Does cardio sway for dh?

[Prayingpink]

I know that heavy cardio sways girl for dw but I can't seem to find if it sways for dh. My husband has become a fed x driver a few months ago and while he does to some heavy lifting he also runs a big portion of the day. Any way I'm just wondering if the cardio of such a job would sway boy or girl for dh?

[Bigwish]

Some Research has shown that men running between 30-50 miles a weeks are having more girls! So, yes, it probably does!

[atomic sagebrush]

both the sitting in the truck and the cardio help sway pink.

[Prayingpink]

Yay! Thank you ladies! This makes me so excited! And thank you so much for the article Mamer!

[Rinny101]

Thanks everyone! I feel much more confident about our pink sway after reading this...
DH sits in/drives a truck for work, plus he runs or rides a bike most days for exercise :)

[FitBlonde]

Thanks, I was just going to ask the same thing!

[Atsaukina1]

hmmm how about bicycle riding??

[Rosie85]

I wonder how many days they are supposed to run. Does it just need to be 30+ a week or should it be evenly spaced out. My Dh has expressed interest in long distance running again so he can add it to our sway and is curious how many days he should run.

[atomic sagebrush]

hmmm how about bicycle riding??

yes believed to sway pink and proven in at least one study

I can say that when i go to this particular snooty neighborhood in my city where lots of men are always riding around on bikes wearing spandex in the middle of the day (I guess because they are indepenently wealthy and don't need to work or something LOL) it's girl girl girl everywhere ya look LOL The dads are always riding down the road with little girls on their pink bikes in tow.

[atomic sagebrush]

I wonder how many days they are supposed to run. Does it just need to be 30+ a week or should it be evenly spaced out. My Dh has expressed interest in long distance running again so he can add it to our sway and is curious how many days he should run.

the more, the merrier on that. I don't know if it's length or number of times a week, not sure it matters much.

[Atsaukina1]

from the article Bigwish linked( two birds w/ one stone for cyclists lol)- Male marathon runners do not appear to have reduced sperm counts, although exercise that consistently heats the testicles, or which requires very tight-fitting shorts, such as cycling, may not help."-

[atomic sagebrush]

right but keep in mind that lower sperm count to sway pink is just a theory that may or may not even be the case.

[Atsaukina1]

i know:) we don't do fr or abstain so I just do very fast j&d to try to cut down you know jic:)

[CherryBlossom]

What about cardio and weights for dh?


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[NCBeachyGrl]

My DH works out 7 days a week...no matter what! To say he is obsessed is an understatement. His workout includes an hour of extreme lifting and then an hour of cardio. He takes all kind of supplements, tons of caffeine, energy drinks, protein shakes, etc.

But, we moved in November and he had to find a new gym. The gym he found plays pick-up basketball every day. Basketball is his other sport obsession so lately he has just been going and playing 2 hours of basketball instead of all the weights and stuff. And, if he does the weights, he will use the basketball for cardio. I hope that maybe him doing more cardio vs weights will make some difference for us!

[atomic sagebrush]

What about cardio and weights for dh?


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I think cardio is better for DH and weights may potentially raise T levels BUT that having been said, if your hubby won't give htem up, see if he'll wear a jock whilst doing his lifting and it may help a bit.

[dreamingofpink14]

I'm convincing DH to take up running again - he used to run a few miles a day before DS came along. As for me, I would love to include cardio but am a bit worried about losing too much weight. I've already lost about 3 lb in a month and don't have much left to lose (5'1 and 107 lbs) - BMI is currently 20.2. Should I prioritize the exercise or not losing too much weight?

[Rosie85]

Dreaming, I am thinking if you wait to do the exercise just a couple weeks before O it could help! I am not planning on doing it everyday until 2 weeks before O, it's just too rough on the body, at least for me. I think exercise is a more in the moment thing than the diet. That is my opinion at least.

[atomic sagebrush]

I'm convincing DH to take up running again - he used to run a few miles a day before DS came along. As for me, I would love to include cardio but am a bit worried about losing too much weight. I've already lost about 3 lb in a month and don't have much left to lose (5'1 and 107 lbs) - BMI is currently 20.2. Should I prioritize the exercise or not losing too much weight?

The unfortunate answer is that I don't know and it probably varies by individual anyway.

The exercise has gotten such good results that my suspicion is it may be better to up cals and include exercise (staying steady or nearly so on weight) but I don't have the data to be able to give a straight answer on that.

[atomic sagebrush]

Dreaming, I am thinking if you wait to do the exercise just a couple weeks before O it could help! I am not planning on doing it everyday until 2 weeks before O, it's just too rough on the body, at least for me. I think exercise is a more in the moment thing than the diet. That is my opinion at least.

this is not my thinking. When you start exercise, you do see a temporary boost in testosterone levels (using muscle, makes your body make testosterone) and it's only if it is sustained over the course of time that you end up burning off those stores of muscle and fat, and end up shrinking muscle mass.

There are still benefits for improving insulin control from more moderate exercise, and if you are doing good on diet and losing some weight, you can def get a girl with less exercise, but in terms of exercise ALONE without diet, I think 60 6-7 all month is best.

[jennibel]

My DH took up cycling when we started our swaying days in Jan 2012 although I think he actually converted a while before that as I had been researching swaying since I was pg with ds2 in 2010/11. He has stopped all weights/press ups/sit ups completely. Sometimes he does treadmill and elliptical but I mainly cycling. Every man I knows who cycles loads has girls!

Also before both boys he used to take loads of protein shakes etc before or after the gym to increase his muscle mass! Again I stopped all of that when I researched swaying. Now his 'protein' comes in the form of soy milk which he drinks every day.

[jennibel]

Some Research has shown that men running between 30-50 miles a weeks are having more girls! So, yes, it probably does!

Do you remember Mo Farrah from the London Olympics? He had a girl, then twin girls...

[Rosie85]

What you say makes sense Atomic, but you are killing me! haha. I guess I should plan to do all month long 6 days a week starting in March? I have been exercising right now every other day since January 1st.

[Prayingpink]

Ok so my husband is a fed x driver so he does to a lot of cardio 5 days a week. However, he lifts weights every day for about 15-20 mins and drinks protein shakes every day sometimes twice a day. I have him on licorice root though and antihistamines on days of attempt and asprin 3x per week. Is the protein shakes and weights going to majorly harm my sway? I'm not sure he will give them up.

[dreamingofpink14]

Thanks again for the helpful information. I'm not sure how much will power I have to exercise an hour every day.. do you think it would be enough to start the exercise in March if we TTC in April? I feel like I have more will power when it comes to the diet. Sticking to around 1200 - 1500 calories/day and vegetarian/LE guidelines.

[atomic sagebrush]

What you say makes sense Atomic, but you are killing me! haha. I guess I should plan to do all month long 6 days a week starting in March? I have been exercising right now every other day since January 1st.

if you can, it's great. But if you know you aren't going to be able to attain that, be aware that I honestly do not have the data to say with 100% sureness about any of this stuff. I just go off what makes sense to me and I can very well be wrong about anything at any point (and almost certianly am on at least some of the things I recommend!) So you need to do what is going to work for YOU personally and not worry too awfully much about what I think. If you know you can't do it, then it's better to do the doable, YK?

"She who reaches for the stars often ends up flat on her face!" :)

[atomic sagebrush]

Ok so my husband is a fed x driver so he does to a lot of cardio 5 days a week. However, he lifts weights every day for about 15-20 mins and drinks protein shakes every day sometimes twice a day. I have him on licorice root though and antihistamines on days of attempt and asprin 3x per week. Is the protein shakes and weights going to majorly harm my sway? I'm not sure he will give them up.

Unfortunately my crystal ball is in the shop and I can't totally say what is ok and what isn't! :)

What I DO know is that when it comes to hubbies, you have to pick your battles because when we get too demanding on them in terms of swaying, they sometimes get rebellious and fib about what they're actually doing and not doing, and some of them get so fed up that they end up pulling the plug not only on swayign, but on having another baby all together!!! o.O So my thinking is, he's doing some cardio, taking LR, be satisfied with that.

"If Daddy ain't happy, ain't NOBODY happy!!"

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks again for the helpful information. I'm not sure how much will power I have to exercise an hour every day.. do you think it would be enough to start the exercise in March if we TTC in April? I feel like I have more will power when it comes to the diet. Sticking to around 1200 - 1500 calories/day and vegetarian/LE guidelines.

The 60 6-7 recommendation is just what I came up with that I thought would work for most of the people, most of the time, including people who may not be terribly solid on diet. There is no magic to the amount, it doesn't mean you can't get a girl doing less, and in fact I know a fair few of the people who included it in their sways and got pink, did less than that.

I have reason to believe that the 60 min is more important than the 6-7 so if you have to pick one or the other, I think 60 min 4-5 days a week is still pretty pink friendly especially if you are good on diet.

Dreaming, I am just polishing up your plan and about to send it to be posted in your Custom Sway forum but I wanted to mention that you are already very petite and I would like to see you eating higher calorie intake and that this is going to be MANDATORY for you to increase cals if you do exercise.

I prefer everyone do more like 1500-1800 cals on LE. The 1200-1500 is really for the minority of people who are either very tiny and already eat only 1500-1800 cals and get boys on that, people who have in excess of 50 lbs to lose, people who plateau with weight left to lose, or people with PCOS/IR who can't lose weight at 1500-1800 cals. Most people do best on 1500-1800 cals and cutting back too far is a recipe for disaster. You can ALWAYS cut back if you need to but it can be tough to restart ovulation once it stops due to diet.

[dreamingofpink14]

Atomic, thanks for the advice. I'll do my best to up my calories per day, but struggle eating enough in two meals and not snacking!

[Rosie85]

dreaming- I just posted that same issue. It is SOO hard! I feel like it is impossible without getting too much fat. I could surely add a couple slices of cake and get enough calories but then I would have like 80 fat grams

[dreamingofpink14]

Rosie, did you buy a plan from atomic? I'm waiting to get mine but maybe I'll start having 3 meals a day starting around 11:30-12?

[NCBeachyGrl]

You need some more empty cals! I used to eat these fat free devil fudge cookies with cool whip! I would even add in a beer to add in some empty calories!

[Rosie85]

Where do you find these cookies?? Yes I need to start drinking hard cidar or something. I don't really want to do too much soda, it makes me sick and its horrible for you.

[atomic sagebrush]

Atomic, thanks for the advice. I'll do my best to up my calories per day, but struggle eating enough in two meals and not snacking!

You can have 3 meals a day. skipping breakfast does not mean you cannot eat 3 times a day, is just means that those meals are pushed into a smaller time frame. So you would eat at 11/12, midafternoon, and then dinner (and I found that eating fairly close to bedtime was helpful to me because I couldn't sleep on an empty stomach.) I ALWAYS ate 3 meals a day.

[atomic sagebrush]

dreaming- I just posted that same issue. It is SOO hard! I feel like it is impossible without getting too much fat. I could surely add a couple slices of cake and get enough calories but then I would have like 80 fat grams

there are a ton of options out there that aren't full fat cake! :) http://genderdreaming.com/forum/le-diet-info/6976-quick-fixes-diet-disasters.html

[atomic sagebrush]

also some ideas in here if you aren't a dream member http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gender-swaying-general-discussion/466-myth-magic-foods-best-worst-food-guide.html