Wed, Jan-25-12, 10:55
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Senior Member
Posts: 126
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 265/231/175
BF:265/231/175
Progress: 38%
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There is no reason to carbo load for exercising. Ever.
First, you really cannot carbo load. (Where exactly is this going to go -- extra carbs go to fat, not glycogen )
Second, you have plenty of energy reserves to perform almost any exercise.
To promote muscle buildup you need protein -- more specifically various amino acids.
Exercise and muscle repair does take energy -- hence the idea that you will be needing more energy to do it. However, I doubt that a trainer will have you lift huge amounts of weights or running marathons any time in the near future.
Resistence/weight training is designed to strengthen, tone and possibly build muscles. If you have not exercised in a while, you will take a while before you start building up muscle. This is considered anaerobic exercise -- very short bursts of activity. Consider each lift as an exercise, so a second or less.
Cardio work out are just that, designed to strengthen and improve your cardiovascular system ie heart, lungs and circulation. Cardio exercise is considered aerobic as you need lots of oxygen to generate the energy needed and the duration is longer eg 10 minutes to several hours. Since you cannot just work on your heart, most cardio uses the major muscle groups to work the heart and lungs. To a large extent, you are doing strengthening of those muscles also. As to burning off sugar, not a specific goal or outcome. Your body will burn glycogen reserves when doing any aerobic exercise as glycogen is your first line glucose reserves. But that will be replenished.
A couple words of advice.
One is learn what you are doing. Ask the trainer lots of questions as to what and why you are doing a particular exercise. Log what you did so you can repeat it later. Just blindly following the trainer may leave you without information on what to do in between sessions or when you stop using the trainer.
Two is that trainers have different styles. You may find that you do not like what you are getting in the way of instructions from a particular trainer. Remember they are working for you. If you do not like your current trainer. look for the option of working with another.
Three, figure out when is best for you to work out. Make sure you can get there regularly. Often the hardest part of going to the gym is getting there. Some people like different times of the day. You might find slightly different times are better for you -- when the gym is less (more) busy, before dinner, after the kids go to school, etc. Most gyms have ebbs and flows.
Good luck.
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