bowflex??

On 14 Jan 2006 09:57:34 -0800, "angelina" <cutiec84.TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote:

>is there anything else that you guys reccomend? for abs,upper body ..?

Sex, and lots of it. Call me...
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angelina wrote:

> okay i dont have much time for the gym anymore..
>
> i recently purchased a treadmill for my home..
>
> is there anything else that you guys reccomend? for abs,upper body ..?
>
> thanks in advance.

Here's a great site about women's resistance training, and a great
article on bone building.

http://www.stumptuous.com/cms/displayarticle.php?aid=15

I'm a 41 year old woman with three kids and a business and I make time
to get to the gym, but I also have a weight bench, a swiss ball, a bunch
of dumbbells & one barbell at home. I also have resistance tubes that
work pretty well for seated rows & lat pulldowns. I've also been known
to use whatever child I can catch as a weight.

I do swiss ball squats with the dumbbells & the swiss ball
http://www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/ex/exercises.asp?ID=65

And sumo deadlifts
http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ufc/resources/exercise/2004/july.htm

And dumbbell shoulder presses
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/DeltoidAnterior/DBShoulderPress.html

And bench presses. I don't do much work just for the abs. I do quite a
lot of lower body lifting despite the fact that I run or cycle several
times a week.

Here's an article on fitting in weightlifting for the short-on-time:
http://www.stumptuous.com/cms/displayarticle.php?aid=83

Dally
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"Dally" <Dally RemoveThis @myself.com> wrote in message
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> angelina wrote:
>
>> okay i dont have much time for the gym anymore..
>>
>> i recently purchased a treadmill for my home..
>>
>> is there anything else that you guys reccomend? for abs,upper body
>> ..?
>>
>> thanks in advance.
>
> Here's a great site about women's resistance training, and a great
> article on bone building.
>
> http://www.stumptuous.com/cms/displayarticle.php?aid=15
>
> I'm a 41 year old woman with three kids and a business and I make time
> to get to the gym, but I also have a weight bench, a swiss ball, a
> bunch of dumbbells & one barbell at home. I also have resistance
> tubes that work pretty well for seated rows & lat pulldowns. I've
> also been known to use whatever child I can catch as a weight.
>
> I do swiss ball squats with the dumbbells & the swiss ball
> http://www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/ex/exercises.asp?ID=65

-snip-

I have always wondered what is the purpose of this exercise. Why would
you do this and not just squat?

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com
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Steve Freides wrote:

> "Dally" <Dally RemoveThis @myself.com> wrote in message
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>>I do swiss ball squats with the dumbbells & the swiss ball
>>http://www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/ex/exercises.asp?ID=65
>
>
> -snip-
>
> I have always wondered what is the purpose of this exercise. Why would
> you do this and not just squat?

It's more like a sissy squat:

http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/pro93165.html

The load isn't on your upper back and you don't have balance issues or
compression on your spine or the same issues with knees going past the
toes. It's not for people pushing real weight, but it really isolates
the quads and glutes. I can get ass to grass with a ball squat and I
just can't with a barbell on my back.

Actually, I haven't done ball squats in a dog's age, I just put this up
as examples of what someone can do at home. Personally, I squat in a
power cage at the gym a couple of times a week. But I didn't want to
scare the newbie.

Dally
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"angelina" <cutiec84 RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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> okay i dont have much time for the gym anymore..
>
> i recently purchased a treadmill for my home..
>
> is there anything else that you guys reccomend? for abs,upper body ..?
>
> thanks in advance.
>

No time to go to the gym?

That's like saying you don't have time to brush your teeth or take a shower.

Physical Fitness is just as important.
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On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 22:49:27 -0500, "WooferBearATL"
<teggers DeleteThis @bellsouth.net> wrote:

>No time to go to the gym?

Unless you are just going because you like looking at half naked men
<ah hem> there's no reason to go near a gym.
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"Steve Freides" <steve.DeleteThis@fridayscomputer.com> wrote in message
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> "Dally" <Dally.DeleteThis@myself.com> wrote in message
> news:42td6mF1ka8daU1@individual.net...
> > angelina wrote:
> >
> >> okay i dont have much time for the gym anymore..
> >>
> >> i recently purchased a treadmill for my home..
> >>
> >> is there anything else that you guys reccomend? for abs,upper body
> >> ..?
> >>
> >> thanks in advance.
> >
> > Here's a great site about women's resistance training, and a great
> > article on bone building.
> >
> > http://www.stumptuous.com/cms/displayarticle.php?aid=15
> >
> > I'm a 41 year old woman with three kids and a business and I make time
> > to get to the gym, but I also have a weight bench, a swiss ball, a
> > bunch of dumbbells & one barbell at home. I also have resistance
> > tubes that work pretty well for seated rows & lat pulldowns. I've
> > also been known to use whatever child I can catch as a weight.
> >
> > I do swiss ball squats with the dumbbells & the swiss ball
> > http://www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/ex/exercises.asp?ID=65
>
> -snip-
>
> I have always wondered what is the purpose of this exercise. Why would
> you do this and not just squat?

It's a good conditioning exercise. I do it every once in awhile to switch
things up.
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On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:07:08 -0500, "Steve Freides"
<steve RemoveThis @fridayscomputer.com> wrote:

>"Dally" <Dally RemoveThis @myself.com> wrote in message
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>> angelina wrote:
>>
>>> okay i dont have much time for the gym anymore..
>>>
>>> i recently purchased a treadmill for my home..
>>>
>>> is there anything else that you guys reccomend? for abs,upper body
>>> ..?
>>>
>>> thanks in advance.
>>
>> Here's a great site about women's resistance training, and a great
>> article on bone building.
>>
>> http://www.stumptuous.com/cms/displayarticle.php?aid=15
>>
>> I'm a 41 year old woman with three kids and a business and I make time
>> to get to the gym, but I also have a weight bench, a swiss ball, a
>> bunch of dumbbells & one barbell at home. I also have resistance
>> tubes that work pretty well for seated rows & lat pulldowns. I've
>> also been known to use whatever child I can catch as a weight.
>>
>> I do swiss ball squats with the dumbbells & the swiss ball
>> http://www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/ex/exercises.asp?ID=65
>
>-snip-
>
>I have always wondered what is the purpose of this exercise. Why would
>you do this and not just squat?
>

I use it for stretching prior to doing squats, as it makes a good lead
in for deep squats (arse to grass), which I find exceptionally good
for my knees.
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"Dally" <Dally.RemoveThis@myself.com> wrote in message
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> Steve Freides wrote:
>
>> "Dally" <Dally.RemoveThis@myself.com> wrote in message
>> news:42td6mF1ka8daU1@individual.net...
>
>>>I do swiss ball squats with the dumbbells & the swiss ball
>>>http://www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/ex/exercises.asp?ID=65
>>
>>
>> -snip-
>>
>> I have always wondered what is the purpose of this exercise. Why would
>> you do this and not just squat?
>
> It's more like a sissy squat:
>
> http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/pro93165.html
>

There's a whole different biomechanical thing going with the above apparatus
than with the swiss ball squat. Big time shear forces in the knee with the
above device - akin to leg extensions. Muy mal.
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On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 08:24:44 +0000, JRH <john DeleteThis @wed.com> wrote:

>(arse to grass)

That parts ok, but dragging it accross the carpet is in bad taste.
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"Ranieri" <nah> wrote:
>"Dally" <Dally DeleteThis @myself.com> wrote:
>> Steve Freides wrote:
>>
>>> "Dally" <Dally DeleteThis @myself.com> wrote in message
>>> news:42td6mF1ka8daU1@individual.net...
>>
>>>>I do swiss ball squats with the dumbbells & the swiss ball
>>>>http://www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/ex/exercises.asp?ID=65
>>>
>>>
>>> -snip-
>>>
>>> I have always wondered what is the purpose of this exercise. Why would
>>> you do this and not just squat?
>>
>> It's more like a sissy squat:
>>
>> http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/pro93165.html
>>
>
>There's a whole different biomechanical thing going with the above apparatus
>than with the swiss ball squat. Big time shear forces in the knee with the
>above device - akin to leg extensions. Muy mal.

Sí. Muy, muy mal.

I would much prefer to see it done the old-fashioned way:

http://body.builder.hu/edzesek_reszletes.htm4?id=74

And that still hurts my knees.
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>
> I would much prefer to see it done the old-fashioned way:
>
> http://body.builder.hu/edzesek_reszletes.htm4?id=74
>
> And that still hurts my knees.

But you gotta like the term, "Sissy-guggolás"
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