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We're back with another Free Wheel Wednesday where we answer 3 of your questions rapid fire style, we were a little short on questions this week, so we decided to pick some up from Quora. Carmen's in to help ask the questions, if you love it, hate it or have a question you would like answered please send us an email to [email protected] Alright, let's cut to it.

Quora: I've been working out since june last year and I recently noticed my arms were a little uneven. I have a 500g difference in muscle mass between my arms. What are some tips to even them?

Andrea: What will elevating your feet in a push-up do to improve the exercise?

Cayden: I have decided I want to start doing a relatively short routine in the morning. I don't have a lot of time. I want to do about 15 minutes of exercise but I want to train as much as I can and not just one area, what are a few good exercises? I only have dumbbells.

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If you're new to the show welcome, if you've been listening for a while thank you for coming back, I hope you find today's episode useful, interesting and at least a little bit entertaining, I know we're a little hit or miss there sometimes, but I try. We're going to do some different things with the format of this show including bringing some of our other trainers on, giving more case studies, having conversations instead of just having me talking, I don't know exactly how we're going to roll that out yet, but if you have the chance I think you should hit the subscribe button, because things are going to change on a more regular basis and most of the shows are going to have a different feel than how we do them now.

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Episode 37: https://fitnessforfreedom.com/episode-37-evaluating-why-i-got-punched-in-the-gut-aka-re-evaluating-your-stratgeies/

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We're back with another Free Wheel Wednesday where we answer 3 of your questions rapid fire style, Carmen's in to help ask the questions, if you love it, hate it or have a question you would like answered please send us an email to [email protected] Alright, let's cut to it.

Fatima: I started exercising with my roommate and right now, we're keeping upper and lower body exercises on separate days. Would it be better to do them together?

Marlo: I was ill for the past 6 months. Now I'm trying to return to my previous level of activity, but everything's so tiring, frustrating and I just don't feel good when I exercise anymore, which is an essential motivator for me. How do I get my enthusiasm –and shape – back?

Sam: I get light headed easily, but I want to do exercise. What would be a good way for me to start? Can I train myself to get used to it so I don't get light headed any more?

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It's no secret that most people would like to lose fat, unfortunately many people go about it in an ineffective way, what I mean by that is that most people, who want to lose fat take the first step of walking or running on a treadmill at the gym for 30 minutes to an hour at a time doing low steady state cardio. Which isn't necessarily wrong you will burn some calories and fat and there are lots of other health benefits associated with low steady-state cardiovascular activity and it is definitely, definitely better than doing nothing, but if you want to burn a lot of calories and a lot of fat you'll have to increase the intensity of that cardiovascular style training.I personally think the treadmill is best but it can still be any piece of equipment, a bike an elliptical, the rower, the stairmaster, whatever it is it doesn't matter what's important is that you follow a few of the following strategies.

We're back with another Free Wheel Wednesday where we answer 3 of your questions rapid fire style. Carmen's in to help ask the questions, if you love it, hate it or have a question you would like answered please send us an email to [email protected]

Evan - Can I take a protein shake, before sleeping, after a workout?

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1) Form & depth on squats and leg press: I generally hear that for squats, going down as far as thighs parallel to the floor is preferred, but only if the back stays arched and the knees stay behind the toes. But for incline leg press and sometimes for squats I'm told that going just past 90 degrees at the knee is adequate. Can you weigh in on appropriate depth and whether and why there are differences between depth on squats and depth on different types of leg press?

2) Strength training via weight lifting or high intensity interval training: I usually exercise 4-5 times per week with two days dedicated to strength training. I usually think of weight lifting as the foundation of strength training, but over the years I've seen a lot of emphasis at the gym on strength training via low-weight or body-weight high intensity interval training classes. I'm wondering if I should consider replacing my weight lifting workouts with high intensity interval workouts targeting the same muscle groups.

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This brings up the point I want to talk about today, do your actions, the things you literally do everyday match your perception of your actions. In other words if you say things are a certain way and we had a camera crew follow you around, would the things you say you do match what you actually do. Let's take a look.

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Haley: What should I be looking for in resistance bands? There are multiple types and I'm not sure what the difference is.

Quora: My blood glucose level is high. Can I still work out?

Miles: What are good chest exercises that minimise the strain on the upper arms, neck and shoulders?

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Today we're going to do something a little bit different. We're going to talk about one of our most dedicated listener's who's been listening, supporting and asking questions from the very beginning of the show. I think she actually asked the very first question we ever had and by the third question I decided she needed a name that I could share with everyone, Triple Threat Kay, well today I'm going to share with you a little bit of her story and how she made several sustainable changes, got more fit and lost a little bit of weight in the process. Here's a piece of her story.

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We're back with another Free Wheel Wednesday where we answer 3 of your questions rapid fire style, we were a little short on questions this week, so we decided to pick some up from Quora. Carmen's in to help ask the questions, if you love it, hate it or have a question you would like answered please send us an email to [email protected]

Quora - What are anaerobic exercises and who should be doing them?

Amjad - I started jogging about a week ago and sometimes I feel a strong pain in my left knee. I don't want to stop, but I don't want to injure myself. What should I do?

Mehul - As someone who can't do pull-ups, what's a good alternative exercise to work the same muscles?

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One of the most common questions that we get asked is, 'How can I motivate myself to exercise?'

This is a really complicated question to answer, because everyone's a little bit different, some people are motivated by external rewards like winning a trophy or an event, maybe even from getting compliments from other people. Some are motivated by the group of people they exercise with and all the social aspects that come along with that. For others seeing that they're improving and becoming or making progress from they day before can be really motivating. These are all acceptable things to be motivated by and there's a good chance that everyone is partially motivated, at least in part by all of those things, of course by varying degrees depending on the person. Listen to dive a little deeper.

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