i really want to join the gym but i heard that most people gain weight so its putting me off a bit. seems a waste of time paying for s.w just to hear you have gained each week! has any one joined a gym/ exercised more aswell as followed the plan and lost lbs?? x
I think if you gain (like me) its only when you start out. Even if you didn't lose as much as you'd like you'd still notice the difference if you measured inches
sorry did u gain much is what i was ment to say xxthanks, they say muscle weighs more than fat but because theres options on the machines that say fat burn im worndering if i could just do those if it would make a difference. did you gain when you started regular exercise? xx
thanks, they say muscle weighs more than fat but because theres options on the machines that say fat burn im worndering if i could just do those if it would make a difference. did you gain when you started regular exercise? xx
Several things to bear in mind here. Firstly, SW is designed to promote weight loss without any exercise - and although we don't count calories, we are still using them when we exercise so it may be that by exercising you are not consuming enough of them and you are pushing your body into thinking its starving. This can result in losses stopping and indeed gains occurring as your body fights to retain its reserves.
I REALLY struggle to drink enough on a usual day so upping it when I workout is hard but I know how important it is. Annoying having to pause the dvd to run to the loo though
dreamslim said:The absolute biggest mistake anyone can make when exercising is not drinking enough water. It takes one year to gain muscle (unless, as your C says, it is 5 hours a day) and fat burns off far quicker so it would take a long time to see the 'gain'. When you exercise you, essentially, rip and stretch the muscles, this is why you sometimes ache the next day, it is your muscles crying out for water to help repair them.
If you drink enough water before, during and after exercise (I always aim to drink a litre in the 2 hours before, a litre during and a litre after during the rest of the day) then not only should it prevent you seeing the gains on the scale it should also help stop the aches and pains the following day (nothing can be done about the aches and pains the same day though, haha).
I did a 10k last year and drank my water before as we were supposed to be getting water during but they failed to announce that the water providers had let them down so I had to do the entire thing with no water. The next day as well as barely being able to walk and move I put on 9lbs on the scales!!!!!!!!!!! Despite having run 5k the week before in a much faster time and losing 3lbs.
I spoke to a friend of mine who is a qualified personal trainer and nutritionist and he explained the muscles/water saga and since then I have never gained and never ached the following day no matter how much exercise I did.
Drink, drink and drink some more
One year to gain muscle?! That is definitely not right! If training yes we do tear muscles, and water is needed to repair but its protein that is more important. The torn muscles need to repair, and they repair larger so that they can bear the training better next time around - its a biological safety process. Muscle is built by protein. So yes water is required, but it does not take a year to gain muscle. My muscle mass has increased in just a few months noticeably.