I do Muay Thai on monday, wednesday and friday. I tend to do bodyweight exercises monday - friday. Pretty basic stuff like pushups, situps, squats, rows, deadlifts, etc. Usually keep it along the lines of 5 sets of 10-20 reps (however many I can manage)
Cheers for that. Right, it looks like you're not doing anything to stimulate your muscles, and you're not alowing your body any time to build muscle (get stronger) and burn fat.
First thing would be to cut down your bodyweight work. With Muay Thai 3 times per week, a strength training routine twice per week would be a good place to start.
Do you have access to a gym, or weights so you can work on getting stronger long term and not just short term?
If I remember rightly your question was something along the lines of "I've lost x amount of lbs in 2 days. Why?"
To answer that question, to anyone, I would have no idea why you've done that. That's like me posting, "My car is a Toyota Aygo. What colour is it?"
I wasn't being mean, that's the correct answer to the type of question you asked. I've no idea why you lost that weight because I have no idea what you've been doing the last two days.
Cheers for that. Right, it looks like you're not doing anything to stimulate your muscles, and you're not alowing your body any time to build muscle (get stronger) and burn fat.
First thing would be to cut down your bodyweight work. With Muay Thai 3 times per week, a strength training routine twice per week would be a good place to start.
Do you have access to a gym, or weights so you can work on getting stronger long term and not just short term?
How much water do you drink per day?
Anthony
I have a garage full of weights that I don't really use as I find bodyweight stuff more 'interesting' - however, if it will make the difference, I will certainly give it a go!
I actually struggle to drink 1 - 1.5 litres per day
If I remember rightly your question was something along the lines of "I've lost x amount of lbs in 2 days. Why?"
To answer that question, to anyone, I would have no idea why you've done that. That's like me posting, "My car is a Toyota Aygo. What colour is it?"
I wasn't being mean, that's the correct answer to the type of question you asked. I've no idea why you lost that weight because I have no idea what you've been doing the last two days.
Anthony
ok, I just think I have a wierd body, someone like richy struggles to put on a few pounds yet I can add/lose 6-7lbs is two days without doin much different!
Also, I have a ford focus, what colour is it and how many doors has it got?
Cheers for that. Right, it looks like you're not doing anything to stimulate your muscles, and you're not alowing your body any time to build muscle (get stronger) and burn fat.
First thing would be to cut down your bodyweight work. With Muay Thai 3 times per week, a strength training routine twice per week would be a good place to start.
Do you have access to a gym, or weights so you can work on getting stronger long term and not just short term?
How much water do you drink per day?
Anthony
I have a garage full of weights that I don't really use as I find bodyweight stuff more 'interesting' - however, if it will make the difference, I will certainly give it a go!
I actually struggle to drink 1 - 1.5 litres per day
Right, I'd start by picking 5-8 exercises that cover your whole body, and do them for 1 set each to complete failure, always pushing to add a rep (or more) at each workout, and gradually add weight over time.
Stick to twice per week, and for best results if you can do them on the same day as Muay Thai, so Monday and Friday would be ideal.
You can still do bodyweight exercises, such as Chins/Dips, as part of your weight training routine, but if you can do 5 sets of 20, you need to add weight to them by holding a dumbbell between your legs, or picking yourself up a dip belt.
I'd go with:
Deadlift or Wall Squats Dips Chin Up Lateral Raise Barbell Curl Weighted Ab Crunch or Hanging Knee Raises
That will give you a good start and you can build from there.
Working hard enough to stimulate muscle, particularly in a calorie defecit is bloody hard work! But as you learn to push yourself, you'll get better rewards.
Similarly if you don't, you'll end up burning calories without sending any signals to your body that it needs to make any change.
Build your water up gradually as well so you can go from struggling to drink a litre to easily quaffing three. It doesn't take long, just adding a 300 ml glass is a good place to start. By adding 1 500ml bottle per week, you'll build it up without noticing and will have doubled your intake in 2-3 weeks.
Calorie wise, I'd start by cycling between 2000 and 1700 over 4 weeks and see where you stand after those 4 weeks.
