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Body recomposition
Hi I’m New to MyFitnessPal! I recently discovered weight lifting about 2 years ago shortly after I lost 20 pounds, and I fell in love 😅 it’s seriously the best. I tend to shift slightly towards body building, only because I realized how much muscles can shape your body. It’s crazy!! I’m currently on a cut right now, trying…
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Is it good to do cardio everyday if you want to eat more?
I have a desire to walk 10,000+ steps per day so I can eat more. Or swim, or use the elliptical. Someone I know has taken a different approach and does weight training a few times a week so they have more muscle and burn more calories during the day. I feel like doing both is better, but the cardio makes more sense for…
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Hashimoto hypo thyroid & body recomp
Hi - quick summary: 50 yo male w Hashimoto’s for like 10 years bmi at 36 so overweight yet very strong w lots of muscle mass. Gluten free, healthy diet, tons of hydration, can’t lose the fat. Been on a body recomp program for a year w calorie adherance of 1800 strength train 3 days cardio on the other 2. My body has…
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Question
Why do i feel like i get a better cardio workout on my peloton vs the cardio equipment at the gym? I just rode for 45 Geez louise
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How many calories do you think dirtbiking (moto) burns?
Trail riding with sand, hills, etc. I'm always starving after but don't want to go extremely over my calories. :) I'm 5'1 and my bike weighs around 250lbs with gas. My forearms is what feels the most worked after a single track too.
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Who else here rucks?
I read Michael Easter's "the Comfort Crisis" and picked up rucking as a fitness activity. I never enjoyed running or lifting weights. I love walking and hiking so adding a weighted pack to those activities was super easy for me to do. The amount of calories expended rucking blows away whatever I was able to burn from…
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Battle ropes or Rowing
I'm going to be doing both eventually , im just doing rowing once a day at the moment. But what is the better exercise? In your personal opinion. I love rowing , but i wanted to throw battleropes into the mix to.
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Muscle Soreness
I have been weight lifting for some time and in the past have been pretty sore after my workouts. However, lately I've been able to get through my workouts even after increasing weights and have not gotten sore at all. My muscles feel really tight and I have a good pump but no soreness at all. The question is, if I'm not…
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Weight Lifting and Cardio Effectiveness
Hello all. So I was doing just cardio (walking on an incline treadmill for 30 minutes a day). Then I threw in lifting for 20-30 minutes then a cool down with 10 minutes of the walking and I found that, both together, they have dropped my weight quicker. Anyone else find this? Is it better to lift or do cardio for a lot of…
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Achilles Tendonitis
I am a soccer referee and this season have developed tendonitis in my Achilles. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make it go away, other than rest? I warm up and stretch before and after and the stretching just seems to aggravate it more.
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Apple Watch tracking steps and exercise question
I have an Apple Watch which tracks my steps as well as exercise. When I go for my morning walk I track that as exercise and walk 4km. What I have noticed is that in the my fitness pal app it will give me extra calories for that walk as well as extra calories for the steps that I took during the walk. Is there some way to…
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Help Needed: Workout Plan for Sufferers of Long COVID
I caught COVID 3 times in 2 years. My exercise routine used to be a mix of boxing and Barry’s, 5-7 times a week depending on my schedule. After my last brush with COVID in April 2022, I have been finding it very difficult to head to the gym or anything physically draining because of my extreme fatigue and burning/sore…
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Polar HRM Users
Is anyone still using a Polar heart rate monitor to measure calories burned? I use a polar ft4 still, nice, reliable and simple and seems to be very accurate. In the age of fitbits etc just curious and also willing to add some more pals for motivation and accountability. Goal Lose 25lbs Height 5'7 Current Weight 171
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How many rest days do you take?
Do you take them between training days or all in a row? I usually do 2 on, 2 off. But thinking of doing 4 straight this week. My arms are sore from upper yesterday, so I don't know if lower is a good idea since I'm deadlifting etc.
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How long should I wait to workout after having Covid?
After 3 years, I finally caught the Rona. :/ How long after symptoms stop should I workout (at home btw)? Also, will this ruin my progress? I took a deload week last week so I'm having a hard time being laid up right now. I got 2 workouts in this week before getting sick but still feeling guilty and anxious to get back…
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Should I bulk, cut, or recomp?
Looking for advice on whether I should bulk, cut, or recomp at this point! I’ve been attempting a slight caloric deficit over the past year (slow cut) because I wanted to lose 10-15 lbs. I did, but now I still want to be able to see my abs more and just look more toned overall. But I also want to add more muscle,…
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Lol, first time in a long time
So this week, it's the first time in a LONG time that I've not had any pain whether it be from tendinitis, a sprain, a pulled muscle, etc. I've totally forgot what it feels like. Have been able to workout out pretty much care free so far this week. A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer IDEA Fitness member…
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How accurate are fitbits? is it worth getting a new one?
I've had my fitbit inspire 2 for 8 months and I'm having problems with it. It seems to be overestimating how many steps I'm doing. I haven't been able to find a fix for this on the fitbit forums and I haven't been able to contact the fitbit support team (websites not working for me). It seems like maybe because I brought…
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Foot injury! Recommendations wanted for YouTube strength training workouts with no standing.
Have been in a good groove with strength training but need to take at least two months off of any standing workouts to heal my foot injury. Does anyone have a favorite YouTube channel for seated and lying down strength training? TIA!!
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Mapmywalk app
Hi there. I cant sync my workouts with MFP and babe to manually log them in. What am i doing wrong?
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If you can do more easily, should you? (assuming you have time/energy)
I've posted on WW forums (have been a member) about my long walks and people are saying I'm doing too much. They seem to think because of my obesity level that I should only do like 5,000 steps a day. On my best day, I've done 35,000 steps. Maybe not quickly, but it was easy enough. I've been thinking maybe I try to overdo…
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Rebalance arms?
I’m calling upon the mfp gods for help again AnnPT77 where are you? Long story short, I ripped open my finger on a chain basketball net back in 8th grade and was put into a splint/cast + stitches for months Left arm became weaker than right and it’s been that way ever since Recently learned how to weight train properly and…
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Is this the logical next step? (trouble with fitbit and accurate logging)
I haven't lost weight in two months. My fitbit seems to greatly be overestimating how many calories I've burnt. My weightloss was set to 0.25kg a week (different account), and I was eating back all of my exercise calories from my fitbit. I am wondering if this is why I wasn't losing, or if I was using too many user…
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Garmin Epix Pro VO2 Max vs Training Readiness
I am 58 years old, and I have not been active since hip replacement surgery a couple years ago. But I've played tennis about 4 days per week this summer, and I usually get in 10,000+ steps per day. I'm still probably 15 lbs overweight. That sounds active enough, but I used to run 6 miles every day. Those days are over.…
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Weights, Calisthenics or both?
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Apple Watch step adjustment
I just started tracking my steps with an Apple Watch and I'm confused as to why it puts these small adjustments on my daily fitness tracker. I add the walking minutes manually so what does the Apple Watch adjust?
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Any recommendations for good sports psychology books?
I’ve been having some sports psychology coaching which has massively helped my nerves (don’t enjoy all the eyes on me when I lift) but I’d also like to read some stuff. Obviously there is tonnes out there, so I’d love to hear about any books / publications people rate or found helpful. Hit me!
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Is it bad to lift late in the night?
I have an all day event today and I really want to hit upper day. Would 11 p.m./12 a.m. be too late? I normally lift late afternoon or evening. If it was earlier in the week I would push it off until tomorrow, but tomorrow is Sunday and this is the last upper of my week. :/
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Is this routine good for muscle building
Hi, a quick back story. I have been going to the gym about 8 months but have not put on muscle i believe this was due to diet as i was not eating enough calories, I have gained a lot of strength but I was wondering if this routine would be good for muscle building. When i hit 12 reps for an exercise i will move up the…
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Post pictures of your dream home gym!
I'll show mine if you show yours!