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I've let my weight blow out again over 9 months of staying up late following the US stock market. Have cut back recently from that and am getting out on the bicycle more. Trying to do 200km a week. Did a night ride last night with some B Grade racing cyclists. 50km return trip Toombul to...

BTW, even though I work in the field (part time), I too am prone to yo yo-ing. I'm in my early 50s, and highest weight I've been is 103kg. I was 79 when 20 and fit. A healthy weight for me now would be around 80kg. Last November, I got down to 86kg. Since February, I have been staying up...

Marty, the above are compound exercises. Compound just means more than one joint is involved. I am a big supporter of exercise against one's body weight, rather than weights, for the convenience and safety. Some provisos though for otherwise healthy people: - full rom push ups can damage the...

Hi Marty, I think it helps to remember the limits of biological tissue when thinking about life and exercise. If you overuse the body or put it through ranges of motion repetitively that it didn't evolve for, then you are going to injure or wear bits down faster. I've known hard core...

B) WEIGHTS: learn how to perform the following exercises with proper form. Squats (works the largest muscle of your body ie legs, back, core) Deadlifts (legs, back, core) bench press (chest, arms) long term, even 'proper form' full rom BPs damage the anterior glenohumeral ligaments, glenoid...

Hi Kim, seeing you studied sports science, :) how many Calories a week do you think the following are up to burning via exercise and afterburn? - most people over 60 - sedentary people who have been morbidly obese for more than 6mths - full time obese parents of children - obese people with...

cool....progressive revelation BC. do your mates always follow you? me 4 months ago., pre 63 bottles of cab sav.

that's a BMI of 30!!! what happened in 2005????? you are either a mini-arnie or a soggy sao. :p

I agree with this Slim. Measuring your waist and hips (buttocks) is much more meaningful than what the scales say, in the big scheme of things. However, the advantage of the scales is that they provide more sensitive feedback. So if you plot daily weight on a graph, you more quickly see when...

Wylie, we're diverging off topic, so I won't comment on electrolytes again in this thread. But hopefully the exercise and energy intake stuff below won't be construed as wildly off topic by the mods. Do the sports scientists not think the sugar content is a bad thing or are they paid by the...

HE, thx for nice words. yeah the research certainly shows fish are better for your CV system. The PUFAs (omega 3/6s) also have the anti-inflammatory effect and brain/nerve myelin sheath benefits but these come moreso from the oily tuna and salmon. The consensus is it is better to eat fish...

Hi Wylie re electrolyte drinks, the sugar ladened ones are recommended by sports scientists for sustained cardiovascular exercise greater than 1 hour (running, cycling, skiing, soccer, footy, aerobic training etc). However, the 1 hour recommendation is for a moderate climate, and sub tropical...

Slim, I am not up on the literature re the strength of chronic use and diabetes risk. But I liaise with dietitians in the AIS and Qld Academy of Sport, and diet drinks are not recommended for elite athletes because they drop blood sugar significantly 30-120 minutes after ingestion. There's...

Hi DWV, wow just read your health results. OK, it is imperative you get some diet guidelines from your doctor and preferably see a dietitian to have a diet plan made. Why so? 1. family history of CV disease and hypertension. I take it you have been overweight for some time. With this...

Hi DWV, I work in the field and am interested in what professional advice you have sought to date. I'd also be interested in where the 2500-3000 Cal intake and 1200 recommendation came from. I'd also be interested to know if anyone has worked out your average daily energy expenditure. Some...