Working out, Dr Ex in charge Options

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Ok, guys, not to flood Ray's topic, let's discuss workouts right here and maybe Ex will be able to give us all some advice.

I need some badly. Used to be a professional vollyball player, but after aninjury and fucked up doctors had to give up

used to be playing football each week, but now I hardly have any time to do that.

I need to shape myself a bit up. With my 198 height I weigh only 80 kgs. And feel vry well.

Is there any possibility of a workout for me?

[Pokey]

I think 6-7 weeks would be plenty of time to flatten the tummy and look a lot fitter without Atkins if you do cardio, target your midsection, eat well. You're saying Atkins before the trip, and something else after, but would you be doing Atkins during your trip? As Ex said, you could very well gain it all back if you don't strictly adhere to your carb intake. I think its brutal to try to keep up with that.

I hike often w. a doctor, whose extensively conducted his own research on burning calories while backpacking/hiking up a mountain/incline. He says for someone hiking uphill wearing a pack, it is normal to burn 500-1000 calories per hour. I could be more specific w. body weight, heaviness of the pack, etc. I imagine you're going to want carbs for energy if you do hiking of any sort. If you have those carbs, I'm not too sure what would happen. In any case, good luck w. your knees on those hikes.

Stay away from our American crap food, it is terrible! though OTD's sandwhich picture looks pretty tasty haha.

haha I should mention it's not hiking as in up mountains and such, just visiting a few national park areas along the way and doing some trekking in there, but that's only a part of the overall trip. I suspect over those 5 weeks I'll still be a lot more active than I am here .. even just walking around cities, I'm stuck in an office all day here.

I def wouldn't be sticking to atkins during the trip thats one thing ... now I'm a bit torn on what to do. I could definitely construct an easier diet to come up with if i wernt on atkins, but not sure it would give me the desired weight loss in time before I go.

I asked this of Ex too, but do you know any good links to diets that you're suggesting? Maybe an example of a menu of things eaten over the course of a week? There's so much around and so much spin when I go look it's hard to know what's good and what's not.