hey, just my little thing on stretching here. i work out with my dad whenever he goes (which, unfortunately, hasn't been for some time...), but he's a really big guy, and couldn't have gotten there without doing lots of background research. i've found that stretching is indeed good if you're just running, but as far as weight lifting, my dad's tought me to just do good warm-up sets on whichever muscles you're about to start working. make sure you do a weight that's really light for you, do it about 7 reps on one set, then start increasing the weight across a few sets. if you haven't already been working frequently or if you've just taken a long break, make sure that at first you only do a few sets of things, then as you've spent maybe a couple weeks (which would have given you a couple days on each muscle group), you can up your sets.
that's about all of the work-out knowledge i can scrounge up right now 'cause i just got off work, so there ya go.
the real challenge for me this week is definitely the diet. i work at a snack shack, so all day i'm eating french fries and chicken strips. worst of all, i'm drinking lots of soda there... i'm definitely going to work on that before the constant flow of grease, salt, sugar, and carbonation into my body kills me. luckily for me, my exceptionally high metabolism keeps me from getting fat right now. i just hope that my metabolism doesn't back off before the day that i finally perfect my eating habits...
also, cloud, sorry for not helping you out prior to this, even after i pmed you saying i'd give you a hand, but i just barely started my job, so i've been worn out lately. i'll see if i can gather up any of my knowledge on future weeks though...
that's about all of the work-out knowledge i can scrounge up right now 'cause i just got off work, so there ya go.
the real challenge for me this week is definitely the diet. i work at a snack shack, so all day i'm eating french fries and chicken strips. worst of all, i'm drinking lots of soda there... i'm definitely going to work on that before the constant flow of grease, salt, sugar, and carbonation into my body kills me. luckily for me, my exceptionally high metabolism keeps me from getting fat right now. i just hope that my metabolism doesn't back off before the day that i finally perfect my eating habits...
also, cloud, sorry for not helping you out prior to this, even after i pmed you saying i'd give you a hand, but i just barely started my job, so i've been worn out lately. i'll see if i can gather up any of my knowledge on future weeks though...
