Muscle building for fat loss

Whoof, been a while.

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:10:00 +0000

Not that I haven't been working out, but my consistency in journaling the workouts has been lacking. Thing is, I haven't felt that it's all that interesting to write entries like: Day 60 - leg...

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Okay, getting back on the road.

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:17:00 +0000

Rehab sucks. Just does. So does not training for realses; while you can do a lot with just diet and being sensible there's no denying that the body was made to be used and I just feel like crap when...

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Useful fat loss workouts - More random thoughts.

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:07:00 +0000

For the macro picture, you want to do some strength training, some HIIT, some traditional cardio from time to time, and a bit of flexibility training. The fine details of exactly how each part of the...

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Some thoughts on what constitutes a useful workout.

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:28:00 +0000

Bad information about exercise physiology isn't restricted to the pink dumbbell set of Shape, bodybuilding comes with its own share of non-physiological idiocies, and I've wasted plenty of time on...

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Training A. - and some thoughts on exercise philosophy

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:08:00 +0000

I have a favorite set of exercises for the beginner (Starting strength) and with coaching A. right now who has mobility restrictions out the wazoo in a shoulder I can use exactly one of them; the...

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Back in the saddle - or on the floor as the case may be.

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:05:00 +0000

Well, had the stitches out, came home, and promptly fell asleep on the couch for 4 hours. Yeah, this whole surgery thing is a drag; second time this year I have to take a workout break to heal from...

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So what does fitness mean anyway?

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:03:00 +0000

I've been a little sedentary lately - who knew having your leg cut open and the varicose veins pulled out would hurt quite that much? In retrospect I suppose I should have expected something of the...

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Yeah, I've been a little sedentary lately.

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:03:00 +0000

Who knew having your leg cut open and the varicose veins pulled out would hurt quite that much? In retrospect I suppose I should have expected something of the kind; but meh - still worth it in the...

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Some nutrition ramblings.

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:53:00 +0000

No, I'm not a nutritionist and I don't play one on TV, but I AM an optimization geek and a very huge part of getting optimal results from your training is to eat to support your goals. So I pay...

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This is why I won't be working out in a while.

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:28:00 +0000

Nice leg, huh? I had the surgery for the varicose veins on Wednesday (thanks for the crappy genes, mom,! :-P) Hurts surprisingly little as long as I sit with my foot elevated and don't engage in...

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We have achieved Friday!

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:38:00 +0000

'course - having fallen out of the regular update habit I'm going to be compressing the last few days into one post. Last workout is going to make my friend O. a little amused; it was just...

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Yeah, so, about this regular updates thing....

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:22:00 +0000

Not being real conistent here yet, am I? Getting back into it though. Let me just have a quick run-through on a few things: Disciplined? Hah - if I was, I'd have answered your comments like a good...

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Oooh, naughty me, no updatey. sorry.

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:02:00 +0000

Oh yeah. as predicted, I was in pain. Walking like a geriatric until about Monday/Tuesday, in fact ;) Stopping by Mom's on Sunday for dinner may actually have helped with recovery - it hurt like...

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Proper training for the first time in months.

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:19:00 +0000

Man, I'll be hurtin' in the morning ;) Probably, at any rate. Hanging out at the good gym with O. for the first time in 1.5 months; and it's interesting to note that I haven't lost much in the way...

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GPP training in progress.

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:32:00 +0000

Before I start anything really intense in the way of training I still need to do the GPP part where I 'work in' the muscles so I'm sure that my flexibility is intact, my joints, tendons and ligaments...

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Oh man, been a while...

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:40:00 +0000

Well, I was feeling a bit uninspired, and then the bleeping surgery sidelined me for weeks, dammit, and various things sidetracked me. Anyway. I'm still coaching A. - his shoulder mobility has...

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Slightly amusing, I think

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:05:00 +0000

Been reading through the archives again and came across this piece from Alwyn - interesting bits of fitness philosophy in there. Pretty neat stuff - sometimes it's interesting to take a step back and...

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Grr.

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:46:00 +0000

I am not amused - none of my web sites will resolve. I can get into the cPanel admin area, but that's where it stops - none of the domains or subdomains will resolve.

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Some further thoughts on weight loss

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:34:00 +0000

One of the things I've noticed in my year of dieting and moderating the fitness forum con calorie-count.com is that the people who take my advice and lift weights generally end up much happier with...

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The science of weight manangement

noreply@blogger.com (Oystein) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:49:00 +0000

I'm going to be expanding a bit on it here sometime soon, but I've summed up my thinking on the subject in this weight loss knol - it's kinda the condensed version of what I've learned about fat loss...

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