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skipping
Well, so I thought i would try some skipping. Yesterday i did 15 minutes, and today 16 minutes, but it says I have burned nearly 200 calories each time on Fitnesspal. Does anyone know if this is correct? I felt I worked really hard and definitely got my heart racing!
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Victorious Victoria Day Challenge. . .May 13
I'm the first one up today??? I'm up really late too. Less than a week left. Only 4 days left for me before I drive, drive, drive to the beach. I read yesterday that walking on the beach burns twice as many calories as walking on a hard, even surface. It must be a sign. Yesterday I did the first segment of the Smart…
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Question for Banks and/or all Bikers
Yesterday I posted that I had gotten a Polar F11, and how much MFP under valued the the cals burned. Today I rode my bike 12 miles in 58 mins. (that's 12.4 mph) and MFP calculates the cals burned to be 552. Now, my HRM says I burned 1,052! Is that right? I'm sort of afraid to eat those extra cals, I've been consistent at…
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Starting Interval Training
So, this afternoon I'm going to start my 10 week interval training regimen. I'm going to use the couch to 5k plan from here: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml Now, i'm probobly going to do this in a public park, but even so, how important are proper running shoes? Should I pick a pair up this afternoon?
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Outside running advice please....
So I have spent the last few months working my way up to 9 miles on the treadmill. I usually do circut training 3 mornings a week (MWF) and do 5 miles on Tuesday and Thursday nights with a long run on Saturday mornings. Heres the issue.... My husband has been telling me its a lot easier to run on a treadmill as the machine…
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High Altitude Run
Well after a couple weeks of hemming & hawing I did sign up for the mountain 10k. I'm already envisioning the evergreen trees straining towards me as I suck all the air out surrounding them. :bigsmile:
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Marathon, would you, did you?
Warning, this is a long read.. Anyone training for a marathon? Would you like to share how or why you decided to register for one, or planning to? I started running on a treadmill last December, before I even heard of Myfitnesspal website. I was looking for ways to lose weight, and I wanted to get into weight lifting to…
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Busting your butt to hit a goal?
So, I just saw that my current weight is 241. That puts me 2 pounds away from the lowest weight I've had since... middle school? Part of me is considering just going home and doing crazy cardio every night this week to plow into the 230's... is this bad... good... neutral? I know I have to go about it a healthy way, but…
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Exercise
I have discovered that I HAVE to exercise to have this work right. I don't know if any ot you have discovered this but I was pondering my calories yesterday cause I couldn't exercise and was so grouchy that I went over 200. Well, duh, that's cause I was used to those being my exercise calories. Hats off to anyone who can…
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GAAAAHHHH
I RE-INJURED!!!!!!!! :noway: Must have been Thursday, that's the last time I ran... But I didnt even notice until Saturday, isn't that weird? This is how I feel about shin splints: :explode:
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Is this for real??
I received a Polar F11 HRM for Mother's Day - they even let me pick it out myself. Anyway I wore it today while I cleaned houes. The normal weekly cleaning, kitchen, bathrrom, dusting, vacuum and mop. It reported that in the 1 hour and 51 min. I worked, I used 893 cals! Can this be correct?? If it is, I have been seriously…
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no knee pain
after hiking in Pinnacles National Monument for 2.5 hours, i had NO knee pain at all. (pretending i'm holding an award like an oscar, but shaped like a knee) i'd like to thank MFP for helping me lose 15 pounds so far... i'd like to thank the MFP community for believing in me. i'd like to thank my wonderful supportive…
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HARDER FOR WOMEN TO LOSE WEIGHT W/EXERCISE
Interesting. My husband always loses weight quickly when we walk together. Now I know why! Check out this news report on why it's harder for women to lose weight with exercise. Great tips too: http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=86743
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Workout Suggestions
I am trying to think of some new workouts to do with my group. I was wondering if anyone new of any good websites that had sample workouts (aerobics, Aerobic Dance Routines, fat burning routines) that I can look at. Thanks for the help!!!! I love this site!!!!!!!
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Victorious Victoria Fitness Challenge May 12
Good Monday morning all! I decided to add my stationary bike to my daily routine again so I rode for 20 minutes at 22 MPH and then did HH Abs TBB. The weather is cooler today so I will head out to walk shortly. Everyone have a great day!:heart:
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fitwatch.com?
Has anyone ever used fitwatch.com to determine calories burned? How accurate is it?
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New Favorite!
I just found my new favorite exercise! I love roller blading now! It has been so long since I rollarbladed, but my friend was telling me how many calorie you can burn (according to MFP over 500 in a 1/2 hour!). So, I decided to give it a try! I absolutely love it! :love: I went at night and it was just so exhilarating, I…
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Arm Fat.
So i have a little arm fat that I want to get rid of. What kind of exercise should I do for that?? Any Ideas people. let me know, Thanks, ! Happy Moms Day !
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what's more important?
What's more important, meeting the number of minutes exercised goal or calories burned during exercise?
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My F11 Just arrived!
Just got back to my cube and there was a big priority mail box here waiting for me. Now to figure out how to use this beast! Just think, with the help of this thing I'll soon look like one of those Greek God statues :laugh:
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Body For Life - 12 Week Challenge
Hi all I'm starting the Body For Life 12 week challenge today and I'm really excited as hundreds of people have done it and look fantastic!!!! I just thought I'd share with you all so you could see if you were interested, it is a free challenge (at my gym anyway!) and is sponsored by EAS (protein shake company) but you…
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Burned 1687 Calories
I went snow shoeing today for 3+ hours, we only took one 5 minute break, otherwise we just kept going. The loop was only about 8 miles, but it was tough...the snow was wet and heavy due to being late in the season, and the hills were tough. There were many soft spots where the snow was so soft that I sunk in about a foot…
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Training for a Tri
I have been in training for a sprint triathalon for a couple months now, and I did my first brick today. Its when you do two back to back exercises. So I did 25 min of cycling (pulling my daughter in the chariot) and then 25 min of running (puching my daughter this time). The cycling was good, but I was tired when I…
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Does anyone have a Mio Heart Rate Monitor?
I was looking on Amazon for one and ended up buying this one. It's the one for women. Any experience with this brand?
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Victorious Victoria Day Challenge. . .May 11
Happy Mother's day! (to the Moms out there). So, today I go to dance class for an hour and a half, and I'll walk there and back (1 hour total). I'm also going to try to get an hour of housework in. So, I discovered yesterday that my favorite spin class gets canceled during the summer, so yesterday was the last one until…
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Dancing the night away
Hello to all, I just found out that my weight is affecting my dancing lesson. I am learning how to step which is simalar to ballroom dancing. I am doing this 4 days a week , 2 hours a day. This dancing thing really tells you how fit you are. I can barely dance 30 minutes without needing my astma pump. Thats the downside of…
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Running - the mind blocks
ARGH!!! :explode: I KNOW I can make it up this one stupid hill, but my brain stops me every dern time!!! It's not the longest, it's not the steepest...but I always walk the last 20 yards regardless!!! :explode: I want to do a 1/2 marathon in August, but my brain tells me a 10k that that's all I can do. :explode: I need to…
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Biking???
Does anyone here do leisurely biking as their exercise. I was wondering how people like it and if it is an enjoyable way to exercise. I rode a bike all the time when I was a kid, but in the past 15 or so years I have only done it once and I must say I was quite wobbly. But we have a nice park behind our apartment, its is…
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NUTRITION ADVICE FOR A SWIMTEAM SWIMMER
This is such an awesome community, and so full of "fitness gurus", of which I am definitely NOT, I would like to ask your nutrition advice for my son. Actually I have two swimteamers, but my 13-year old son is a very motivated, going for the gold, swimmer. He has not totally gone through puberty yet, I suspect because of…
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I LOVE MY HRM!
Been using my HRM for 4 days now and I love it!!!!!! It has been so enlightening to see what I'm really burning in calories. Interestingly--MFP estimates low for my stationary bike but high when I enter in for riding my bike outside. And, I found out that I've been pushing myself too hard when riding and probably going WAY…