Quote Originally Posted by fishman65 View Post
OK I thought I might return to this thread as my weight is now 16st 7.25lbs. The diet app is still proving useful but I feel the exercise bike is maxed out. The highest setting has become much easier to the point where its become my default, though am doing short sprints on lower setting too. The bike is quite old now, we had it second hand about 10 years ago. Its a BC1510 'Body Sculpture' if that means anything. Any advice on a good exercise bike? Many thanks in advance.

Oh yes, biceps. I'm lifting large plastic bottles of water weighing 12lbs each, 20 times on each arm. Have been looking at dumbbells online. Are they worth it?

Big kudos to the progress


To answer the dumbells question, a wholehearted yes. I would go as far as to suggest that a basic inclining bench and a set of cast metal dumbbells open up the possibility of dozens of different exercises that are difficult to do otherwise. Doesn't have to be expensive, or heavy. Weight training can be approached with exposure in mind. You can do either heavy and short, or light and long (snigger). Either one will give you similar results, although using low weights for high reps means you're 'in pain' for longer

These are a surprisingly good starter set of dumbbells -

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/6016160

And this would be a good starter bench -

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7923...20bench:1:12:1

Argos seems to be better for this kind of inexpensive kit than anywhere else I've found, but if you progressed on to much heavier weights the first thing I'd do is get a sturdier bench.

In terms of exercise bikes, you might find walking to be just as effective and definitely scaleable. The added bonus of being outside can't hurt either. I've found that good cardio equipment can get very expensive, very fast.