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pianola said:
daily cardio -- as much as I have time for each day. I tend to not make it too stressful. So between 1 to 3 hours.

Weight training will probably be M-W-F. This will probably not be longer than 30 minutes. Probably.
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If you don't have time, you can skip the cardio on days where you lift weights. Also, deadlifts are awesome for increasing your metabolism. Squats are good too but they hurt the neck alot so most ladies hate it.
 
funkydrmonkey said:
I don't think Myuu will do your avatar if you call HER a he...

Oh, did you get the grade thing resolved yet?
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oh my.. im so sorry myu!! my bad.:idea: i shan't forget again
and no, not yet. supposed to make an appt to meet with the deans next week.

chad5871 said:
Okay guys, I'm off to my audition!

I'll be back later to update you!

PS - I'm not as nervous now. 😎
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how did it go?


pianola said:
daily cardio -- as much as I have time for each day. I tend to not make it too stressful. So between 1 to 3 hours.

Weight training will probably be M-W-F. This will probably not be longer than 30 minutes. Probably.
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1 to 3 hours of cardio everytime you go?!?! jesus.. if i go, i do like 30 min of the elliptical and maybe something else and call it quits...
i need a better workout plan... wanna help? :d

GloryField said:
If you don't have time, you can skip the cardio on days where you lift weights. Also, deadlifts are awesome for increasing your metabolism. Squats are good too but they hurt the neck alot so most ladies hate it.
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what are deadlifts? and i should do squats. damn you guys. lol i really should go to the gym..:bang:

also! i love the new smileys!!
 
GloryField said:
If you don't have time, you can skip the cardio on days where you lift weights. Also, deadlifts are awesome for increasing your metabolism. Squats are good too but they hurt the neck alot so most ladies hate it.
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Hmm. Good tip. If I get pressed for time, I'll consider that.

I can't actually squat. Unfortunately. Mr. Nola was saying that people actually sit around like that in Thailand. He can squat a lot of weight, actually.

I just tip over and fall 😛.
 
ar2388 said:
1 to 3 hours of cardio everytime you go?!?! jesus.. if i go, i do like 30 min of the elliptical and maybe something else and call it quits...
i need a better workout plan... wanna help? :d
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Well, like I said, I take it very, very, very easy. So I'm not exactly running. I set the incline to 6 (if you have the PRECOR ellipticals) and the workload to about 5. So it's very relaxing actually. Glorified walking.

But hey, it works for me.
 
ar2388 said:
oh my.. im so sorry myu!! my bad.:idea: i shan't forget again
and no, not yet. supposed to make an appt to meet with the deans next week.



how did it go?




1 to 3 hours of cardio everytime you go?!?! jesus.. if i go, i do like 30 min of the elliptical and maybe something else and call it quits...
i need a better workout plan... wanna help? :d



what are deadlifts? and i should do squats. damn you guys. lol i really should go to the gym..:bang:

also! i love the new smileys!!
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http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/ErectorSpinae/BBDeadlift.html

I used to do like 35 mins of elliptical, during the first 3 months of my training. Then I gave up cardio altogether because it's so boring. I'll probably have a heart attack when I'm 40.

Squats are actually not as good as deadlifts and snatches

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance/the_perfect_snatch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRA_8jrlT3U

Work = Force * Distance. Snatch is one of the best exercises, along with clean and press (I don't recommend clean and press until you can do alot of weights. Even after 8 months I can only clean and press 80 lbs which is kinda pathetic). Snatch, deadlift, squats are all compound exercises. Compound is all I do because I hate cardio. They work your heart like crazy and increases your metabolism for like 48 hours post-workout.
 
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Hope ur interview went well chad I'm home chilling on the couch under a few blankets. feeling a bit under the weather with a cough, runny nose, wheeze, and lowgrade fever. Just enough to be miserable. 🙁
 
pianola said:
Hmm. Good tip. If I get pressed for time, I'll consider that.

I can't actually squat. Unfortunately. Mr. Nola was saying that people actually sit around like that in Thailand. He can squat a lot of weight, actually.

I just tip over and fall 😛.
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Not just thailand. Most of asia actually. When I was in China a couple of years ago, I was at a train station, the bathroom basically consisted of a ditch where you squat down and crap. In fact, about 10 years ago, all the bathrooms in most apartments in China were squating style.


Here's an article on some nice compound exercises
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/south30.htm
 
olemissbabydoc said:
Hope ur interview went well chad I'm home chilling on the couch under a few blankets. feeling a bit under the weather with a cough, runny nose, wheeze, and lowgrade fever. Just enough to be miserable. 🙁
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I hope you feel better!
Get well!
 
GloryField said:
Not just thailand. Most of asia actually. When I was in China a couple of years ago, I was at a train station, the bathroom basically consisted of a ditch where you squat down and crap. In fact, about 10 years ago, all the bathrooms in most apartments in China were squating style.


Here's an article on some nice compound exercises
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/south30.htm
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When I visited my grandparents, they had to install a "western" toilet to accommodate us...:laugh:
 
olemissbabydoc said:
um...wow.
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yup. It's much better now though. Only train stations at smaller cities are like that, and they are being rebuilt.

In late 19th and early 20th century, when there weren't public bathrooms, people in Paris used to just crap on the street, there weren't even public ditches.
 
GloryField said:
Not just thailand. Most of asia actually. When I was in China a couple of years ago, I was at a train station, the bathroom basically consisted of a ditch where you squat down and crap. In fact, about 10 years ago, all the bathrooms in most apartments in China were squating style.


Here's an article on some nice compound exercises
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/south30.htm
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Yeah...stupid question: do you know if squatting is a man-thing? Or are women supposed to be able to squat, too?

I'm just wondering because at some point I might visit Thailand with him and...well, I guess I'm probably going to stick out like a sore thumb anyway. But I'd like to at least not be totally culturally out-of-the-loop, you know?
 
pianola said:
Yeah...stupid question: do you know if squatting is a man-thing? Or are women supposed to be able to squat, too?

I'm just wondering because at some point I might visit Thailand with him and...well, I guess I'm probably going to stick out like a sore thumb anyway. But I'd like to at least not be totally culturally out-of-the-loop, you know?
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It is for everyone😱
 
iluvmed&ba6eekh said:
just dropping by for a quick hello!

now my avatar has 2013 in it! hmmm....it doesn't look as cool as some of the others. if any of you talented artsy people have any inspirations and can help me make it look super cool, lemme know! 🙂

i'll be back in a while.
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I could put in the background or decorate the headscarf with it, if you'd like.🙂
 
pianola said:
Yeah...stupid question: do you know if squatting is a man-thing? Or are women supposed to be able to squat, too?
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Actually, women are even better at squatting than men (i.e. they can stay in that position longer without discomfort), because their center of gravity is lower.

If you look at photos in National Geographic, etc., squatting seems to be the universal posture for people all over the world, not only in bathrooms but working in the fields, selling things by the side of the road, cooking by open fires, etc. ...
 
pianola said:
Yeah...stupid question: do you know if squatting is a man-thing? Or are women supposed to be able to squat, too?

I'm just wondering because at some point I might visit Thailand with him and...well, I guess I'm probably going to stick out like a sore thumb anyway. But I'd like to at least not be totally culturally out-of-the-loop, you know?
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yes, it's for everyone... i lived in thailand for six months and they would literally squat for hours and hours... all of the womens' cooking/etc. chores would be done in that position!!!

after like 15 mins my knees would hurt and i'd just sit indian style and they'd laugh at me!

i had a semi-western toilet: regular toilet bowl, and then you scoop a pail of water from a nearby tank, pour it in to 'flush'... good times.

by the end of my stay though, i actually perferred the squat-pots.

what I couldn't get used to though was the no-toiletpaper-use-a-sprayer-instead custom!!!
 
student1799 said:
Actually, women are even better at squatting than men (i.e. they can stay in that position longer without discomfort), because their center of gravity is lower.

If you look at photos in National Geographic, etc., squatting seems to be the universal posture for people all over the world, not only in bathrooms but working in the fields, selling things by the side of the road, cooking by open fires, etc. ...
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beat me to it... true, true, true, true.
 
pianola said:
Yeah...stupid question: do you know if squatting is a man-thing? Or are women supposed to be able to squat, too?

I'm just wondering because at some point I might visit Thailand with him and...well, I guess I'm probably going to stick out like a sore thumb anyway. But I'd like to at least not be totally culturally out-of-the-loop, you know?
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Let me guess, Mr Nola is Thai? 🙂

And unless you plan on not crapping, squatting to crap will be necessary.
 
GloryField said:
Let me guess, Mr Nola is Thai? 🙂

And unless you plan on not crapping, squatting to crap will be necessary.
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It also depends on whether you are in the rural areas or the urban areas... because the urban areas should have more western facilities...
 
helloooo people. Looks like you were busy while I was gone.
 
funkydrmonkey said:
It is for everyone😱
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Uh-oh...😳

student1799 said:
Actually, women are even better at squatting than men (i.e. they can stay in that position longer without discomfort), because their center of gravity is lower.

If you look at photos in National Geographic, etc., squatting seems to be the universal posture for people all over the world, not only in bathrooms but working in the fields, selling things by the side of the road, cooking by open fires, etc. ...
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Oh dear. I guess I'll work on my squatting, then. Eeks.

maggie08 said:
yes, it's for everyone... i lived in thailand for six months and they would literally squat for hours and hours... all of the womens' cooking/etc. chores would be done in that position!!!

after like 15 mins my knees would hurt and i'd just sit indian style and they'd laugh at me!

i had a semi-western toilet: regular toilet bowl, and then you scoop a pail of water from a nearby tank, pour it in to 'flush'... good times.

by the end of my stay though, i actually perferred the squat-pots.

what I couldn't get used to though was the no-toiletpaper-use-a-sprayer-instead custom!!!
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Interesting. Yeah I guess we'll see what happens if I visit.

GloryField said:
Let me guess, Mr Nola is Thai? 🙂

And unless you plan on not crapping, squatting to crap will be necessary.
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Yes Mr. Nola is Thai. Haha, so now i have to figure out how to not-crap.

funkydrmonkey said:
It also depends on whether you are in the rural areas or the urban areas... because the urban areas should have more western facilities...
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Yeah, he's from near-Bangkok. I didn't quite ask him what the toilet facilities were like though 😛😛😛.

Haha...ok "practice squatting" is going on the To Do list.
 
GloryField said:
I'm pretty sure even in bangkok you will have to at some point use the ditch style toilets. And make sure you ask Mr Nola to take you to watch a boxing match! It's not for the faint of heart, but then again, you are gonna see much worse as a med student so it should be good med school prep 😀
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*gulp*

Hmm. I guess I'll deal with it when it comes up...😳

[Boxing...? 😱]
 
pianola said:
*gulp*

Hmm. I guess I'll deal with it when it comes up...😳

[Boxing...? 😱]
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[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yPfukurJdw[/YOUTUBE]

You can see why many fighters retire before the age of 18
 
Wow this thread has gone nuts! I can't keep up with it. 🙂

But since y'all were talking about women and weight-lifting, I wanted to share this site: http://stumptuous.com/cms/index.php. Ex-rx is also really useful, but Stumptuous is by far the best site I've ever seen for newbie "real" lifters, especially women. Aside from awesome instructional articles, photos and videos, she also debunks the myths that people sometimes have about lifting, like that heavy weights make you bulky, etc.
 
Just in time for TOP!

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TOPple - anyone remember this game?
 
I'm soooo tired. Just got back from a girls weekend in NYC & now realize a) I'm old and b) I'm not single lol. I just can't keep up with them!
 
DRLyss said:
I'm soooo tired. Just got back from a girls weekend in NYC & now realize a) I'm old and b) I'm not single lol. I just can't keep up with them!
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Haha...🙂 Yeah, but there's so many better things than being young and single (and you are younger than I am!) 😉

I like being old and in a relationship! 😀

What did you guys get up to?
 
yea we went to this club called duvet. I think it was on sex n the city once (it has beds in it)... and I got to see Wicked! that was lots of fun! I'm jus used to going to waking up at 6am not getting home at 6 lol
 
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