anyone using Whole Body Vibration (WBV) exercise machine?
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e3nity:
My next machine would probably be a treadmil.. perhaps you wana consider that?? AiBi has some nice ones..
I'm tempted too
Only drawback is the fixed space a threadmil occupies. -
sleepy:
sleepy.. there are some foldable onces which can be easily kept under your bed or store room.. with my tiny collections which i seldom use (eg: the vibrating ez-slim, skipping rope, twister).. DS toy room is slowly converting into my mini gym.. lol..e3nity:
My next machine would probably be a treadmil.. perhaps you wana consider that?? AiBi has some nice ones..
I'm tempted too
Only drawback is the fixed space a threadmil occupies.
did you heard people saying if you skip a rope for 1000 times a day.. u can lose alot? -
sleepy:
don't take it personally. It's just a mental image I have whenever I see a fat person trying out a massage chair in the malls, epecially in the US where they're a lot bigger size. Everything just wobbles. Just thought I'll pen down the mental image.cimman:
I recommend a good massage chair for couch potatoes. The fats just gets vibrated out of the body and you can collect it in a pan at the bottom of the chair. Get the models with integrated pans at the bottom for greater convenience.
Thereafter, you can use the fats to fry potato chips.
Don't worry about the oil you're ingesting. Go back to step one again and get the fats vibrated away. Store any unused fats in the freezer compartment to avoid it going rancid.
Come on, this a forum for sharing. You're welcome if you've constructive input. But is there a need to be so sarcastic :scratchhead:
Anyway my BMI is 20. Did I mention anywhere I have fats to spare for your fries ?
anyway, with a BMI of 20, you shouldn't consider yourself a couch potato. -
e3nity:
did you heard people saying if you skip a rope for 1000 times a day.. u can lose alot?
Wow, cannot la, 1000x way too intensive for me! Although it's a good indoor exercise, maybe I can try 10?
At my age, I think I can only afford low impact exercises, cannot strain joints too much & must be away from the sun to avoid pigmentation.
My kids are in different sessions, have to send & fetch, sayang & spend time with them when they're home. So I intend to look for a machine to use at home, more flexible in terms of timing, can exercise while kids are doing homework or practising instruments.
See la, so many consideration (or excuses?) :lol: -
sleepy:
the max i can skip is like 300x n i'm dead..
Wow, cannot la, 1000x way too intensive for me! Although it's a good indoor exercise, maybe I can try 10?
At my age, I think I can only afford low impact exercises, cannot strain joints too much & must be away from the sun to avoid pigmentation.
My kids are in different sessions, have to send & fetch, sayang & spend time with them when they're home. So I intend to look for a machine to use at home, more flexible in terms of timing, can exercise while kids are doing homework or practising instruments.
See la, so many consideration (or excuses?) :lol:
Alternatively.. when u fetch ur kids do some brisk walking.. at least u have some low intense exercise for at least 4 times a day 5 times a week.. wait ur hubby drool with the result.. :boogie: if you r looking at morning bring child 1 to school den walk home.. mid day bring child 2 to school den otw fetch child 1 home.. and evening fetch child 2 home from school.. lke tat can even save on machine... :lol: -
if you’re in your 20s, skipping is fine. Once you get to your mid 30s, it is best to avoid jumping in your exercises. Jogging, jumping all induces great amount of stress on your knee caps. As you get into your 40s, there is natural cartilage detioration. If you do a lot of jogging and skipping, this will speed up the natural cartilage detioration process and you’ll get knee joint pains.
Cycling on a stationary bike is good. It is convenient and all gyms has it. Spend about 30mins on it with zero resistance. After a week or two, increase the resistance. When you’re used to the exertion of the cycling exercise, increase the cycling speed and monitor your heart rate. Cycle for as fast as you can and check your heart rate. Note down this heart rate and use it as a target reference. On subsequent exercise, try to hit that heart rate for at least a minute, then slow down for a minute to catch your breath, and then speed up again to hit that target heart rate. Do this for 10 times. You can start off with 4 times initially and gradually increase to 10 and beyond.
Your heart has to be pushed to hit as high as you can go, to achieve fat burning. A slow cycling isn’t going to be much help. Most gym stationary exercise bicycle should have a heart monitoring device. It is normally situated in the handle bars of the bike.
As with everything, you will need a feedback mechanism to monitor that you’re indeed making progress with your exercise program.
a) I would suggests going for a blood test to check your cholesterol levels, HDL and LDL and blood pressure.
b) check your resting pulse rate, ie. when you first get up from bed in the morning.
c) make a measurement of your waist and record the measurements.
after 6 months, you can go for another blood test. You should see a lowering of your cholesterol level.
The resting pulse rate and waist measurement you can monitor on a weekly basis.
You know that you’ve made progress if you find that your resting heart rate decreases. Try to shoot for the 50s range, ie. 50+ heart beat per minute.
As you get used to the exercise work load, you’ll find that you need to cycle faster and put in more resistance to achieve your target heart rate that you’ve recorded earlier. This is normal. Try to increase your max heart rate on a monthly basis.
The slow walks is not going to increase your body metabolism much for you.
Once you get into the rythm of this max heart rate exercise, you body will be burning fat even when you’re sitting and sleeping. Drink lots of water to help this process along. With non exhaustive exercises (like slow walks), whatever little fat burning there is stops as soon as you stop exercising.
In addition to increasing your metabolic rate with this exercise, you work out your quads and hamstring muscles as well.
The objective here is not to pedal for a long time, but to exercise intensely for a short period of time. Note that there is some knee cap stress with cycling, however, as you’re not doing a lot of cycling here, it should be fine.
If you have bad knees, swimming is another alternative. -
I was going to suggest getting the exercise bike instead of the treadmill too.
But, Cimman, your post says it all. :goodpost: -
cimman:
if you're in your 20s, skipping is fine.
i'm in my mid 20s so still can skip... :lol:
the effect of cycling isn't it the same as running? both uses the knee alot.. :? cimman u seems like a pro in exercising.. perhaps you can ans my doubt??
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Not really. In running, your foot impacts the ground hard and this impact jars on the kneecaps. In cycling, your weight is on the seat, and this minimises the impact on your knees.
Cycling is certainly a better cardio exercise than running, although we tend to think of running as the basic cardio exercise because it has zero barriers to entry - anyone can start running.
Besides, we keep seeing images of lean, muscled runners, and we think \"Wow, if I want to look like that I must start running too.\" We don't often see people on exercise bikes, so that's not in our mind's eye at all.
Of course, if all things remain equal, swimming is ideal - but that means getting access to a pool. -
ANobleNerd:
Is it real that cycling only uses the lower body?? which is the best for overall work out? arms legs everything..Not really. In running, your foot impacts the ground hard and this impact jars on the kneecaps. In cycling, your weight is on the seat, and this minimises the impact on your knees.
Cycling is certainly a better cardio exercise than running, although we tend to think of running as the basic cardio exercise because it has zero barriers to entry - anyone can start running.
Besides, we keep seeing images of lean, muscled runners, and we think \"Wow, if I want to look like that I must start running too.\" We don't often see people on exercise bikes, so that's not in our mind's eye at all.
Of course, if all things remain equal, swimming is ideal - but that means getting access to a pool.
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