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Old 10-11-2009, 10:27 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Hey everyone. So I'm pretty new to the program (about 3/4 of the way through stage 1). I'm 24 years old, 5'6" and 160 lbs. I used to play sports all through high school but didn't play in college, and now I'm currently trying to get my butt back into shape and lose a bit of weight at the same time. I've been doing good with the exercises so far, but I do have a few questions.

First, protein shakes. I've never really had protein shakes before starting the program, so I'm currently trying to experiment with them. Since I'm trying to lose a bit of weight I don't want something that has a lot of calories or fat, but other then that I don't really know if there's anything in particular I should look for in protein shakes. I do have the discount card for GNC stores, so if anyone has any recommendations for something thats sold in GNC stores that would be great.

Second, I would like to add some form of cardio to do like once or twice a week. I want to still concentrate on lifting, but does anyone have any suggestions? I definitely don't like jogging/running so I avoid if I can, but I'm not totally against it. Someone told me to try a spin class once a week but I don't want something thats going to completely exhaust me for strength training. I don't know how tiring those classes are because I've never tried it before.

Thanks in advance for the help.

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Old 10-11-2009, 11:40 AM   #2 (permalink)
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You can find whey protein that doesn't have a lot of calories or fat and tastes good. I don't shop at GNC, so I don't know what they have, but I'm sure they have stuff. Just look at the labels. But you might want to search the forum here first, there have been a lot of threads on PP. I have some I like a lot just with water, so for 160 calories and virtually no carbs or fat I get 34 grams of protein. For post-workout, I blend it with frozen fruit to get the carbs and protein combo.

When I was new to NROLFW, I did HIIT about three times a week, and lost a lot of fat. I'd do it on the days I didn't lift. Read again what the book says about doing HIIT: 15-20 minutes of it, then get off the machine, stop entirely for 5 minutes, then get back on and do steady state for as long as you want. It gave me a ton of energy doing it that way, and like I said, the fat came off. I mostly did it on the elliptical machine, then I started doing sprints on the treadmill, but you can use any machine or even run outside, or do stuff like jumprope or jumping jacks or really anything that requires that level of energy.
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Just do something you enjoy. Maybe one of those sports you used to play? I enjoy swimming, hiking, biking, ashtanga (yoga), frisbee, yard work, dance, canoing, etc. There's a world of exercise possibilities. Get your heart rate up and have fun doing it.
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