Recent content by Amica

Daisy I'm sorry you had to get involved with this. I for one appreciate your help, advice and dedication to this site and members. Its sad to see others take you for granted. You are one of the most knowledgable people on this forum and we'd all be lost if it wasn't for your 6000 posts- lol :)...

I value your opinion on the subject but I'm looking at it purely from an educational stand point on the format of the test....I could care less about the Exer Phys Part of it. I have no reason to doubt your knowledge and I have never questioned it or directed anything personal at you. You...

Exactly Sassy and Daisy...I was having bad flashbacks to the SAT's when I was taking this test! Don't get me wrong the test was much more involved in Physiology than any other I've seen and has the ability to be one of the better tests out there, bu the format has to be reworked. Remeber just...

Actually Skillz honey I have a dual undergrad degree in Kinesiology and Education and my M.S in Exer Phys. My point is why would I want to give someone a test that doesn't even have questions??? The test gives you five words, you then need to figure out what the question is about and then from...

Yes I took the test to become an instructor for them. It was the worst test format ever. I passsed the test but decided not to become an instructor/proctor because I thought the format of the test would be setting people up for failure. Basically they give you a word like Water, then four...

Thanks girls I was considering dropping the rest of my cardio but wasn't to sure. I'll give it a try but its going to feel weird- but as I've learned in the past year change is good- lol. My diet I believe is OK- of course it can always be better. A typical day is: Bfast: protein pancake (2...

I have worked so hard over the past year to gradually increase the amount of calories I was eating. I also backed off on all the cardio I was doing and started concentrating on weight training before cardio. I always had a problem loosing some flab in my middle until I switched it up and now for...

I agree with the other's- I don't think you should go back on. I think your doc is just trying to make things easier for himself, not you. Think about it- there are tons of women who get pregnant and never have taken the pill or who have been off of it for a while and the docs are always...

Hey thats a great picture! I love the WWE. I once met the wrestler Rey Mysterio a few years ago and was surprised that we were the same height, except of course he was like two times wider than me. You look like you could be in the WWE- they can call you Big Mark The Hammer! j/k Have a great...

I know that when I went through ACE they covered things pretty well including biomechanics,kineisiology, phys of ex, communication and fitness for special populations, health problems and contraindications. The one thing they did not really cover was proper nutrition and they stresed to us that...

Thanks for all the feedback and thanks Shadow for being so honest- don't worry I can take criticism! I will definatly make sure to monitor how I feel. I agree that the cardio maybe a little overboard. And actually Shadow I've actually been following the weight lifting portion of the program you...

Thanks thats kind of what my mindset was but I got nervous when a few people at one of the other boards were all over me about it.

Mods I'm sorry can you please move this post over to the Female training section where I meant to post it- my brain is not working yet this morning. thanks!

I never thought that their was a possibility that I might be overtraining until someone at one of the other boards that I post at brought it up. I supose I could be and not realize it cause I used to do so much more and then this past year have eased up a little. I admit I used to drastically...

I haven't checked- didn't think about that though! I'll definately look into it thoguh. I hope I found out some info on them. Thanks for the suggestion!