Comments on: No fat chicks http://www.stumptuous.com/no-fat-chicks Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:41:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mistress Krista http://www.stumptuous.com/no-fat-chicks/comment-page-1#comment-3076 Mistress Krista Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:31:11 +0000 #comment-3076 Velvet: Do what you can with what you have. That is the most important rule. Whatever you can move, move it. Whenever you can add resistance, add it. If you need to modify common exercises, do so. This may include doing some things seated, doing them only with one arm/leg, doing shorter workouts, etc. Warm up well and work within the limits of your abilities, seeking gradually to expand them. Build the workout around what you CAN do without pain, and throw in a few movements that you can do with mild/tolerable discomfort. Just keep moving. Velvet: Do what you can with what you have. That is the most important rule. Whatever you can move, move it. Whenever you can add resistance, add it. If you need to modify common exercises, do so. This may include doing some things seated, doing them only with one arm/leg, doing shorter workouts, etc. Warm up well and work within the limits of your abilities, seeking gradually to expand them. Build the workout around what you CAN do without pain, and throw in a few movements that you can do with mild/tolerable discomfort.

Just keep moving.

]]> By: The World Surrounding Me » Blog Archive » Workout plan for March http://www.stumptuous.com/no-fat-chicks/comment-page-1#comment-3003 The World Surrounding Me » Blog Archive » Workout plan for March Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:10:00 +0000 #comment-3003 [...] at sites like Stumptuous (especially their “Dork to Diva” workout form tips, and “No Fat Chicks” basic workout) and devised my plan for next month, which will be one notch more difficult. It will [...] [...] at sites like Stumptuous (especially their “Dork to Diva” workout form tips, and “No Fat Chicks” basic workout) and devised my plan for next month, which will be one notch more difficult. It will [...]

]]> By: Ashley Smash! http://www.stumptuous.com/no-fat-chicks/comment-page-1#comment-2845 Ashley Smash! Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:44:59 +0000 #comment-2845 Thanks so much for this article. I just started getting back into the gym this week after falling off the wagon so to speak and now I'm even MORE motivated to stick with it. Going to give this work-out plan a shot. Wish me luck! :) Thanks so much for this article. I just started getting back into the gym this week after falling off the wagon so to speak and now I’m even MORE motivated to stick with it. Going to give this work-out plan a shot. Wish me luck! :)

]]> By: Dr. Fatbody (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the gym) « Operation: Hot Mother http://www.stumptuous.com/no-fat-chicks/comment-page-1#comment-2610 Dr. Fatbody (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the gym) « Operation: Hot Mother Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:34:02 +0000 #comment-2610 [...] who is, like, the goddess of all things weight-training related, has set out some guidelines for us big girls who want to start weight training. Because she [...] [...] who is, like, the goddess of all things weight-training related, has set out some guidelines for us big girls who want to start weight training. Because she [...]

]]> By: Mistress Krista http://www.stumptuous.com/no-fat-chicks/comment-page-1#comment-2573 Mistress Krista Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:10:48 +0000 #comment-2573 GoGreen: I think you could do worse, but I think that incorporating some resistance training is essential. Moderate intensity cardio does not help you build the strength and lean muscle that you need for healthy aging, overall wellness, and a well-functioning metabolism. GoGreen: I think you could do worse, but I think that incorporating some resistance training is essential. Moderate intensity cardio does not help you build the strength and lean muscle that you need for healthy aging, overall wellness, and a well-functioning metabolism.

]]> By: GoGreen http://www.stumptuous.com/no-fat-chicks/comment-page-1#comment-2565 GoGreen Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:46:04 +0000 #comment-2565 I dislike doing weight training and discontinued it recently. I do moderate intensity cardio 6 days/week 30 mins each session burning anywhere b/w 170-250 calories. what do you think? I dislike doing weight training and discontinued it recently. I do moderate intensity cardio 6 days/week 30 mins each session burning anywhere b/w 170-250 calories. what do you think?

]]> By: Bianca http://www.stumptuous.com/no-fat-chicks/comment-page-1#comment-2388 Bianca Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:39:46 +0000 #comment-2388 hi! thankyou for this article... this will really help... i dont wanna be fat anymore... i HATE being fat!!! hi! thankyou for this article… this will really help… i dont wanna be fat anymore… i HATE being fat!!!

]]> By: Velvet http://www.stumptuous.com/no-fat-chicks/comment-page-1#comment-2385 Velvet Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:29:03 +0000 #comment-2385 Great article! One question--due to a fall down some stairs I took while 9 months pregnant a few years ago, I now have several chronic pain areas and damage from the injuries I sustained. Notably, a very bad knee and ankle, NOT on the same leg and a lower back that are all now painful, quickly deteriorating joints. Any suggestions for people with chronic pain/disabilities? Great article! One question–due to a fall down some stairs I took while 9 months pregnant a few years ago, I now have several chronic pain areas and damage from the injuries I sustained. Notably, a very bad knee and ankle, NOT on the same leg and a lower back that are all now painful, quickly deteriorating joints.

Any suggestions for people with chronic pain/disabilities?

]]> By: Mary O'Donnell http://www.stumptuous.com/no-fat-chicks/comment-page-1#comment-2373 Mary O'Donnell Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:06:56 +0000 #comment-2373 I guess I wonder, I really don't like much of anything. I'm sorry; but gym teachers were all so DUMB. You were supposed to come in, knowing it all on your own, and when I didn't, I just had to suffer through getting booed down when I struck out at softball, or being picked last for almost any sport. I guess there's less of that now, but that's how it worked for me. Am considering a gym now, but am unemployed and no prospects for a job. My family tells me to join the Y and go swimming, but really I've been sick two weeks already with a chest cold. I would try, money or now,but I still hesitate on it. Much of my recent weight gain is from medicines--my depakote never affected me that much, but now that I've hit my late forties, it seems to have really gone for a ride. Nothing I can do about that--I need the drug. It seems to be the only, or the best, anti-convulsant I've used in at least 10 years. I guess I wonder, I really don’t like much of anything. I’m sorry; but gym teachers were all so DUMB. You were supposed to come in, knowing it all on your own, and when I didn’t, I just had to suffer through getting booed down when I struck out at softball, or being picked last for almost any sport. I guess there’s less of that now, but that’s how it worked for me. Am considering a gym now, but am unemployed and no prospects for a job. My family tells me to join the Y and go swimming, but really I’ve been sick two weeks already with a chest cold. I would try, money or now,but I still hesitate on it. Much of my recent weight gain is from medicines–my depakote never affected me that much, but now that I’ve hit my late forties, it seems to have really gone for a ride. Nothing I can do about that–I need the drug. It seems to be the only, or the best, anti-convulsant I’ve used in at least 10 years.

]]> By: Gaby http://www.stumptuous.com/no-fat-chicks/comment-page-1#comment-2339 Gaby Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:34:54 +0000 #comment-2339 Thank you for such a wonderful page! I found it on yahoo answers as a cited reference. I used to weight lift back in the day when I wrestled in high school, and controlled my weight that way. However, now that I'm in college, I hardly work up the courage to go to the gym, and when I do go I do hard cardio for a few hours, kill myself a little, and then feel so crappy the next day that I don't try it again for a few months. Your article has inspired me to really try to weight lift again- and that its okay to start off slow. Thanks again- Gaby Thank you for such a wonderful page! I found it on yahoo answers as a cited reference.

I used to weight lift back in the day when I wrestled in high school, and controlled my weight that way. However, now that I’m in college, I hardly work up the courage to go to the gym, and when I do go I do hard cardio for a few hours, kill myself a little, and then feel so crappy the next day that I don’t try it again for a few months. Your article has inspired me to really try to weight lift again- and that its okay to start off slow.

Thanks again- Gaby

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