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I'm learning the hard way that to little intake for my body is making me sick trying to workout with how little I've been eating the last week or so... I need a personal trainer to tell me when i'm at unhealthy levels lols
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i looked at abec's men's health link, and
a) bending your back like that looks like a good way to hurt it (at least according to moms and dads who always say lift with your legs not with your back)
b) there's no way there's enough weight in dumbbells to make those strenuous exercises (i'm sure there's some proper weightlifting term to mean what i mean, where you lift/push/pull at your strength limit)
you might as well be doing jumping jacks
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you dont think dumbbell rows are helpful? get out of here...
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he said he's getting a 40lb dumbbell set. i assume that means you can fit 20lb in one dumbbell? my backpack weighs more than that, and i sure don't got guns from lifting my backpack up and down with one arm
or, let me put it this way. it's not that i think it's not helpful. it's that i don't think it builds strength/muscle (which requires higher loads) to increase his metabolism to lose weight or whatever his goal is.
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i just edited my previous message to add that last sentence. if you are getting 40/50lb per dumbbell, then sure i agree that is a high enough load.
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lmao $300 for a cylindrical block of heavy object fuck that. it's too bad i can't tie a pile of old textbooks together and lift that instead.
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I bought mine new for $250 shipped. its I have weights between 5 and 52.5 pounds, its a pretty great deal IMO for me, beats having a shit load of weights.