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I started with http://concept1010.com/ early 2009.

This is 6 machines (back, legs, arms, breast, stomach, and neck) once a week.

Each repetition should take 20 seconds (so you do it slowly, which makes it harder) and you should be able to do about 7 repetitions before your muscles give up.

If you continue past two and a half minute the weight is increased.

I was skeptical at first, but today I am a believer ;) I have gone from 90 KG to 72 KG and would describe myself as muscular (but certainly not bulky) and feel overall in great shape (not just raw strength and duration, but also ability to do prolonged work in front of the computer in questionable positions w/o feeling back or neck pains).

Of course my weight loss can also be attributed to other factors (eating less and burning more calories), strength training alone is not necessarily giving a weight loss, but it does help increase the metabolism and ensures that eating less does not cause burning muscle tissue, plus give a nicer shape when the fat is gone.




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