I have a BP monitor that measures heart rate. What do I do with it?

What's the difference? Look light means look thin and be light means be thin?

u can be 70kg or as light as u want and look like shit.

u can be at 80kg and being lean and looking as good as fuck

Oh, at the end, I want to be be XX kg and lean and look as good as f*** but considering current condition, look XX kg and light and look like shit lor, i suppose. but if you could gimme a remedy to look LEAN while CUTTING FAT, by all means. but do understand the constrains of my POOR POOR college's gym facilities.

poor gym facilities? your gym got a squat rack? got a olympic bar? got weight plates? got those? more than enough.

i dont do those fancy fancy sophisticated bicep curl or your military press machine shit.

do squats and deadlift if u wana really burn calories in the gym

I'll try to read some stickies someone posted in Canopies journal on that but a bit worried about my spine and back. Don't wanna end up like Christopher Reeves. So what weight to start at and how to ensure safety?

start with the weights which is easy la. no specific number for beginners. u wont hurt your spine. u'll only die if u do it with your ego. read up the stickies. read up rippe toe 3x5

start with only the bar then
its only 10 kg

Chow

OK my bad.

Portable Heart Rate Monitor. Google "Polar HRM"

I jot down what I managed to do at the gym today.

Treadmill 7.5 km 0 incline = 2min (gasping for air )
Treadmill 6.6 km 0 incline = 10 min (leg pain, quit-was done after magnetic bike)
Magnetic bike stress level 7 = 15 min (bike said I burnt 150 cal (or K-Cal, I also don't know )

*Note, at stress level 7, didn't pedal like a mad man la cause legs pain but breathing quite heavily la. Can only say a few word sentence. Couldn't go beyond 15 mins. At exactly 15 mins, my calf tightened up. Wanted to go on further, but every time I put my leg back on the pedal, calf tightened. So stop.

Played with weights as well. Used 10 kg weights + barbell and lifted it 10 times (I think they are similar to "hammer curls" with dumbbells, only that I am using one long one). Then went on to do seated leg curls (4th bar) for 15 times.

There's a machine where your stand like da Vinci's Renaissance Man and then hold on to the weight handles and pull them downwards ( \ and / direction). What is the machine called and what are the benefits?

So far calf, triceps and chest (boob area) painful

Tomorrow : Try treadmill 6.5 km/h for 25-30 minutes (if found to be light, increase to 6.7 km/h )

And there is one machine where you lie down and raise your legs with weights, I call it the reverse leg curl (don't know real name), what are the benefits? And why for that machine, I need set the weight to ONE whereas normal leg curl, can go to 6th bar

Leg press will work which muscle? Anyone that works my "tai peh"? My calves are slim enough, not my TAI PEH. I want that to be painful.

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Added on October 11, 2007, 5:59 pmToday upgraded to level 8 for 17 minutes on magnetic bike. (bike said I covered 2.2 kms for 17 minutes and burnt 250 cal at level 8. Up 1 level edi

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Added on October 16, 2007, 1:28 pmexams today. will continue tomorrow

This post has been edited by kobe8byrant: Oct 16 2007, 01:28 PM