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Submit your health and fitness tips for the chance to be featured in our 2023 New Year’s plan!
We want to know your top health and fitness tips, especially when it comes to conquering your goals! What helps you stay consistent, see improvements, and/or reach new personal achievements? Are you setting your clothes out the night before an early morning workout to make getting out the door a little bit easier? Do you…
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Winter: how not to freeze when working out?
Just wonder if someone else has the same problem: I ran for 90 minutes at just below freezing today. The whole 90 minutes my arms and legs were cold, and once I got home I slipped into bed with my electric mattress cover on full power. I was so cold I didn't even notice this. Took a shower on highest temperature and was…
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Health & Fitness tips 2023
Be kind to yourself, create intentions for everyday, don't beat yourself up if you have a bad day. Find your why, stop comparing yourself to anyone. Only one in the race is you. Just be better than yourself. Stop making excuses and just start. 10, 15 minutes a day. Especially if you are very out of shape. Take baby steps.…
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Sydney Cummings
Hey, Next I will be finishing the Ignite program/playlist on YouTube (at my own pace though). What is your favorite program of Sydney? I'm not sure which one to do next (I am still a beginner)
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My trainer keeps increasing the dumbbell weight every week
I have been working out with a personal trainer for the past two weeks and every week he wants to up the weight of the dumbbells i use to do upper body work and squats and lunges. I went from lifting 8lbs to 20lbs in two weeks. Is this normal? I always thought you should increase your weights slowly. Honestly if i were…
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Very minor surgery: nope, no exercise for now.
Ugh.. so I had minor surgery yesterday afternoon: a huge lipoma was removed from my outer ankle. Cut turned out to be bigger than planned because it would not pop out in one go but fell apart. Pain is not really present but I still am not allowed to exercise for at least a week, possibly longer. Well.. wearing shoes is…
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Why don't most gyms have Arc Trainers or a wider variety of cardio equipment?
I am thankful that Planet Fitness has Arc Trainers. Most PF gyms have them. I prefer them over ellipticals. I remember when 24 Hour Fitness had Arc Trainers. In my area, they had 3 Total Body Arc Trainers in one of my Super Sport gyms. And then 2 of them were always out of service. That only lead to 1 left and often times…
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New Here
I’m new here and hope this is how to introduce myself. I’ve lost a respectable amount so far. I’ve been using MFP for three months and still am learning how it works. I look forward to recipes you have to share.
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Non-floor exercises
It would be nice to have strengthening, stretching and toning exercise videos that don't require getting on your knees or the floor available in our program app. Any thoughts?
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Hill climber without using arms?
I really want to buy a hill climber machine for my home gym, but I have a long-standing shoulder issue and wouldn’t be able to use handlebars that require arm movement. Is there a machine that would allow me to keep my arms stationary? All the ones I’ve looked at seem to involve an upper body workout as well. In an ideal…
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What is the fastest way to improve fitness?
I had a knee injury (torn meniscus) this year that, while waiting for surgery and then during recovery, kept me on the couch for a good six months. Now, even though I get about 8-10K steps a day for my job, I feel winded still. Mind you, I’m 47 and overweight, but I’ve never felt like this and I want to feel like I can…
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My stomach is shrinking but it’s also hanging
I’ve lost quite a bit of weight but my stomach now droops down. The skin from my upper belly is folding at the bellybutton (which has actually caused a minor infection inside my belly button) and my lower belly is drooping causing it to uncontrollably rub on my more sensitive area. I just need some advice as to how to get…
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Be aware of your alcohol intake
For most people the weekend or nights out is where most of the damage is done.. its usually not tracked and then over consumption of alcohol likely leads to poor food choices afterwards. I can't explain all the tips here but in short I would advise that you know what's in your cocktails. This will allow you to better…
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My top tips
Belly Dance with Leilah Isaacs on her new app is one of my top ways to workout. I cross train a lot and in between weight training, boxing, and using the Expresso HD bike at the gym, is the belly dancing. I’ve been doing her videos for two years now and u literally never have to do a plank again! Plus I love the music!…
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Have You Upgraded to Premium?
I am truly considering upgrading to premium, but I would sincerely like to hear from those of you that have it, what to you find is the greatest help or support to your weight loss journey? How long have you personally been using the upgraded version? I am looking for one purposeful application to use for the rest of my…
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Run, run run
Was a runner way way back in HS. Just started again this past July. Now I’m running about 4miles a day at a 9- 9:30 mile pace. Love to hear what you are doing. Always looking for more motivation.
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Get comfortable shoes
If you are doing a lot of walking as part of your fitness/health journey, I recommend visiting a specialist shoe store and get fitted for good walking/running shoes and socks. Makes all the difference when you are walking for your health.
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Just found out I’m type2 diabetic
I’ve also found got high blood pressure.apart from epilepsy and copd .and anxiety also ckd but I don’t want sympathy or anything.but I just what I’m saying is you’ve got to battle on.and I respect people so much that try and try again.you can’t give in or what is the point of being here.keep looking after your health as…
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Starting weight training has cost me my cardio gains?
I work out five days a week. Before i used to run four days and briskly walk on the fifth. I have now hired a personal trainer to help me put on muscle. He trains me three days a week and i run on my own 2 days a week. I have noticed that i am out of breath much sooner now on the treadmill and cannot run as far as before.…
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Frustrated about lack of progress in exercise
For the past 3 years I have been diligently doing calisthenics for 50 mins a day, 5-6 days a week. I have seen some improvement in my muscle tone, but not much. I am feeling frustrated. Nowadays, when I begin exercising my mind says to me, "forget it. You are never going to improve. Don't even try." Its really…
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Stupid question alert!
If I use my exercise bike for 30 minutes in one shot and then another 30 minutes sometime later, are the calorie benefits the same? I get that I won't gain as many endurance benefits, but are there any calorie differences? As I type this, I'm thinking it really is a stupid question, but there you are. Happy Sunday.
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Workout pants
Leggings that stay up or work out pants that stay up and don’t make your thighs chafe. Size L. Please help
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Standardization
An assumption is that everyone is different. Though, grocery planning, meal prepping, pre-loading recipes, and dividing the portions per serving all help us to best to stay on track. Alongside those essentials in the kitchen, staying organized in the home also helps us to manage our feng shui relating to our energy. Feng…
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Vegetarian training for first St. Jude half marathon.
Hiiii.... I've only ever finished 5ks and would appreciate some pointers on a training method and diet to followed for training for a half marathon. I have no idea what I'm doing or where to start.
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Food scale
My Fitnesspal needs a the ability to sync Bluetooth food scales in their app. Anyone else agree?
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Adding exercise manually
Is there any way to add exercise, including calories, manually? I go to a fitness study that uses a heart rate monitor to calculate my calories, but it isn't a supported app or device.
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Just started working out, should I increase my calories?
I eat about 1300-1500 a day. I've lost about 85 pounds in the last year doing so, but I'm still about 280 pounds. In the last few weeks, I've started working out. I went from being basically sedentary, to walking 1-2 additional miles a day, and doing 40+ minuets of HIT 5 days week, with a focus on weights and resistance.…
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A good App for counting calories when using a Heart Rate Monitor
Can anyone recommend an App that calculates calorie burn that uses your HRM data for more accuracy? I am finding that the apps I have tried, like MapMyFitness are only using static calories per minute and do not factor in the intensity.
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Stalled on lifts, looking for advice
Hi, So I've been doing some powerlifting for a while and seem to have permanently stalled/plateaued on all my lifts and was perhaps looking on some advice as to what I can change to break plateau and continue making progress. Some context: I've been powerlifting on/off for a while now and have been at minimum consistently…
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Looking for Accountability Buddy
Hi! I'm an OA member and I am looking for an accountability buddy for daily fitness/workouts. I have schizophrenia so motivation is difficult for me. It would be a great help to have someone to workout with or go on walks/do yoga with everyday on low energy days. I am on PST. Please feel free to message me if you are…