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Originally Posted by multiweb
Core work is hard to start with especially when you're heavy but that's the best way to get really strong and shed heaps of kilos because you engage so many muscle groups and they're compound exercises. Try Pilates and body weight exercises with a swissball. You'll get super fit in no time because you have to keep your balance. Doing push ups on two swissballs is much harder than on the ground.
Jogging is a bad idea if you're still heavy. Watch out for the knees. Cross trainer on the other hand will get you the same work out with no impact on the joints. If you jog on it that is, you need to keep the revs up. One really good exercise by far is the rowing machine. You work out pretty much every muscle on that thing. Just gotta watch your back and keep proper form.
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I completely agree. The heart rate shoots straight up as soon as you begin a plank and I can feel all the muscles EVERYWHERE working at once. I'll definitely have to give Pilates a try or a more strength based yoga also.
As for jogging, I don't do it often as I have a really bad ankle. Mainly just intervals more than anything. But yes, I need to watch myself. Just because I'm fit enough, doesn't mean I'm light enough! I have found cycling is a great work out for me without the impact, heart rate is up my entire route (as it's mostly uphill) so I really feel it. But I'm no where near as puffed and my legs can handle it pretty well now which is an amazing feeling!
I'm still so blind sided sometimes to how fit I actually am until I try something and wonder why I'm not absolutely dying
Not to say I'm super fit but I've come a long way in the past six months!
Will try to spice things up from here on out, shock the body even more into giving up those stubborn kg's
