Archive for February, 2008

Exercises Part 2: Proper Pull-Ups

Here’s a video about how to do proper pull-ups.
For those of you who want to start doing pull-ups, watch this video.
Maybe this guy has some useful tips for you.

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Running

Last night I started running. I live in Cork, Ireland, right next to River Lee.
I found a nice running route along the river. Each lap takes 5 minutes.
Yesterday I ran this course 6 times. It took me about 33 minutes.
I’m thinking of running this course twice a week, in parallel with my strength training.
This is [...]

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Exercises Part 1: Proper Push-Up Workout

Here’s a great video on how to do push-ups the right way.
I’ve learned something from this video and I’m going to adopt the tips.

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Now and Then

Here are some things I eat when I’m hungry but don’t want to take in too many calories.
bananas:
apples:
olives:
eggs:
surimi:
And don’t forget to drink. Sometimes you’re not hungry anymore after drinking some water.
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Your Opinion on Low-Carb!

I’ve tried it about 3 times. And it really works.
33 lbs. in 4 weeks.
However, I decided to no longer pay attention to carbs but calories. I found out that it’s much cheaper.
And I don’t want to diet all the time. For me, paying attention to calories has become everday life.
It’s not a diet anymore, [...]

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Basal Metabolic Rate & Daily Energy Requirements Calculator

I just found this website with a useful BMR calculator on it.
If you want to lose weight, it’s very vital to know your basal metabolic rate!
You cannot properly adapt your eating behavior unless you know your BMR.

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Think

If your basal metabolic rate is dramatically exceeded every day, then ‘diet products‘ are just a way to ease your conscience.
Don’t deceive yourself!
Why eat ‘cream cheese light‘ or drink ’semi-skimmed’ or even ‘skimmed milk‘? You can only gain a certain maximum amount of grams each day anyway. So if you take in 5,000 kcal a [...]

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Did You Know?

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Calorie Table

For me, the best way to succeed seems to be the ‘calorie-way’. I’m always counting calories. If you’re interested in a calorie table, here’s a nice one:

Calorie Table
It’s clearly structured and has many different groups from beverages to vegetables.

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Yo-Yo Effect

I consider the word ‘yo-yo effect’ a rather redundant term. It doesn’t really make sense to me. A yo-yo goes up and down - in terms of nutrition its meaning is that you start to change your eating-behavior and end up where you started. What people do now is to give this circumstance a name [...]

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