Exercise Isn't One Size Fits All

re: Exercise Isn't One Size Fits All

mohammad kazemi — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:18:11 GMT

Dr.Mercola is dead on about doing strength training. You have to comhine Cardio with strength training

three hours a week half/half

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Linda24 — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:30:59 GMT

I can't tell you how many people said to me, "when you have that much weight to lose, you shouldn't lift ANY weights". Yeah....RIGHT! I have succeeded in losing over 35 pounds. I have quite a way to go, but I lift weights 3 times week, along with cardio, and I do straight cardio the other 3 days. That's a total of 6 days of exercising. I've lost tons of inches, too. My eating program is The Schwartzbein Principle, which is basically all organics and watching carb consumption (only consuming 15-30 grams of carbs per meal - those carbs must be natural carbs, nothing manmade like breads, cereals, pasta). Works like a charm...I average a loss of 2 pounds a week. So much for those skeptics who told me not to lift weights!!

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Pat Ormsby — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:53:45 GMT

I?ll try a cut and paste and see if I can participate this way. I?ve been waiting for this opportunity because I?ve had some great discoveries. Last year in October-December, I jogged 13 km/day 6 days a week and restricted my calories to an average of 1500 (about 100 greater than when I had been jogging 5 km four times a week). During the course of those two months, I gained about a pound in weight, lost job opportunities and suffered neck pain and arrhythmia. Then I read that jogging can exacerbate neck injuries and lead to nitrosative stress in some people (see www.kpu-berlin.de/For_Neu_Kuklinski_3_en.html). Thanks to info from participants here, I also learned that jogging may be poor exercise for all kinds of people (www.arthurdevany.com/endurance_training_death_injury_and_risk). I?ll post more in reply to this.

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Karnivore — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:19:19 GMT

Exercise for overweight people?, are you mad?

What do you think overweight people are doing 24/7?

You try hauling 56 lbs of fat around with you everyday of your life,

climbing stairs, walking to the loo,rolling over in bed, etcetera.

I'd love to see some of these bodybuilders doing their jobs carrying

56 lbs or more around both day and night.

Overweight people are just that, normal guys and gals who've been mislead

about dieting by skinny ribs who've never been overweight their entire lives.

Skinny ribs get by on skinny foods alright, but their diets are only good for other skinny ribs.

First the overweights have to lose their body fats.

Try this diet, it's working for me as I write, down from 21 stone to 17 stone since 01/08/07

or august first 2007.

Break three medium size eggs into a pint measuring jug, add 1/4 teaspoon of salt, add one of the following spices

ground ginger,ground cinammon,ground allspice,ground nutmeg, then top up with whole milk to 1 pint.

Tip into blender and blend for thirty (30) seconds.

Either drink as is or heat upto body temperature in the microwave or in a pot on the hob, do you recognise it?

Egg flip or Egg Nog!

Then sip it, do not guzzle it.

It tastes like thin chicken soup.

I generally take 15 minutes to consume it.

Then sit back and listen to the symphony your stomach plays just for you.

Chortles,chuckles,cheering, gurgles as the fat drains away.

You'll know if it's working when you start belching burping and find your

bladder filling up frequently.

You'll likely cuss me when you get up three or four times during the night :-))

You can supplement your diet with meats, just meats, no meat derivatives such as sausage or bacon and ABSOLUTELY

NOTHING made from vegetation and yes that does mean no fruit.

Feeling lighter everyday,Karnivore

re: Exercise Isn't One Size Fits All

Dr Rik — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:11:41 GMT

Treat your body right and let God decide what you should look like.

I find that the two major problems I have with counseling people on Healthy Lifestyles are

1)Getting people to understand what a "Natural Lifestyle" is. Not somebody's formula (example; buy my "one of a kind" book!).

2) Listening to your body instead of media cues/commercials/advertising. (example; you need "food energy" from fortified garbage bars!)

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samurai — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:49:57 GMT

Team,

A few of months ago, the P.A.C.E. concept was introduced to this audience. I highly recommend this form of exercise. It is an inexpensive E-Book and can be applied to all types of cardio. What you do not know may hurt you.

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ancillaDomini — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:38:42 GMT

Dr. Mercola seems to focus on the idea of a compensatory "reward" component rather than the idea of a compensatory "biological drive". For me, if I exercise hard enough to break a sweat (rather than a slow/moderate walk, Pilates, stretching, etc.), I become ravenously hungry. My husband and I can do the same workout. When we're done, his appetite is gone, and I need food RIGHT NOW (and I mean a mid-size meal, not a little piece of fruit). I do suffer from adrenal fatigue, but I was like that even as a teenager.

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INKY DINKY — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:21:58 GMT

I agree that one size does not fit all when it comes to exercise - I learned that lesson the hard way. I am almost 50 years old and I am a person who can eat like there is no tomorrow (although I enjoy foods that most people never get excited about). I KNOW, first hand, that the type of food we put into our bodies surely makes a huge difference. Woman always tell me that I am thin (of course, the woman who say this are all overweight). I don't try to keep my weight down and that doesn't sit well with most woman. I found that it is almost impossible to be overweight and eat a healthy diet. I, often, hear people say that they "try hard" but can't seem to take weight off, but if you look closely at their diet - they snack on "junk" more than they realize and substitute them for healthy meals. You see diet articles everywhere but doesn't anyone realize that keeping healthy food close at hand and not keeping "junk" snacks around guarantees success - not exactly rocket science! Getting back to exercise....I LOVE to walk and started again (50 minutes of brisk walk almost daily). Walking is more like meditation, for me, than exercise. I have lifted weights but have been off several months due to an injury from the Leg Press Machine. I will NEVER go back to that machine and have found that all machines are not safe and risking injury is not worth it! With that said, I do believe that weight bearing exercises are beneficial, but feel that the old fashion exerices using body weight or lighter weights are much safer than all these machines that have replaced free movement weight bearing exercises. Just my opinion!

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Brian_Schwager — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:51:27 GMT

I agree with the concept "Exercise Isn't One Size Fits All", from a metobolic perspective. Metobolic Typing is a must for customizing the nutritional changes needed per individual based on their nutritional type. However, as a health & fitness professional that has been in the indusrtry for over 20 years I would also like to add a comment pertaining to this issue of the "One Size Fits All' and as Dr. Mercola states "Starting the Right Exercise Program for Your Body", I see people everyday choosing exercises that are causing them more harm than good. Just like the issue of identifying a specific healthy eating plan for your nutritional type, advising a person on which exercise program is best should not be based on the latest fitness fads, machines or written articles in the popular fitness magazines. What I have observed in the past 15 years of my career is that people are not being properly assessed to determine what type of musculoskeletal imbalances that they might have prior to starting an exercise program.

I have talked to many people both inside and outside of fitnes centers ask me for advice regarding which exercises would be best for various muscle groups, in all occassions after just taking a few minutes in looking over their posture and asking them some general questions what I always suggest is that they get an postural and functional movement assessment to determine any specific musculoskeletal imbalances first. then to have a specific corrective exercise program desgned to correct the imbalances.

I would like to see more articles regarding the issues of choosing the right exercise based on a persons musculoskeletal imbalances. With the over 35 million Americans who are challenged with some sort of movement restriction based on various musculoskletal imbalances, it is imparitive that every person get properly assessed by a trained professional in the field of exercise kinesiology prior to starting an exercise program.

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foodsuchoose — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:50:31 GMT

The number of 'pointers' that MUST be analyzed and set-up 1st are: eating towards an acceptable food intake i.e to have each person eating what we call acceptable ORGANIC foods (for their metabolic type), for at least 3 months before you start to taking records of what a personal can achieve. This is so that one can have ALL toxins, pesticides, and more likely, parasites, removed from there body. OK, now that stage has been made, you have a more active, more alert individual anyway! BUT, now is the time to analyze your particular method/s you would like to use, bearing in mind that you can achieve the desired 'goal' by many varying means - I am talking about exercise methods and these are vast in there degree of variance. So, having maintained an acceptable eating regimen, laid out an 'individual style' of exercise routine, made sure the 'individual' understands that our body needs sleep, and they abide by what is needed, we are set to have an enjoyable 3 month period of 'record keeping' and it will be very noticeable how different methods of training can achieve great results! Enjoy your exercise!

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Magnolia — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:54:37 GMT

There are too many undiscussed factors in this study for it to be useful. Were the participants all eating a similar diet? If so, what changes were recorded after the exercise program was started? Were they all of the same metabolic type? If they were of different metabolic types, it would be reasonable to predict that their metabolic rates might possibly be different also.

Moreover, if they had varying amounts of muscle mass, the fat that would have been burned would most likely be more in those with a lower fat-to-muscle ratio.

I also agree with Dr. Fielder, that adrenal exhaustion can have a big effect on metabolic function. Good point.

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seg — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:10:05 GMT

Same as with nutrition no one size fits all, but you have to have a "good coach" to tell you this......Lucky for us here we do........
As for weight loss, exercise is'nt the only factor involved, proper nutrition,sleep, emotional health, positive outlook etc, all combined and prescribed at the right dosages will have the greatest positive impact on one's overall health.......

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chirocheer — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:45:38 GMT

We are not automobiles (even though allopathic medicine treats us as we are). Our dietary, exercise, and sleep needs all vary. We have different physiques, coping mechanisms, stress levels, etc. You can't look at only one factor (like brakes on the automobile) and just try to "fix" that. It must be holistic -- take care of the whole, not just the parts. "We are fearfully and wonderfully made."

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Lloyd Fielder D.C. — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:37:15 GMT

If they would have done a 24 adrenal screen on the participants they would have had a lot better idea of why some were "resistant" to exercise. Pretty simple, people with greater adrenal exhaustion who exercise further stress their system and push themselves more into physiological dysfunction.