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ORIGINAL: georgeinca

I need one of these for myself. Should I find a slave of my own, I'll make exercise part of the deal; partly to ensure she's in good shape, but also so I could join her and get myself in better shape, too.

Seems like a perfectly reasonable way of bonding, exercising dominance, etc. etc.

Oh, and hundredpushups.com and twohundredsitups.com are good programs. I'm on them myself right now. (There's also twohundredsquats.com and twentyfivepullups.com.)

[Edited to fix links.]

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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady

Sorry, but unless one has some kind of background in fitness and nutrition they have no business designing any kind of plan for someone else. Certainly if they are following something created by a professional in the field that is one thing, but as DesFIP pointed out, you are not even providing him with a balanced workout routine, so over time you may do more harm than good.

If you want to have your slave follow a fitness routine, be responsible and have one designed by a professional or even order your slave to join a gym and get a personal trainer. I'm really not trying to be rude, but honestly, since you haven't a clue what your are doing other than getting your jollies.

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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady

Sorry, but unless one has some kind of background in fitness and nutrition they have no business designing any kind of plan for someone else. Certainly if they are following something created by a professional in the field that is one thing, but as DesFIP pointed out, you are not even providing him with a balanced workout routine, so over time you may do more harm than good.

If you want to have your slave follow a fitness routine, be responsible and have one designed by a professional or even order your slave to join a gym and get a personal trainer. I'm really not trying to be rude, but honestly, since you haven't a clue what your are doing other than getting your jollies.

Far as I know....no one has died as a result of doing 50 sit ups.........I say run the fucker into the ground......that's what they're for!

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ORIGINAL: DarlingSavage

If you want to see some REAL results, you should put him on core exercises.  Also, you need to make sure that he maintains his target heartrate during his aerobic training. You can do that here.  I've been working out off and on for most of my adult life, I was also a massage therapist, I took a course in personal training and I've taken TONS of fitness courses.  Anyway, you should only increase reps every 2 weeks, approximately.  Also, you need to make sure he maintains an aerobic fitness routine 4 times a week for about 20 minutes minimum per session.  It's 18 minutes at target heartrate before you begin to burn fat calories.  Another important factor is form!  Form is extremely important because if you don't maintain proper form, you can injure yourself.  You should always support your back with your abdominal muscles, you should tuck in your hips when doing exercises standing up.  Feel free to email me if you have questions.  If I don't know the answer, I'll find out.  Or I'll just say, I don't know. 

I've never heard of P90X, but if it makes you vomit, count me out! 

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ORIGINAL: DesFIP

Only situps and press ups? It's obvious you aren't suited to be a personal trainer. You might as well tell him you're causing back problems. You're working only to improve what you see which is not at all what the body needs. He needs a full range of core exercises; both upper and lower abs and back exercises because the back muscles are not getting worked.

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This, I'm afraid. If you are taking personal responsibility for another person's health and fitness, you need to actually know what you're doing before prescribing a regimen. Spot reduction doesn't work and can cause health issues with an unbalanced workout.

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ORIGINAL: MistressRouge

I will look into P90X, sounds interesting.

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ORIGINAL: MistressRouge

I will look into P90X, sounds interesting.

P90X is a very intense body re-sculpting routine.  It is very intense, and is not for the faint of heart.  I'd say that it is best for athletes or former athletes.  It may be too intense for people who simply want to lose a little weight.  

With P90X, the person will DEFINITELY lose weight.  But they will also become muscular.  They will have a clearly visible six-pack and defined muscles in their arms and chest.  If that is not your goal, or if the person isn't in pretty good shape to begin with, find him a different program.

Here is a hierarchy that I think demonstrates how difficult P90X is:

Exercise 4x per week <  U.S. Marines bootcamp < Boston Marathon < P90X

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ORIGINAL: CatWalk

DarlingSavage,

Loved your links, very good core exercises. I much rather that type, yoga inspired exercise and strength training, combined with the aerobics of beledi(belly dance).
I'm doing some tightening up of my own to enhance my new corset and those exercises will help a lot ;)

CW

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ORIGINAL: ranja

Thanks for that info Darling, just what i need
i hope it won't be a totally irresponsible decision on my part to make these exercises, pointed out by a random person from the internet, part of my daily routine in order to try and shape up a bit....
Des, what do you think? should i consult my GP first?

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ORIGINAL: barelynangel

OP. I am not sure what you reviewed of P90X because P90X (x is for xtreme) is for people to me who are NOT overweight or obese lol in fact because of the intensity when you do P90X it is wise to be in some shape of physical condition. Its a couple steps up from P90, which is what i have.  I like P90 and it works when i do it but i am not a big DVD workout or workout at home type person. 

Anyway,  i don't know about the vomiting as i know 12 people who did the program while they spoke about how hard it was, and that they had to take breaks and it took them awhile to get through it, i never heard of any vomiting - tired yes, sore yes, "the fake type crying you do among friends saying omg i am so sore" yes.  But they all look pretty damn hot and all had noticeable changes in their bodies and say its well worth it and still use it today to maintain..  BTW, i tend to get nausous and yes throw up if i workout really hard and then tend to gulp water down.   Vomiting isn't necessarily an indication of something being unhealthy when working out hard, but that you simply may have to do something differently, for example i need to drink throughout my work out which i don't do well, or put something other than water in my water bottle.   I am not an expert but to me if you are throwing up following a DVD program, that's on the user NOT on the program.

LafayetteLady, i have to call BS on your friend who did P90X, because HE was the irresponsible one if he got to the point he was puking.  Its a DVD program which means you have to do some stuff for yourself like LISTEN to your body and stop when you need too.  It wasn't like Tony was there screaming at him to continue continue.  I have P90, which is the initial program Tony did that P90X is a jump off of.  And all throughout those videos Tony constantly says -- if you need to take a break do so, if you can't do it all its okay just stop and come back or do as many as you can.  The program has a beginner, an inbetween version and an extreme version, he shows modifications and people utilize what they can do.  Yes, he advocates doing your best but he doesn't say hey do it all RIGHT NOW.

angel

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