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Of course, too obvious.Gwagon111 said:
BliarOut said:
Swapped to mini shredded wheat with raisins this morning, that's 300 calories per day saved! Just by swapping cereals I've gained one day's food in eight 
Little savings on things like that, soon add up to a big old dirty kebab 
. And that's what it's all about 
BliarOut said:
Gwagon111 said:
BliarOut said:
Swapped to mini shredded wheat with raisins this morning, that's 300 calories per day saved! Just by swapping cereals I've gained one day's food in eight
Little savings on things like that, soon add up to a big old dirty kebab . And that's what it's all about Gwagon111 said:
Hoofy said:
The Hokey Cokey Diet?
I'll be using that 
.Someone on MFP asked how to run. I replied along the lines of:
You put your left foot forward, then your right foot forward, and keep repeating until you run out of energy. However, if you put your left foot forward then bring it back, then put it forward then back then forward then back then shake it all about, that's the Hokey Cokey.
Seems recognised in the US, too.
Gwagon111 said:
Hoofy said:
Mind you, even an HRM is a bit s
t really and won't give you an exact calorie burn. Or even vaguely correct. Unless I'm missing something.
Personally, I've avoided using any gadgets as it's all thumb-in-air.
What any gadget does do well is motivate and allow you to compare readings that you took earlier which you can use to make decisions.
Yep t really and won't give you an exact calorie burn. Or even vaguely correct. Unless I'm missing something.Personally, I've avoided using any gadgets as it's all thumb-in-air.
What any gadget does do well is motivate and allow you to compare readings that you took earlier which you can use to make decisions.
. All the gadgets are snake oil. The Apps are a very useful guide, but just a guide.Thousands of videos online by supposed big names in the industry, offering tips and tricks to burning fat, building muscle and getting ripped. I have a guy I knew on my facebook who now writes for popular fitness magazines, promotes himself as a dietician and nutritionist and is often posting articles and links about this super supplement (like hemp protein) or that magic pill.... It just all comes across as faddy, unsubstantiated nonsense. Certainly having read a few sport science type scientific papers occasionally my overriding impression is that they're not as robust as physics or engineering. But then I guess given how many little things go on inside the human body its probably very difficult to show the effects of a lot of these things whilst being entirely sure there wasn't any other influence. The body isn't a controlled lab environment.
Still I take it all with some salt. The basics seem to be eat good things and do some regular exercise and it seems to serve pretty well. I think the trouble is, there are so many people involved in the fitness industry, it doesnt suffice to just be peddling the basics, you have to come up with some new exciting and complicated way to get fit and then window dress it with pseudo science and nonsense to get people to take it seriously.
Otispunkmeyer said:
To be honest, rightly or wrongly, I find most of the health and fitness industry stuff to come across as snake oil.
Thousands of videos online by supposed big names in the industry, offering tips and tricks to burning fat, building muscle and getting ripped. I have a guy I knew on my facebook who now writes for popular fitness magazines, promotes himself as a dietician and nutritionist and is often posting articles and links about this super supplement (like hemp protein) or that magic pill.... It just all comes across as faddy, unsubstantiated nonsense. Certainly having read a few sport science type scientific papers occasionally my overriding impression is that they're not as robust as physics or engineering. But then I guess given how many little things go on inside the human body its probably very difficult to show the effects of a lot of these things whilst being entirely sure there wasn't any other influence. The body isn't a controlled lab environment.
Still I take it all with some salt. The basics seem to be eat good things and do some regular exercise and it seems to serve pretty well. I think the trouble is, there are so many people involved in the fitness industry, it doesnt suffice to just be peddling the basics, you have to come up with some new exciting and complicated way to get fit and then window dress it with pseudo science and nonsense to get people to take it seriously.
You're right, a lot of the diet / fitness industry is based on 'bro science' at best Thousands of videos online by supposed big names in the industry, offering tips and tricks to burning fat, building muscle and getting ripped. I have a guy I knew on my facebook who now writes for popular fitness magazines, promotes himself as a dietician and nutritionist and is often posting articles and links about this super supplement (like hemp protein) or that magic pill.... It just all comes across as faddy, unsubstantiated nonsense. Certainly having read a few sport science type scientific papers occasionally my overriding impression is that they're not as robust as physics or engineering. But then I guess given how many little things go on inside the human body its probably very difficult to show the effects of a lot of these things whilst being entirely sure there wasn't any other influence. The body isn't a controlled lab environment.
Still I take it all with some salt. The basics seem to be eat good things and do some regular exercise and it seems to serve pretty well. I think the trouble is, there are so many people involved in the fitness industry, it doesnt suffice to just be peddling the basics, you have to come up with some new exciting and complicated way to get fit and then window dress it with pseudo science and nonsense to get people to take it seriously.
. But the money that can be made, is not to be sniffed at. That's what counts 
.einsign said:
Another new one: http://www.withings.com/en/pulse
See all those good looking models? Yep, none of them use one. 
clonmult said:
I really can't see that they offer anything useful over a decent HRM.
The "calorie" burn from the fitbit is at best a guess, and likely wildly inaccurate. Step counter could be useful, but that can be handled just as well by pretty much any smartphone with the right application.
Either get yourself a decent HRM, or a bluetooth HRM belt and connect that up to your smartphone.
Isn't the fitbit a decent HRM?The "calorie" burn from the fitbit is at best a guess, and likely wildly inaccurate. Step counter could be useful, but that can be handled just as well by pretty much any smartphone with the right application.
Either get yourself a decent HRM, or a bluetooth HRM belt and connect that up to your smartphone.
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