Exercise

[oceancitymom]

I'm ramping up from pretty much no exercise to trying to do the 60 minutes 5-6x/week. My question is, how hard a workout does it need to be? Today was my first day, and I did 45 minutes on the treadmill and went 2.5 miles. So I wasn't going very fast...I was a little sweaty but I didn't push myself. Recently I went to a fitness "boot camp" and was really huffing and puffing; feeling like I was going to puke and was sore for nearly a week afterwards! Clearly I'm out of shape. Just wondering, for swaying purposes, if you need to push yourself or how hard you need to work out. Thanks!

[ksmom]

Well there are ladies getting girls just by walking an hour a day so I don't think you need to be falling over in exhaustion. lol I slowly increased my speed over time so I could adjust since I wasn't used to exercising. I usually work up a bit of a sweat on my bike so I feel like it's enough of a workout for me.

[maidentomother]

Just get your heart rate up. It does NOT need to be intense. How long at a time you exercise for matters much more than intensity.

[Butterflies buttercups]

Thanks for clearing this up I also wondered how intense it has to be I don't 60 mins today on stationery bike I was sweating ( my tummy was dripping ! Tmi!) but I didn't push it hard the full 60 mins but was just hoping the 60 min thing counts the most xxx


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[atomic sagebrush]

Don't worry about what anyone else is doing. All it has to be is intense for YOU. Even walking is fine, you don't have to be dying or anything when you're done. In fact, I find people who push too hard end up injured and unable to do anything. So start off doing less than you think you should and then work up from there. As long as it goes 60 minutes, that's what matters most (although to start obviously if you can only do 45 that's ok). Swaying is a journey not a destination, so just keep moving in the direction of pink and that is what counts.

[atomic sagebrush]

Just get your heart rate up. It does NOT need to be intense. How long at a time you exercise for matters much more than intensity.

:agree: if I had a time machine I'd go back and call it something different than intense, I don't mean intense in terms of exertion, just intense in terms of "not moderate" in length of time and amount of days per week

[maidentomother]

Daily endurance cardio? Sounds less intense and includes the implication of one big block of time.

[honeybee37]

I too wondered about this. I am doing 60 - 65 minutes on the elliptical 5 -6 days a week. I'm not falling over in exhaustion, but do feel it. I also wondered about the muscle thing: if the aim is to lose muscle mass, surely daily exercise helps create muscle? I don't get it! (Sorry - I'm being stupid here, but I don't really understand it!)

[Butterflies buttercups]

I'm also doing 3 stationary bike cycles a week and 2 road runs xx


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[maidentomother]

honeybee37, it is quite difficult for most women to build muscle in ideal scenarios, but on the LE diet which is low in protein it's virtually impossible. You may APPEAR more muscular due to fat loss revealing muscle beneath, but the muscle will still break down without extra protein to maintain, let alone increase the mass.

[honeybee37]

Ooo that makes total sense, maidentomother! Thanks. Yes, I was thinking my arms looked 'sculpted' but on second thoughts, maybe they just look scrawny! Ha :)

[sunnygirl]

I too wondered about this. I am doing 60 - 65 minutes on the elliptical 5 -6 days a week. I'm not falling over in exhaustion, but do feel it. I also wondered about the muscle thing: if the aim is to lose muscle mass, surely daily exercise helps create muscle? I don't get it! (Sorry - I'm being stupid here, but I don't really understand it!)

My old PT used to tell me never to train longer than 60 minutes at the gym otherwise I'd get catabolic - meaning your muscle eats itself. So I agree, duration is more important for muscle loss

[atomic sagebrush]

I too wondered about this. I am doing 60 - 65 minutes on the elliptical 5 -6 days a week. I'm not falling over in exhaustion, but do feel it. I also wondered about the muscle thing: if the aim is to lose muscle mass, surely daily exercise helps create muscle? I don't get it! (Sorry - I'm being stupid here, but I don't really understand it!)

It is next to impossible to gain muscle exercising 60 min. every day unless you are eating a massive amount of calories. It IS impossible for women to gain muscle with LE Diet + exercise. Just can't happen. It's hard for women to gain much muscle anyway without benefit of chemical enhancements.

[atomic sagebrush]

Ooo that makes total sense, maidentomother! Thanks. Yes, I was thinking my arms looked 'sculpted' but on second thoughts, maybe they just look scrawny! Ha :)

:agree: all that happens is the padding disappears. reveals what lies beneath even if what lies beneath is now smaller.

I also want you guys to understand that the important thing is doing what WORKS. I find sometimes people get so hung up on the theoretical ideas about why these things work that they lose sight of doing what DOES.

Shrinking/growing muscle mass is a prime example of this. I GUESS that is what sways. I do not know this for a fact, and it may very well be some other aspect or effect of exercise that is doing the actual heavy lifting. We KNOW exercise sways because we see it in our stats that it does. I see way too many people scared to exercise or giving up exercise because they're worried about growing muscle, when that is just a theory. If you can, do exercise. We have seen it work. Don't worry about the muscle.

[ksmom]

^ I agree! I've been doing my cardio on the exercise bike since August last year 4-6x/week for 60 minutes and do about 20 miles each workout but I have no muscle! I'm skinny but I'm flabby. My behind has pretty much packed its bags and left and my chicken legs are still twigs. lol