Fitness Advice

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Originally Posted by Angel_de_Combate

Hey sweets i have a question.

I've just started work for the first time in a number of years, now the work ill be doing is very physical which is fine i like it, but my worries concern my diet. A month before christmas i decided to undertake a Pescatarian diet(for people who dont know, it's where you replace meat for fish really and i love fish) mainly because i got bored of eating the same kind of meats all the time..im not too fussed about red meat i cant say i ever enjoyed it and i just wanted to eat more vegetables. Now my concern is this..work is fairly sedate at the moment but we have to plant like 50,000 plants this year so that means work is gonna get hectic. Is my Pescatarian enough to keep me going alone, or should i be eating some chicken(i still like chicken but not all the time) more often as i feel the way im eating now might cause me to lose weight fast and i dont want that(some weight lose would be nice but not too much). Oh and could you please give me some ideal exercises to strengthen my back, i have er healthy assets and i know that these put some strain on my back and be nice to be able to do some of these before or after work. Any advice would be awesome. Cheers Sweets.

Angel,

Very good post I would only tell you to eat more protein (be it chicken or a protein drink/mix) if you increase your amount of exercise drastically or if you are not getting enough calories in your diet elsewhere.

The pescatarian diet will probably get you burned out from lack of choices. If you are dont mind the taste, you can add milk, bananas, or peanut butter to a protein powder to knock down 300-400 extra calories in lieu of chicken.

Regarding your back:
A few exercises I would suggest

1. Deadlift - hold weights in front of you, like doing a squat, but the weight placement will force your upper and lower back to work more

2. Floor plank - toes and elbows and forearms on the ground, back and body straight in a line as if you were doing a push-up (hold this for time or move up and down for reps)

3. 1-leg bent over "floor touch" (pivot from the waist and lean forward)

- if you are "well endowed" as your post suggested, that will stress your low back constantly, make sure you strengthen it as much as possible!-

Hopefully these help. If you need further explanation or advice, let me know!

*** The Sweetness ***