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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / December 2005YMCA members and those with strength training experience?
After wanting a membership to the YMCA and not being able to afford the $440 a year, my parents surprised me with a year membership. I want to make the most out of it. Many of the programs I want to join in, I cannot because they are during the day when I work. However, they offer a free fitness coach which I plan to take full advantage of. Lastly, ideally I need to lose 100 pounds, though I'd be overjoyed with 50. I want what will work best for me, and hopefully quickest for me to lose the weight, as well as get into good shape, and to give me increased metabolism and energy. I am hypothyroid so it is even harder to lose. I know I can't do a lot at first, I am a pretty weak person because I haven't exercised for so long, I hardly have any muscle or strength, on top of that I have really bad painful knees. A friend of mine swears by strength training, even more so than cardio based exercise. Is there anyone here who belongs to the YMCA and can suggest what they have to offer for me to get the most out of it? Also, I would like to hear about those that do strength training... how long you do it for, what types you do, and how you feel about it VS. other types of exercise? Thanks for ANY input! Beth > After wanting a membership to the YMCA and not being able to afford the $440 > a year, my parents surprised me with a year membership. I want to make the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Thanks for ANY input! > Beth I belonged to a Y for many many years and didn't lose a pound until I started strength training - and then I lost 80 pounds. It just seemed to be a good mix: I built muscle so I had a faster metabolism, I felt strong so I felt like exercising, the weight training helped protect my joints to insulate me a bit from injury, and there was an incentive to go back every few days so I woulnd't be sore again the next time I went. (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness - DOMS - is the name for that soreness the next day.) Every Y is different, but mine had a "beginning weight training" class that primarily has middle-aged mommies and old people in it. I highly reocmmend it, though, as it was like getting many hours of personal training for just one class fee. It turned all the surreal furniture in the weight room into equipment I could use. A good starting place for you is to read everything you can on Mistress Krista's site. She's a goddess - a guru - and will tell you the real deal. http://www.stumptuous.com/cms/index.php Your Y might also have a "Personal Fitness Program." It's a beginning step, but not a bad place to start. (Just plan to graduate after three months or so.) Good luck. The Y has been a good place for me. Dally 244/170/155 > After wanting a membership to the YMCA and not being able to afford the > $440 a year, my parents surprised me with a year membership. I want to [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Thanks for ANY input! > Beth I became hypothyroid due to radiation therapy for cancer. I was weak as a kitten when I finished therapy. In the 16 years since then I first took up T'ai Chi and it has vastly increased my strength and muscle control. I got strong enough to mow my own lawn with an engineless mower. Then I took up Richard Simmons videos for aerobics. When I got bored with those I started Tae Bo and got strong enough to take 5 mile walks around my neighborhood. Now I'm doing a 40 minute workout every morning: 100 ab crunches, straight and oblique 17 pushups on my way to 20 15 minutes yoga 15 minutes T'ai Chi 4 pound dumbbells, 15 reps for biceps, 15 for triceps and 15 for shoulders YOU CANNOT BE HEALTHY IF ALL YOU DO IS STRENGTH TRAINING. You must do aerobics for your heart and pulmonary system. That is my gap right now and on mild days this winter I plan to take a one mile walk. If I can't do that I'm going to do Tae Bo in the evenings. I would do more except it takes me between 45 and 130 minutes to get to or from work, depending on how many wrecks there are in the way. > After wanting a membership to the YMCA and not being able to afford the $440 > a year, my parents surprised me with a year membership. I want to make the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Thanks for ANY input! > Beth www.stumptuous.com Click on Iron. http://stumptuous.com/cms/displayarticle.php?aid=21 regarding cardio Excellent site for beginners and comprehensive info to know about training and cardio. strength training works wonders for the vast majority of people. A combination of strength training and cardio will really boost your metabolism. I have a Y membership and my local Y is pretty good. They offer a wide variety of machines and free weights as well as a good variety of cardio machines. Not to mention the classes, pool and other stuff. My alltime fav was the bootcamp class I did a few years ago. In the end, the 4am wakeup call and living off 4.5hrs sleep did me in, but the class was great. One of the best things I walked away from bootcamp with was something the trainer said every morning at the end of the session. "One hour of exercise a day will help a little bit, but what helps the most is what you put into your mouth the other 23hrs of the day." Checkout stumptuous.com and get with it. > After wanting a membership to the YMCA and not being able to afford the $440 > a year, my parents surprised me with a year membership. I want to make the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Thanks for ANY input! > Beth |
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