Why do freeways come to a stop?
February 26th, 2010 | 
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Sup AllBoyPlanet. Today is day two of the rest of my life, and I’m beginning to do exercise. I’m not trying to be a muscle soldier or anything, just significantly skinnier (I understand that muscle helps you burn weight, but I view it as just a means to an end, not a goal).
I figured I’d start out with an elliptical, and I was wondering if there were any good tips you all had to get the most out of its use? Again, the FAQ has advised me that just sputtering around for 40 minutes of flat aerobics isn’t the most effective tool.
If it matters, I’m about 6′ and 185ish pounds, most of which is fat tissue.
For the record I did google, but there’s so much contradicting shit out there…
I don’t use an elliptical but here’s a site which might have one or two tips.
http://exrx.net/Aerobic/Exercises/EllipticalTrainer.html
Also, exrx is one of the few really excellent sites for information out there that I’ve found.
Don’t hunch. Don’t put a lot of weight onto your hands. Even pressure through your feet. Going slower with proper form is better than going faster with poor form. Once you have your form down, consider upping the resistance. Then use the “interval training” function on the elliptical to vary things up.
>I’m not trying to be a muscle soldier or anything
What is a “muscle soldier”. Rhetorical, don’t have to answer.
>I figured I’d start out with an elliptical
Boring as all hell. Weird contraption. “Simulates” human movement. A machine for HUMANS to SIMULATE human locomotion?
You are a human, you can run, walk, jog, and sprint. You don’t need a contraption to “guide” you.
“ZERO IMPACT GOOD FR DA KNEEZ”.
No it SUCKS for the knees, and your entire body. Coddling is not how you strengthen and protect, it’s how you make vulnerable. Why do you think that most people have back pain? Weak bodies. We coddle, and coddle, and coddle, until our bodies are so weak and uncoordinated they get a herniated disk picking up a 20lb can of paint. Train your body to be strong.
Your body senses impacts and stresses, then adapts. Bones change structure, ligaments and tendons strengthen, muscles fire more efficiently.
It takes time. If you’re a fat fuck who decides to “jog” for exercise and wears big padded nike running shoes that do nothing to absorb shock and do everything to blind your feet from sensing how hard you’re stepping then yeah you might out pace your tissue’s ability to adapt, and you will get injured.
My advice. Sprint up some steep hills, push cars, lift heavy barbells and dumbbells, drag sleds, be frequent, short, and intense in your workouts.
If you eat reasonably clean you can easily get that thin, ripped look. More simple than easy to be honest. There is nothing easy about hard work.