Good Obesity Articles

[D-Termine]

i have been approached for help by others wanting to get thin or get big. the get big part is easy. the get cut part is easy. the lose 100 pounds stumpts me. i know that a 300 pound guy won't need 4500 calories a day(15X300) the same way a 170 pounder will. so what i need from you guys is some good articles on large scale fat loss. your help will benefit me and many others so thnx

[Bignbuff]

Personally I think something like BFL would work well for these people.

[Fighter2002]

Bump on BFL. I lost 59 lbs. of ugly fat on that program. However, I'm starting a more advanced training split to lose the rest of this weight (only 30 more lbs. to go until I reach my goal: 185 @ 10% bodyfat).

[RonJ73]

Thanks for bumping BFL...but what the heck is it?

[roland]

BFL: Body-for-Life

Its a systemic program of strength and cardio training, combined with a sensible diet. It is the creation of Bill Phillips. The book is more motivational advice then anything else - but it excells in that aspect. It has inspired thousands upon thousands to get healthier.

The strength portion is a half pyramid, with a compound pump set.

For example, my bicep routine today looked like this:

reps/weight/intensity
12/50/5
10/60/6
8/70/7
6/80/8
12/70/9
12/70/10

the cardio portion is 20 minute interval training.

You do each 3 days a week, and rest(have a free day) on the 7th. Workouts are alternated upper body/cardio/lower body/cardio/etc, etc...

For someone looking to improve thier health after being sedentary or unhealthy after a long time, I don't think they could go wrong. You have to focus on the mental as well as the physical aspects of what you're doing and why you're doing it. Combine that with the workout journal (or download the pages from bodyforlife.com for free) and unless someone tried, failure would be difficult. I've been on the bfl program for 30 days now, and while I've only lost 5 lbs (on top of 20 since Jan 1), I'm stronger, have more energy, bigger (gained .5" on my arms - big deal for me) and for the first time in a long time I get out of bed almost immediately after awakening rather than doing the dreaded "creak n' bend" out of bed...

Anyway, here's some links for more info:

http://www.bodyforlife.com
http://www.hussman.org/fitness/ - lots of good info, not just bfl stuff
- my online version of my bfl "success" journal

Peace, and I hope I answered your ?,

Rolando