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i (try to) regularly work out and eat healthy
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i only work out regularly
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i only eat healthy
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i work out sometimes, like before my birthday or a wedding or when i need to look good
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i am a couch potato and eat crap most of the time
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i need to start working out pronto
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07-17-2008, 04:01 PM
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You are correct. Your breathing is flawed.
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Heh, I suppose I had that coming.
What I meant was there is a certain rhythm of breathing when doing weight training or at least I thought so. For example, exhale when relaxed and inhale when pulling into a bicep curl. With sit ups it's inhale when going down, exhale going up. No? |
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Heh, I suppose I had that coming.
What I meant was there is a certain rhythm of breathing when doing weight training or at least I thought so. For example, exhale when relaxed and inhale when pulling into a bicep curl. With sit ups it's inhale when going down, exhale going up. No?
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Exhale on the contraction my friend.
For instance.....bicep curl = exhale as you bring the weight up and inhale as you bring the weight down.
Don't force anything...this should come pretty naturally.
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Exhale on the contraction my friend.
For instance.....bicep curl = exhale as you bring the weight up and inhale as you bring the weight down.
Don't force anything...this should come pretty naturally.
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Ah okay. Thanks for the tip. I usually just follow a dvd routine and don't give it much thought. |
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aalima/rahma, i yawn too but only during weights.
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sounds dangerous.
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Ah okay. Thanks for the tip. I usually just follow a dvd routine and don't give it much thought.
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07-18-2008, 01:25 AM
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Inshallah going to work out at the hotel gym tomorrow morning before Jumah prayer. I hope they have an elliptical.. I'm too tired to go check tonight. 
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07-18-2008, 02:13 AM
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Inshallah going to work out at the hotel gym tomorrow morning before Jumah prayer. I hope they have an elliptical.. I'm too tired to go check tonight.
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This isn't the inshallah-I'm-gonna-work-out-tomorrow-but-im-too-tired-to-now thread, THIS IS SPARTA! |
07-18-2008, 06:04 AM
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I've boxed before, Kickboxed, done Tae Kwon Do amonst other things.
Seriously go to a gym like sixpak said, you can't learn to box from a video.
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I've done my share of Tae Kwon Do...3 years of it and 1 year spent doing kung fu...have broken both my wrists in actual fights while punching people
You might be right about going to gym and getting a trainer- only if i had the time man...i just wanna know whats its all about...n learn a few techniques...
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I've done my share of Tae Kwon Do...3 years of it and 1 year spent doing kung fu...have broken both my wrists in actual fights while punching people
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lol... drink some milk you fragile little girl. |
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I've done my share of Tae Kwon Do...3 years of it and 1 year spent doing kung fu...have broken both my wrists in actual fights while punching people
You might be right about going to gym and getting a trainer- only if i had the time man...i just wanna know whats its all about...n learn a few techniques...
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TKD is useless...as evidenced by your broken wrists. Thats why you should train in a gym, they'll teach you to punch properly. I've trained in gyms where you punch throgh blocks of ice and wood...it not only teaches you to punch properly but it also makes you mentally strong.
You could try training from a DVD but its like learning what Chocolate tastes like using your feet instead of your gob.
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So I was supposed to go register for a marathon, and i cant' find where everyone's supposed to go meet. Well, maybe it's for the best, I wouldn't have been able to train as hard during ramadan anyways (think the marathon's in oct). But still I'm sooo disappointed.
OH WELLS.
Heading off to the gym.
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assalamu alaykum
I lost 5 lbs alhamdulilah, I'm not working out or anything but I'm a lot more active than I was in KSA so I guess whatever needs to come off will do so naturally...I'm guessing another 2 lbs insha Allah.
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assalamu alaykum
I lost 5 lbs alhamdulilah, I'm not working out or anything but I'm a lot more active than I was in KSA so I guess whatever needs to come off will do so naturally...I'm guessing another 2 lbs insha Allah.
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Masha'Allah
I managed to do a small routine today...hindu pushups, pushups, crunches squats and pike ups...
Also i noticed i lost a lot of flab in the stomach and arms...nice.
I'm a lean mean 182lbs...i started at 190 so i doing well.
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i no feel good. i think im just recovering from last weekend.
i been hitting the gym but ive been drinking powerade during my workouts every other day..i know its soooooooooooooo bad and i hate it..corn syrupppp ew but i really felt like i couldnt do without it
cable ropes are soooooooooooooooooooooo love mashaAllah
oh. i made and took a million cupcakes for the entire staff at my gym, lol
it was hilaaaaaaaaaaaaaarious...we're all standing around together and half of them were eating it and the others were just talking about food and people were passing by like WTH theres a cupcake party in the gym!
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i no feel good. i think im just recovering from last weekend.
i been hitting the gym but ive been drinking powerade during my workouts every other day..i know its soooooooooooooo bad and i hate it..corn syrupppp ew but i really felt like i couldnt do without it
cable ropes are soooooooooooooooooooooo love mashaAllah
oh. i made and took a million cupcakes for the entire staff at my gym, lol
it was hilaaaaaaaaaaaaaarious...we're all standing around together and half of them were eating it and the others were just talking about food and people were passing by like WTH theres a cupcake party in the gym!
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Were they chocolate cupcakes? 
In other news, I've developed a bruised palate and thus cannot eat anything too solid. As a result I've lost 7 pounds after ages of maintaining the same weight  |
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