Fat busting/Ab circle
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Considering that as advertised 3min is like doing 100 sit ups I don't feel like I've done 300 the day before. My lower back is a lil achy and my hammys are a bit tight. But nothing in the stomach area.<br />
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finished my 1st set for the day. Still nothing during the actual activity that feels like the AB's are getting a work out. Thought I'd do some Otago crunches as a comparison and almost an instant burn. Won't be doing any conventional sit ups for the duration as just for experimental purposes. <br />
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I decided to give the dietary plan a go too so had a protein shake for breakfast and some fruit(7.30), having chicken'n'rice next(10.30), chicken'n'salad(1.30), protein shake and water(4.30) and then hopefully some fish and steamed vegies(7.30).<br />
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Eating every three hours obviously cuts out the cravings for snacking.<br />
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I'll throw in a run this arvo. Im just getting over a rolled ankle so at this stage it's just light stuff and right now maybe once or twice a week. -
[quote name='Razbra']3rd day and very stiff in the back and hammys are a bit tight. My abs however are still not really getting any benefit. Im determined to stick it out but if this back thing gets any worse Im sending it back....[/quote]<br />
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Then you can order the next one that takes your fancy off an infomercial, use that for 30 days and repeat the cycle ! xzxcool <br />
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Why haven't I thought of this, brilliant. xzxgood <br />
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Anyone seen that one sponsored by Leanne from downsize me ? ( who incidentally looks like she should be practicing what she preaches a bit more ) <br />
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Apparently all you do is lean on it and it wobbles you into shape. Outstanding. All for 4 "easy" payments of 200 odd bucks.... -
Im a pretty healthy guy normally. I go for runs and do a fair amount of weights. I eat Maccas maybe once every couple of months when the kids demand it. So long story short Im not obese. So you can imagine my surprise to find that I seem to have lost a couple of cm off the waist in 3 days. I have modified my eating schedule though so Im not ready to say this AB machine is any good.<br />
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Still stiff in the back and the major difficulty with this machine is that because it moves in a circular motion you are forced outward like a mini gravitron(fun park ride), so I find Im straining so much in the legs trying to stay on that the workout is all there, as mentioned several time already mostly in the thighs and hammys. <br />
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MN5: I have to admit I really had no intention of keeping this thing. My wife however claims that it is already a miracle worker, for someone who used to live at jenkins gym she seems to know bugger all about quality equipment.<br />
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Of course this may in fact be quality equipment......[size=7]not bloody likely[/size] -
Lower back issues have stopped. Still a bit of a fight to actually stay on the bloody thing but Im fairly certain that has more to do with my size than anything to do with the machine.<br />
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I can report Im starting to see some pretty good results. Dropped 2 kegs in under a week of use. Again though, I am using the diet plan too. -
xzxshok amazingly i have lost 5cm of the tum! Wifey is looking mint too! I really wanted it to be a piece of shit but im starting to get addicted to it. <br />
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Im not ready to make love to it and actually fork out to keep it but I can report it is not a pile of shit xzxgood <br />
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Still one very big day to get through on friday, the timing of my trial was not ideal. -
Well for the first time in maybe 3 years Im under 100kg. I'd say it has more to do with my diet plan than the actual machine but results are results. I've lost 6kg and its xmas! <br />
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I would likely have the makings of a 6 pack by now if I had been simply doing regular crunches. But the effort involved with using the machine is so low I don't mind so much.<br />
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If I keep at it and make this an on going part of my daily work out then Im likely to get the 6 pack in about a month. Of course though that would require me to actually splash out and buy it out right.<br />
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Some pretty good side effects have been the definition I've gained in areas I wasn't expecting to. My arms,chest and shoulders are starting to get pretty buff. I do light weights regularly but nothing like Bart,MN5 or RB, but it wasn't until I started using the machine that I got this type of definition(if this keeps up I may consider b4 and after pics...). Again the diet is the likeliest contributing factor here. -
Yep top effort Raz, you've gone south of the hundie and I've gone north 103 at last weigh in !!! ( would insert shocked face in here if I knew how to on the new layout ) <br />
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Hard to curtail a few cheeky beers and vinos at this time of year but I'm watching what I eat so should get back to 99-100 shortly provided I eat the meat and salad and leave the white bread alone ! -
Growing up in a household that served a loaf of bread at every meal and was expected to be eaten I found it initially quite hard giving away white bread. It was a few years ago now but when ever I have white now its so flavourless. I will eat the stuff still hot from the bakery but I'd take whole grain or vogels any day of the week thanks over regular white bread.
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[quote name='Razbra']Growing up in a household that served a loaf of bread at every meal and was expected to be eaten I found it initially quite hard giving away white bread. It was a few years ago now but when ever I have white now its so flavourless. I will eat the stuff still hot from the bakery but I'd take whole grain or vogels any day of the week thanks over regular white bread.[/QUOTE]<br />
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Yeah white bread is so stuffed full of "bad' carbs it isn't funny. Weird that bread is so hard to completely give up but I was proud of myself the other day. Steak, chops, prawns, a couple of sausages, lettuce and no bread in sight. Twas a farkin great BBQ I must say.... -
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went away for a week. 2 things happened. I lapsed and was treated to some good old family hospitality for the entirety of that week. 3 Hangi in one week!!!! My first spear hunting jaunt, shit loads of fish(none speared by me) and I swear I ate an entire formula tin of steam pudding. You can't say no when your guest.....<br />
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So a couple kegs back on.<br />
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Next we returned to Casa del Razbra and realised we had not returned the Ab circle before the 30 days had ended. Stuck with it now.<br />
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Im determined to get my moneys worth so Im doing 3 times a day and as an added stupidity Im doing crunches sets in between.<br />
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Diet wise as mentioned on MN5 thread we have decided to cut the carbs at dinner. Last night had mussels,prawns and lemon fish with spinach and a sav reduction and I can report it was the shit!<br />
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Tons of fun trying to find ways not to have spuds and pasta! -
Interesting thread Raz - it's almost like you work for the company. Lower everyone's expectations at the start. Complain about the equipment. And then, BANG, you come in with the great results. <br />
<img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> (I know that's not the case though ....)<br />
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Your holiday away sounded awesome - 3 hangi in one week, that's like heaven. Steam pudding as well. Man I'm envious.
