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Does anyone take Body Step?
I see that a lot of people take Body Pump and I do also but I haven't seen anyone mention Body Step. I love this class and have been doing it for almost a year now.
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Another treadmill qeustion!
Okay, I had made a post hmm maybe last week about how I thought the calories my treadmill is saying I've burnt is not very accurate. So, I found out through responses, my best way to tell was to get a HRM. I went out on a misson, to sports authority and bought myself the Polar F6 for 100. bucks. I tired it out today and…
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STRENGTH TRAINING CALORIES BURNED???
QUESTION: HOW COME CARDIO HAS CALORIES BURNED LISTED, BUT STRENGTH TRAINING DOES NOT? I UNDERSTAND THAT IT DOESN'T BURN AS MUCH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME IDEA AS IT IS SHOWN IN THE CARDIO OF A CALORIE BURN. CAN ANYONE HELP WITH THIS OR AT LEAST GIVE ME SOME IDEA WHAT I CAN ESTIMATE WHEN DOING STRENGTH TRAINING? I DID…
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opinion Polar F4 or F6
My HRM is broken and cannot be fixed (a polar, Ive had it for over 8 years) -- so, Im looking to buy a new one..Looking for opinions as to whether the F4 is good or if I should pay the more $ for the f6? Opinion?
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New "Shake Weight" on Ellen
Has anyone been using the new "shake weight" as seen on Ellen? Wondering if it would really do anything???
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Calories for Yoga and pilates
Hello. I was trying to track Yoga and pilates for exercise but I can't find it in the database? Any recommendations? It is exercise so I want to track it.
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Realistic Training goal?
Ok so last year my friend and I decided to randomly enter a 5k pick your time race. We both ran it together in 34 minutes and after that day I felt great. This was a big accomplishment for me because I stopped running 4 years ago because my asthma was too irritating. But she had a baby and was working on losing the baby…
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MIxing Everything Up
and loving it. i just wanted to get it out there that i was quite upset when we couldn't renew our gym membership, but now i am totally over it. i went through all of our old work out videos and found power 90, taebo, and the art of yoga. we just recently got power 90x too, and now i am using whatever routine whenever i…
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excersise ideas
Hey all. I was wondering what kind of excersises I can do besides walking. Things like crunches, and sit up. What kind of aerobic excersises do you all do?
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DFW People
So - I have a membership to LA Fitness, I always feel having a work out partner is easiest for me. I'm completly ADD and get bored very easily, even with music. Is there anyone in the area, closer to Plano that has a LA Fitness membership who wants a workout buddy - if so - I'm here.
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Stengthening Exercises
Why do the strengthening exercise not show calories burned when you enter them? Susan
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Overcoming a Weight Loss Plateau
I have recently lost just over 50 lbs (since July) and think I have hit a plateau. Until about a week ago, I was running on an arc trainer for 60 mins/4-5 times a week and burning about 900 calories a workout. I am confused about what I should change in order to overcome my plateau. Does anyone have any specific…
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What should I do at the gym?
So I'm going to the gym today. I want to loose 15 pounds so I know I obviously need to do some cardio. I was planning on using the arc trainer for 30 minutes...how does that sound? What else should I do?...I hate going to the gym
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P90X Question: Lean or Classic?
Hi everyone, I am about to start my 3rd week of P90X Classic. It is my first time doing it, but I'm wondering if I should switch to lean? My goal is to lose weight (about 20 lbs) and not to gain muscle/bulk. Would it be wise to change to the P90X Lean system to attain this goal, or should I stick with the classic? Thanks…
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Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shread DVD
Hello everyone! Today is my first day on myfitnesspal.com. I was recommended it from my sister, and so far I love the website. My only problem is with my exercising. I usually do an Elliptical trainer for 30 minutes, which isnt hard to count the calories I've burned, but I also do a 20 minute work out DVD from Jillian…
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question about exercise and food intake
I'm gonna repost this in nutrition and food, but I had a question. I teach an hour of dance aerobics every day except for Mondays, where I teach for 2 1/2 hours and Saturdays, when I teach for an hour and a half. I typically consume 1400 calories a day, which ends up being a lot of food for me, as most of my meals are low…
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Loves it!!!
I love that I burned 232 calories playing kickball with my kids for 30 mins!!!! :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:
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Question about back toning??
Does anybody know of any good workouts to get a defined back and lose the "back fat". Nothing I do seems to be working. Ive tried doing butterflies and differnt upper body weight machines(the graviton) and just get no results like I want. Please help!! Thank you!!
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Jillian Michaels 30 day shred question??
Ive been doing Jillian Michaels 30 day shred video for a little over 2 weeks now every other day. She doesnt say how heavy the weights are to use for the squats. I use 5 lbs in each hand, and sometimes it puts alot of strain on my legs causing very sore pain in my hamstrings. I am correctly postioned too so its not that at…
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Easy healthy snacks
I have found a great way to eat my veggies, and I have stuck with it for a month now! Once every week or two, I buy bags of baby carrots, snap peas, cucumbers, broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, whatever you like. I cut up and put a serving of mixed veggies in snack size ziploc bags and store them in the fridge. I throw one…
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Site for Calories burned?
Does anyone have a great site to track different exercises to find out how many calories that you burn? I can't seem to find any decent ones. There are exercises that don't exist in the database. Such as Zumba, Yoga, etc.
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biggest loser workout ?
I just bought the biggest loser last chance workout dvd. I did week one mondays workout and felt like i was gonna throw up by the end. Does anyone know how many calories this dvd works or how i can find out. thanks. joline
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Newbie question on Leslie Sansone 5 Mile Walk?
Has anyone tried this? How where your results? They don't seem to move fast enough to make it a 5 mile walk, what do you think?
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calories burned question
ok. so i went to the please touch museum in philly today and we were there for 4 1/2 hrs. and then we went to ikea for 30 mins and i converted the hours to mins and got 270 mins (took out time that we sat and ate lunch) and i pluged in that 270 mins of walking, and got 1158 calories burned...does that seem right? it just…
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Questions about snow activities
Does anyone have suggestions about entering snow activities such as shovelling snow or walking in deep snow (mid calf to knee deep) without snowshoes?
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Cardio DVDs for Men
Hey guys. I was wondering if anyone could recommend me a great cardio dvd for guys. My dad got a job in the Dominican Republic. They're in this army-camp type thing. No gym, no safe place to jog. (It's not the safest country) Anyway, my dad had always jogged for as long as I can remember. Unfortunatly, he's stuck to…
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Exercise with Injury
Does anyone have any good advice on how to still get in exercise while coping with an injury? I rupture plantar fascial last summer, ran the gamut of boot cast, PT ect and ended back in the boot last week for 4 weeks cause it didn't heel correctly and now I have additional foot issues associated with the rupture. Up till…
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TJ Max
So I went to TJ Max today and I really never shop in there just because Its an hour way. So I looked around and I found my favorite workout videos just different types there for 2.50 and 4.50 there were more but I wasn't sure if I had the same ones at home. So I was pumped. They had tons of workout stuff there for cheap.…
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Logging Calories Burned??
Hey everyone, got a stupid question to ask. I am trying to get back into the practice of logging all my eating AND excercising here on this site. I'm not sure, though, exactly what I should log as it relates to calories burned when doing cardio workouts. I have a heart rate monitor watch which I use to tell me how many…
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Polar F6 - reset base info?
Does anyone know how to re-set one's resting and active heart rates? I remember doing it when I first got the watch but want to re-do it (e.g. take the fitness tests on it again) because I've come so far since then. I know there was a setting where you can take the watch's version of the fitness tests (recall sitting down…