Comments for Jim Karas Blog http://www.jimkaras.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:15:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Mixing Your Strength Training Up by admin http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/mixing-your-strength-training-up/comment-page-1#comment-4446 admin Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:46:14 +0000 http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/mixing-your-strength-training-up#comment-4446 Elizabeth: The best time to exercise is WHEN YOU WILL DO IT! I love that you have found that night time works best for you and that it keeps you from eating. Go for it and please keep me posted. Jim Elizabeth:

The best time to exercise is WHEN YOU WILL DO IT!

I love that you have found that night time works best for you and that it keeps you from eating. Go for it and please keep me posted.

Jim

]]> Comment on Please Take A Moment To Read This Article From Today’s New York Times by admin http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/please-take-a-moment-to-read-this-article-from-todays-new-york-times/comment-page-1#comment-4445 admin Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:44:21 +0000 http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/please-take-a-moment-to-read-this-article-from-todays-new-york-times#comment-4445 Olivia: That is totally correct. You have to hit the failure and then, in the next 30 seconds, move on to the next exercise or next set. Olivia:

That is totally correct. You have to hit the failure and then, in the next 30 seconds, move on to the next exercise or next set.

]]> Comment on Please Take A Moment To Read This Article From Today’s New York Times by Olivia http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/please-take-a-moment-to-read-this-article-from-todays-new-york-times/comment-page-1#comment-4444 Olivia Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:19:03 +0000 http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/please-take-a-moment-to-read-this-article-from-todays-new-york-times#comment-4444 Davinda, I think the key is very short or no rests between sets of reps. Jim says in his book that you should be hitting failure by the 10th rep, if you aren't you are lifting too light, if this is case (that you are lifting too light) then you need to increase the tension or weight. Also, my advice is to remember that cardio doesn't mean you should be complete of out breathe, the rule is that you heart rate should be just high enough so that you can still have a conversation. Hope that helps and makes sense. Davinda,

I think the key is very short or no rests between sets of reps. Jim says in his book that you should be hitting failure by the 10th rep, if you aren’t you are lifting too light, if this is case (that you are lifting too light) then you need to increase the tension or weight.

Also, my advice is to remember that cardio doesn’t mean you should be complete of out breathe, the rule is that you heart rate should be just high enough so that you can still have a conversation. Hope that helps and makes sense.

]]> Comment on Mixing Your Strength Training Up by Elizabeth Ennis http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/mixing-your-strength-training-up/comment-page-1#comment-4430 Elizabeth Ennis Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:20:30 +0000 http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/mixing-your-strength-training-up#comment-4430 Excellent point about soreness, Jim! I woke up sore this morning and was excited to feel that way. It made me feel as if I've accomplished something the last few days! I think you talked about this in "The Surge" book but my mom has my book right now so I can't remember... Is there a BEST time of day to work out? Has any research proven one time of day over another as being better? My friend and I just started working out at 9:00 at night and we love it. We aren't sitting at home eating at night, our husbands have put the kids to bed, and its our time to enjoy. But is there a BEST time? Excellent point about soreness, Jim! I woke up sore this morning and was excited to feel that way. It made me feel as if I’ve accomplished something the last few days!
I think you talked about this in “The Surge” book but my mom has my book right now so I can’t remember… Is there a BEST time of day to work out? Has any research proven one time of day over another as being better? My friend and I just started working out at 9:00 at night and we love it. We aren’t sitting at home eating at night, our husbands have put the kids to bed, and its our time to enjoy. But is there a BEST time?

]]> Comment on Beware Your Chair? by Jim Karas http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/beware-your-chair/comment-page-1#comment-4425 Jim Karas Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:33:51 +0000 http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/beware-your-chair#comment-4425 Generally, if you are 5'5" and under, i recommend the 45 Centimeter SPRI ball and over 5'5", the 55. Blow it up as full as possible. The regular strength ball is just fine unless you are on the heavy side, and then a stronger version may make sense. Generally, if you are 5′5″ and under, i recommend the 45 Centimeter SPRI ball and over 5′5″, the 55. Blow it up as full as possible. The regular strength ball is just fine unless you are on the heavy side, and then a stronger version may make sense.

]]> Comment on Beware Your Chair? by Sara http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/beware-your-chair/comment-page-1#comment-4421 Sara Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:35:41 +0000 http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/beware-your-chair#comment-4421 Is there a certain size ball that is best to use for a chair at the computer? Are there thicker and thinner versions? The one I have seems to get squishy pretty quickly. Is there a certain size ball that is best to use for a chair at the computer? Are there thicker and thinner versions? The one I have seems to get squishy pretty quickly.

]]> Comment on Mixing Your Strength Training Up by Jim Karas http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/mixing-your-strength-training-up/comment-page-1#comment-4415 Jim Karas Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:24:19 +0000 http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/mixing-your-strength-training-up#comment-4415 I am sore when I really push it or change up the angles. I think being sore is fine. I am all the time, when I want to be. I actually know what makes me sore and what doesn't. Unlike you, I love to be sore. It makes my feel tight (in a good way) and my food choices are even better when my body says, "don't undue all the good work you just did." I am sore when I really push it or change up the angles. I think being sore is fine. I am all the time, when I want to be. I actually know what makes me sore and what doesn’t.

Unlike you, I love to be sore. It makes my feel tight (in a good way) and my food choices are even better when my body says, “don’t undue all the good work you just did.”

]]> Comment on 6 Reasons NOT To Perform Cardio by Jim Karas http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/6-reasons-not-to-perform-cardio/comment-page-1#comment-4414 Jim Karas Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:22:18 +0000 http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/6-reasons-not-to-perform-cardio#comment-4414 No and I'm dying to see it. No and I’m dying to see it.

]]> Comment on Mixing Your Strength Training Up by Sara http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/mixing-your-strength-training-up/comment-page-1#comment-4413 Sara Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:50:41 +0000 http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/mixing-your-strength-training-up#comment-4413 Interesting you should mention being sore, as the last time I got uncomfortably sore from a workout, I only did stretching type stuff until I the soreness went away. How do you know where to draw the line in your workout to not cross from good sore to bad/injury sore, and is being sore every day the cost of weight training? Who wants to be sore all the time! Interesting you should mention being sore, as the last time I got uncomfortably sore from a workout, I only did stretching type stuff until I the soreness went away. How do you know where to draw the line in your workout to not cross from good sore to bad/injury sore, and is being sore every day the cost of weight training? Who wants to be sore all the time!

]]> Comment on 6 Reasons NOT To Perform Cardio by Sara http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/6-reasons-not-to-perform-cardio/comment-page-1#comment-4410 Sara Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:53:18 +0000 http://www.jimkaras.com/blog/6-reasons-not-to-perform-cardio#comment-4410 Did you see the Arlo & Janis comic strip today? It's about jogging, and supports your position. about cardio. Did you see the Arlo & Janis comic strip today? It’s about jogging, and supports your position. about cardio.

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