. So thanks for that

You're very welcome yet again. The part that the platform moves on actually folds up. It's actually less than 69'' tall folded. But if you're talking space to use it, and not just store it, yeah that could be prohibitive. Actually telescoping is more accurate than folding.

It is pretty heavy to move around, too.

[Whateverist]

If you don't have the space at home and are not willing to shell out the price for a gym membership, this sort of thing is sprouting all over the place... maybe you can find a set in a park near you!
https://wicksteed.co.uk/fitness-legacy-zone/

There is a gym nearby and I am partially tempted but it's very expensive and I don't like their payment policy - ie pay up front for a year, no refunds. I see that sort of payment policy for a gym as not exactly dishonest but sneaky... cynical... so am less willing to pay, even if I can afford it, on principle...  given that a fair proportion of people joining a gym... perhaps on a new year's resolution... won't stick with it the full term. If it put them out in any way for people not to show up... that would be one thing... but it doesn't look like it does aside from perhaps the time personal trainers put in in giving advice.. but other than that it's pretty much like a bus... still gonna cost the same or thereabouts to run no matter how many people use it. So that's just a bit of a sore point with me. It's not that I couldn't commit to it... the money at least... but just the principle of it. There is another gym that I know that has a more pay as you go policy, but it's a bit too far away/awkward for me.

As to gyms in parks... I'll keep a lookout, but I've never seen one so far. Thanks for the suggestion though

Socialized fitness??  What's next, socialized health care????  What is this country coming to?[/derp]

[The Industrial Atheist]

I lost 1.4 pounds but .6 of it was lean mass. Probably due to a cold and lackluster sleep. But anytime I can binge twice in a week and still lose weight, I'll take that.

[pocaracas]

So I finally bought a scale to measure my weight... it says 76kg... damn, that's too high. Need to lower that to 70.
Cycling every day doesn't do much, it seems... but that doesn't mean I'll stop doing it!
I guess I should do some upper body exercises, too and maybe eat less desserts at work, where they have a bowl with some banoffee sponge cake which I can cover in custard until the bowl is properly filled... hehe.
Anyway, new toy to keep track of stuff. I wonder what sort of weekly trend it will show me.

[Jackalope]

Carb loading definitely has done the trick. By my scale I'm 8 lbs over worst case and even accouting for a difference in scales, I am certain I'll be good.

My wife got next Thursday off so she'll be able to come to my appointments in Seattle. If I can take Friday off we're going to make a weekend of it. My sister lives in north Seattle so lodging is free.

[Astreja]

Lost a bit more weight, and went under 100 kg (220 pounds) on Saturday and Sunday. Just above 220 right now.

My weighing-in method has been to record my weight every day right after getting out of bed, completely filling two sides of a small card, and then dumping the data into an Excel spreadsheet. I then average out the weight for the entire period (15-20 days, depending on how small I write on the card) and compare that to the previous average. There's a distinct downward trend, and I'm not discouraged by fluid fluctuations or other glitches.

[Shell B]

Great work!