I Quit!Scaryduck writes, "I celebrated my last day on my paper round by giving everybody next door's paper, and the house at the end 16 copies of the Maidenhead Advertiser. And I kept the delivery bag. That certainly showed 'em."
What have you flounced out of? Did it have the impact you intended? What made you quit in the first place?
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chthonic, Thu 22 May 2008, 12:15)
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Sit-ups/crunches are uselessWell, they aren't, but they won't reduce fat on your belly. They'll put more muscles underneath them, but spot-reduction of fat is a myth, spread by "personal trainers".
www.acefitness.org/fitnessqanda/fitnessqanda_display.aspx?itemid=341
Fat loss patterns are genetic, and are not related to particular exercises.
The only way to lose fat is to use more calories than you consume. The most effective way to do this is to lift free weights (don't use weight lifting machines), as it increases your resting metabolic rate and uses many more muscle groups as the exercises are complex.
Ladies - don't worry about becoming inflexible and muscular. It's not going to happen by accident, female bodybuilders have spent years and years training every day on a strict diet with hormone replacement to look like they do. It sounds silly, but it's the thing I hear from women most often when I point at the squat rack or a bench.
Apologies for not being funny, but this is the thing I hear in the gym that irritates me the most. A close second to "do 100 reps of this tiny weight and your muscles will be defined, but not large."
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