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In-home Exercise
I’m new to the community. Needed to get back to basics. Feeling the strain of being overweight and T2DM. Began tracking foods, patterns of stress eating, and began an in-home walking program. Madhattie
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How long do you spend in the gym?
Hi I’m newish and feel like I’m either not using my time efficiently or just not putting enough time in the gym so I was curious how much time you spend in the gym per day or per week and how does your work out times split down? I’ve been doing 3-5 days per week for about 40-50 minutes. I start with 20 minutes in the…
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Running Mommas... Favorite Maternity Leggings?
What leggings have you had the best experience with for running while pregnant? I'm 7 weeks, 4 days, and I will be running a marathon at about 22 weeks. Provided I can keep the SPD/pelvic girdle pain at bay that long. With my first, it struck around 32 weeks, and my second, around 19 weeks. But I was also way more active…
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Question about intermittent fasting and morning exercise
Hi everyone! I've been doing intermittent fasting for about 6-8 months now, so I usually don't eat before 4pm. However, this Saturday I have a major event and will be doing intense physical exercise for 4-5 hours before my normal meal time. Obviously I don't want to attempt this on an empty stomach, so what is the normal…
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Apps for exercising at home
I want to start doing some exercises at home and I want to use an app to help me do so. My level is intermediate. I am not a beginner so I want an app to help me log the exercises with dumbbells and count calories burnt while doing them. I want also to have variety of exercises.
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Leg day question
Hello, In my fitness routine I have two leg days (weight training) one Monday and one Friday. I do the same exercises on both days. However I was wondering if I could change my Friday to HIIT with a stepper. Will it still work (strengthen) my legs enough to count as a leg day ? Or will it be more of a cardio day rather…
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Calory burning whilst singing
Does anyone have any idea how many calories are burnt whilst singing? In fact singing is exhausting, core muscles can get very sore; hence I'm guessing there would be; the question is how much?
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Doing Squats and somehow hurt my arm
Had to cut the workout short
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Wall Pilates
Has any one done wall pilates. I went on line but they want money. I would like to have an exercise on my MyFitnessPal with an app that we can go to and exercise..
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Anyone ever heard of/Know of apps for Virtual Fitness buddies?
So I recently found a really interesting app for working called "Focusmate" it's for WFH people to have a work/accountability buddy. It's REALLY cool. You start the session telling the other person what your goals are for that session. They go for 25 or 50mins. This would be so awesome for fitness and I would know if any…
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Personal trainer
I am looking to possibly get a personal trainer maybe once or twice a week but I am having trouble finding one in my area. I don't belong to a gym. I posted something on a sight and it said i should have received emails with quotes from personal trainers in in less than 12 hrs and now it has been 30 hrs and still nothing.…
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Looking for help with my Apple Watch and how it works with MFP
I just transitioned from a Fitbit to an Apple Watch and so far it's great for all the extra things it does, but I'm not quite up to speed on how it works with MFP. I found a great post yesterday that walked me through how to connect the two. So that's done, but a couple of things: 1. I have my calories set to maintenance,…
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Painful joints
I have serious joint issues...pain, swelling, pinched nerves...My bones and joints are a mess. It's why I quit before. I exercised so much I couldn't really move any more. And of course I fell back into bad habits. Now I'm fat again and extremely upset about it. I need suggestions....what kind of exercises can I actually…
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Any Military/Firefighters
I spent 9 years in the Marine Corps infantry and am now a firefighter so I’m looking for people with similar backgrounds for advice and motivation. Feel free to add me
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How to track calories burned through exercise
I'm new on this application and I want to count the calories burned through running, a lot of walking and body weight exercises i do. As i have different exercise routine for everyday. Is it possible with my smartphone only??
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Listen to me
More and more I'm seeing the population with slumped shoulders and heads moving into forward position due to sitting at desks and computer work for long hours along with commuting times being over an hour or more a day. TRAIN YOUR REAR DELTS and UPPER BACK. So much emphasis is being put on butt and legs for women and chest…
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Adding Running & Weight Training
I just discovered that when I log my minutes that I run/walk (that is calculated by my "Map My Fitness" app) then enter the calories, MFP ACCURATELY keeps those calories. HOWEVER, when I enter the time I worked out on weights and then enter the calories that a different online tells me I burned, MFP automatically enters a…
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Can you get too much Zone 2 Aerobic exercise?
I lift weights 5 times a week but I also started doing two hours of Zone 2 Aerobic exercise daily; one hour in the morning and one in the evening. At my age getting into Zone 2 consists of walking on the treadmill 3 mph at 10% rise. I do this to increase my metabolic threshold and overall aerobic health. Is this too much…
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What is best to do in winters... Cutting or Bulking??
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Tired of just regular planks? Try this
I haven't had many clients that could do it well. But it's called "stability ball plank rollouts". WAY HARDER than a regular plank and increases strength all over the core area. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOPq6iXol4k A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer IDEA Fitness member Kickboxing Certified…
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Trying to find the "sweet spot" with my running
How often do my fellow runners run? I got back into running once I lost a significant amount of weight. I'm been playing around with my routine but I'm looking to see what everyone else does. I've gone from 5 days a week to 6 days a week to 3 days on 1 day off. 30 minute run. Usually around 5km. What does everyone else do.
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New need motivation
Hi. Getting back into the fitness and health program. Looking for ideas for training and food ideas. Also looking for groups and friends to keep the motivation going
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Belly Fat, exercise and non response
Hello, I weigh 133 lb/ 5' 4" and have been actively engaging in at least an hour intense strength focused workout routine daily for over a month focused on my core and specifically my abdomen. I do include some cardio and I walk daily for close to 10, 000 steps minimum. My diet is low calorie but, I do focus on consuming…
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Will sweating irritate and make cold sores worse?
Hey everyone, Unfortunately this morning I woke up with a HUGE cold sore on my lip and it's already got really swollen. I am taking some valacyclovir to help make the healing process faster. I really want to go to the gym and work out. But last time I exercised with a cold sore when I was taking valacyclovir, it wasn't…
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Waist trainers? Belt?
I’ve been seeing a lot of people wearing waist trainers in the gym while they’re working out. Especially when they are lifting / doing ab workouts. Does it help with anything? Especially does it help with losing your “rolls” and make it rounder or flatter ? I have no idea what I’m talking about lmao. So I’m v curious on…
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Exercising with thumb arthritis
Any tips for working out with thumb arthritis? I do strength training at the gym and yoga, and my painful thumb arthritis is making it difficult.
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Nordic Track Treadmill - ifit?
Looking at a Nordictrack 1750 treadmill but not sure I want to commit to a monthly subscription for iFit. Does anyone have a Nordictrack and just use the programs that come preloaded? If so, what kinds of things do you get with it?
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Jiu Jitsu Lovers
Was wondering if any of the members are Jiu Jitsu Lovers? Its my main source of exercise so would really love to connect with more in this community. Give me a Shout Out OSS >:)
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Garmin watch for tracking?
Hi everyone, I have been considering getting a Garmin watch to replace my fitbit bit but I have a couple questions. If you have a garmin watch, how has it been for tracking your running and other fitness activities? Have you had issues connecting it to my fitness pal? How has your watch held up? I am a heavy equipment…
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Barefoot running
Hi I would love to have a thread/discussion about the health benefits of running barefoot as I started doing it in 2020 and my knee and hip niggles disappeared !