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Originally Posted by almostfit
I got my new routine!
It's great. Hard but great!
I found a bar that I can use overhead without hurting my dodgy wrists, I think it's called the ezybar? well it's bendy and a funny shape, but it doesn't hurt so I'm loving it.
I'm doing squats on the bosu and crunches on it with a 10kg weight! killer
Doing standing cable flys, they're good. and straight arm push down things- I forget there proper name but they kill your triceps and abs and back. Assisted chin ups too, they're painful but good. Power squats with 11kg ezybar too! I think thats all of them. oh and cardio, I'm doing 20 secs on as fast a physically possible and 20 secs off on cardio. It's amazing. I never thought my heartrate could get and stay that high.
Haven't lost weight in a couple of months though. Annoyed.
Has anyone tried caffeine based weight loss pills? Do they work? or am I just getting crazy even thinking about it?
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First, don't bother wasting your money on caffeine based pills, it's cheaper to drink a cup of strong coffee
You may not be losing any weight, because of the amount of muscle work you are doing and that will result in muscle mass and fat loss, which means your weight may stay stable for a short time, or go in spurts. I remember losing 1.5 lbs fat and gaining 1.5 lbs muscle and not seeing a change on the scales, but in body composition. Cardio teaches the body to burn fat, muscle is more metabolically active (so extra will help burn more fat/calories); so the two forms of exercise work brilliantly together.
It seems like you're really into your new routine and loving it; I reckon you're doing great, especially since you're studying as well
