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Have you been running hard three times a week…. really pushing it?

if so…its probably just an overuse injury… like steeler says take some time off. ice’m and raise’m.

if not, it might be somehting more significant like stress fractures which your GP or PT can diagnose.

I’ve been seeing a PT for my knee problems caused by overuse, and after about a week off, the problem is better… and its hard not doing anything for a week but you will appreciate it in the long time. See if you can find some exercises that strengthen the muscles around the shins (leg curls/extensions) and work on those. Often a muscle imbalance is the source of these types of injuries.

Topic: General Health / My Shins Hurt !!!!!

well… i got out in the water (it was in a murky lake)...and i completely panicked… I don’t think i put my face in the water once. I tried doing some backstroke to catch my breathing but the wetsuit was constricting and not helping. I still managed to beat a few people in my wave out of the water…so that made me happy. My pace was about 3:30/100m.

the rest of the race was much better. i felt great on the bike, and was ok on the run.

Topic: Fitness and Exercise / Any Swimmers Out There

i don’t mean this as a plug, i don’t work for them or anything, but:

i visit realjock.com often.

it is not for everyone. it is a total meat market, but the guys on there (for the most part) are beautiful. If I have my finger on the phone for papa johns, a quick look at the realjock home page reminds me of my goals.

i am not plugging their site, realjock is no subsitute for gynimee. realjock doesn’t offer the range of services that you get here at gynimee. they don’t have any goal tracking (workout nor nutrition) and they don’t have the vast catalog of exercises. for me, the two sites work well together.

Topic: Motivation and Support / Tips to stay motivated

i have trouble setting the goals for measurements. i tried an online calculator like this one http://www.sandowmuseum.com/ideal.html

that isn’t the one that i tried, maybe this one is better, but the one i tried (and can’t find now) came back with some really distorted results like a 65” chest and 20” calves. now, i know my frame is a little larger then average, but still the results seem a bit off.

so, i went ahead and plugged in a few goals here just to have something. i plan on starting my program this weekend and i think after a month or two i will see where i am and adjust goals accordingly

(long live canada)

Topic: Motivation and Support / How do I know...?

curious if there is anyone around in cincinnati

also, i have been using realjock.com to keep motivated. this site seems to compiment it well (tracking stuff). any other guys around from realjock?

Topic: Motivation and Support / Looking for GymBuddies?

Have recently been encountering a new form of “social resistance”.

I have lost 47.4 pounds now. When I was at my heaviest (310), people would sometimes hear me say “blah blah not to bad for a 300 pound man”. They would be astonished that I weighed that much. I guess that means I carry my weight in a manner that doesn’t look like I am as heavy as I am.

So now that I have lost this much weight, when people notice and ask me about it (usually in the form of “wow you look great. how much have you lost”), I’ll tell them how much I’ve lost and some will ask “how much more do you want to lose”. When I tell them I want to lose about another 35 pounds, they are flabbergasted and usually throw out a comment about ‘oh that’s too much, you’ll be skin and bones’. This usually ticks me off because this is not positive energy at all. I don’t need to hear that, I need to hear “well you’re obviously motivated, keep it up and you’ll be there in no time”.

My wife says I am taking this the wrong way, that I should take it to mean that I look great now and they can’t even imagine me with 35 more pounds gone.

Hell when I do lose that much more, I’ll be at 211.6 pounds, still 19.6 lbs overweight from the high side of the “large frame” ideal weight for my 6’1” height, so to those people that say that’s too much weight to lose, piss off and mind your own business, I’m not losing this weight for you, I’m losing it for myself and my family.

There, got that out.

Anyone else experienced something similiar?

Topic: Diet and Nutrition / Losing Weight: Have you gotten social resistance?

thanks for the link. i hadn’t come across this one yet.

i like the overall simplicity of it, but i think some key info is left out. i know it says you don’t have to count weights, but saying ‘low’ or ‘medium’ difficulty without any information about how that might translate to weights to use is a bit frustrating.

also, i only looked at the ‘beginner’ section. i think there could be some more info on when one should move on to the more advanced workouts.

Topic: Fitness and Exercise / has anyone used myfreetrainer.com

YOGAmazing rules.

Topic: General Discussion / Fitness Podcasts?

-Celery
-Carrots
-Corn
-Potatoes
-Bananas

All great yummy sources of fiber. I think this would make a wonderful “Ask Adam” section on Gyminee’s Blog.

Topic: Diet and Nutrition / Fibre/Fiber supplements

I cook mine over the stove so I can watch it. There are a lot of helpful websites on the internet that can help you. The one in my favorites:
About.com: How to Cook Fish
AOL is also well known for its tips on everything and they usually include Pictures.

Any quick search on any search machine should give you quite a few results. There are lots of step-by-step recipes online as well that are easy to follow and use.

Topic: Diet and Nutrition / How to cook fish

I assume you are talking about the “Nutrition Bank” on the right hand side of the Meal Planner page?

When you add a food that you or someone else created to your planned meals you have to manually insert the nutrition information yourself so the Nutrition Bank adds it in.

After you drag the food into the meal box, click on the question mark symbol.

A bunch of boxes should fold down. Just add how many ounces, cups, or teaspoons of each category the food fits. Hit submit and it should automatically add it each time you plan that food.

I hope that helps.

Topic: Diet and Nutrition / meal planner and juice drinks?

The workout function on gyminee is very useful and it really is not difficult to keep track of things, especially with a trainer. As a personal trainer myself, I kept track of that information and gave it to my trainee after each workout. Tracking this is VERY important, mainly because you can see how you progress over time and discover what you need to work on more. Its certainly not impractical.

If it is your first day with a trainer I imagine much of your time will be spent introducing you to new lifts, workouts, and exercises while focusing on proper technique and form.

As for a general ballpark of calories burned, this is simply impossible. It all depends on intensity level, the exercises you do, and how long you do them for.

Don’t be lazy. It takes focus, commitment and a proper mindset. Hopefully your trainer will help you with the basics and give you the reigns as you progress.

Topic: Fitness and Exercise / Logging personal trainer sessions

here’s that article
http://www.streetdirectory.net.my/careers/caree…

Topic: Just For Fun / So where does YOUR username come from?

I also want to point out something I’ve noticed, but as the price of all groceries have increased, the price of fresh vegetables is getting ridiculously high. If you want organic, is even higher. Just wanted to throw that out there to fresh fruit purists that think you should go fresh or don’t go at all.

Topic: Diet and Nutrition / Frozen vegetables & fruit

(ditch the meat. it causes cancer, makes you obese, contains germs and disease, and is linked to other scary health issues like alzheimers. plus it’s bad for the environment.)

(Edit: I will refrain…)

I will refrain from agreeing with whatever it was that you posted.

Topic: General Health / What is your number one health tip?

That’s not shameless, that’s very useful, thanks!

Topic: General Discussion / Fitness Podcasts?

A quote that always helps me:

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race”

Though education definitely helps when it comes to fitness, as @JuryDuty said above :)

Topic: General Health / What is your number one health tip?

So I decided to take this too a new level and listen to a bunch of fitness and nutrition related podcasts. I hope you don’t mind me linking you to my personal blog, but I have decided to post a review of some of the ones I have found. I plan on making this a monthly thing.

For those that don’t like shameless personal blog plugs and refuse to click the link above… A great podcast I found during the process was Being Healthy for Busy People

Topic: General Discussion / Fitness Podcasts?

I am not a PRO user but I’d love to buy one if they were reasonably priced!

Topic: General Discussion / Gyminee T-Shirts

Looking for guys near Odaiba to work out with.

Topic: Motivation and Support / Gym Buddies in Tokyo

We are going to make it easier to use the food groups part of Gyminee. Right now, you can add it to the meal planner and set the food groups for that food. Then, whenever you eat it, it will show up properly.

When we first did the food groups, we were only considering that people would do it as part of the meal planner. However, we are finding that people want to use it just on the plain food log (not through the planner).

Topic: Diet and Nutrition / meal planner and juice drinks?

We did do a survey to some of our PRO users and rewarded the completion of the survey with a shirt. We will do promotions like this in the future, and we are also considering a way for you to purchase shirts from our site. Any announcement on this will be on the Gyminee Blog.

Thanks for your interest!

Topic: General Discussion / Gyminee T-Shirts

I’d love one so much – show me a survey please!!

Topic: General Discussion / Gyminee T-Shirts

Hi Maureen,

I’d suggest getting a wok if you don’t already have one along with a bamboo steamer. You can usually find steamers in most grocery stores.

Then just throw some water in the wok, throw your fish on some cabbage or lettuce leaves inside the steamer, set the steamer and fish inside the wok, boil the water, and steam for ~ 10 minutes.

It’s simple, quick, and has made consistently tasty fish.

-S

Topic: Diet and Nutrition / How to cook fish

There’s nothing wrong with frozen, fresh is better but only just.

Topic: Diet and Nutrition / Frozen vegetables & fruit