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too fat to lift?
Hey everyone. I am a 33 year old female, 5'8, 226 lbs. I've dabbled with lifting over the past couple of years and am currently doing Les Mills Pump 3x a week and running 3x a week. I haven't been tracking my nutrition until a couple days ago. I'm at 2100 calories. 40/30/30 macros. I seem to gain and lose the same 5 lbs.…
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fat loss challenge
I am wondering if anyone has ever completed the fat loss challenge from eat to perform . com? I am interested in hearing thoughts about this. Thanks
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Assistance exercises for OHP?
I'm stalling at 125... so deloading and working back up. There must be something else i can do to help this along... some assistance lifts? Thanks. TG
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MelBourne gym junkie
Hey all anyone lives in Australia, Melbourne and trains at anytime/zap fitness hit me up need a new gym buddy.
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Pain in heel of hand
Hi all. I wanted to see if there was anything I could do about the pain that I get in the heel of my hand when doing the OHP (primarily in my left hand). I don't know how to change this or if there is anything I can do.
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hi to all
Hello to all My name is Neil I’m 38 year old dad of 5 kids. I decided to get fit a last year and started my journey properly about 5 weeks ago. Right now I am in the first week of Focus T25 Beta by beach body. I have also started a blog to chronicle my journey you can find it here…
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hi
Hello just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Angelia and I am new to this. I have tried losing weight many times before and have quickly given up. I am determined to succeed this time. I look forward to making new friends too along the journey.
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Gym Story Saturday
First of all, I apologize to Sarah and Patrick if they don't want this thread here. Please delete at your discretion. I don't frequent the main forums. ....don't get me started. This is pretty much the only group I semi-frequent. Just thought you could all use a few laughs once in a while. Here's the most recent gym story…
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Classical stretch
Has anyone used DVDs classical stretch using the Esmonde technique? It is a series of stretches designed for weight loss and pain relief. If youhave used it ,in what sequence do you do the exercises ? How did you like the exercises?
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Why exercise?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hozYuc1xbc8&feature=youtu.be
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Muscles and body image (woman)
well, let's face it. I have muscles. Like a lot of muscles. I train hard, and eat right. So... My issue is the way people perceive me, and call me. Since I lift heavy, and have the muscles to prove it, i have been call at the gym "beast", " machine", " tank", etc... Always with admiration, true, but i dislike theses words.…
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Substitute for squats
I injured my right shoulder last summer, and it's not getting any better, so I'm looking for another option for squats. I'm using All Pro, and since we don't have a squat rack, I do goblet squats. As the dumbbells have gotten heavier, it's really jerking my shoulder when I flip my hands around the end of the dumbbell to…
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Getting really frustrated
Hi guys, I could really do with some advise!!! I have been lifting for a yr now and although my progress was slow, partly due to my own issues I have now fully committed to a progressive overload training regime and have increased my lifts by a lot in the last 2 months. I am following strong curves program. My problem is I…
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Deadlift: Conventional to Sumo
Based on some issues I've had with conventional deadlifts, and talking with a few of the guys Saturday, I'm going to switch over to sumo. The thing is: where do I start? I'm going back to 5/3/1 - not sure why I ever got away from it, as it worked very well for me before - and I'm not sure if I should just start going sumo;…
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Testing 1RM with Wendler 5/3/1
Since it's the end of the year, I'd like to test my 1RM. The question is whether I test 1RM next week, which would ordinarily be the heavy week of my cycle, or whether I take a deload week and then test 1RM the following week. Current training information - I am following the 4 day Wendler 5/3/1 triumvirate template. I…
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Form presses
I just watched the OHP presses video below, and saw a few videos on power cleans. I don't have sound on my computer, thus excuse me when this is wrong. It seems like the bar should rest on the shoulder muscles. I think it's clear it should certainly not be on the colar bones (been there, got the bruise). I've seen various…
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Advise on lifting: would this work?
I'm currently in a country where the only gym I could use belongs to the gated community I live in. There's a rack, a bench I can move into it for bench presses, and two bars, each weighing about 5-6kg (thus no olympic bar). Total amount of weights is about 80kg. This gym has very limited opening hours and there's usually…
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IIFYM
Probably one of the most amazing but misunderstood concepts circulating among bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts in general, is IIFYM. What started as a phrase from a user named Erik Stevens on bodybuilding.com, quickly caught on and proceeded to cause an uproar of internet stupidity everywhere. IIFYM stands for "If It…
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advice on lifting schedule
Quick question. My goal is to shed a little body fat. I'm about 20% and 118 lbs right now. I recently started eating a lot more protein and increasing weight training. Still doing 3 heavy cardio sessions a week. The only days I can lift are Wed, Thurs, and Fri. Since the days are consecutive I can't do a full body routine…
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Stalling on lifts--not sure if I even want to progress...
I was following SL 5x5, but usually only getting in 2 workouts instead of 3. We eventually found the time to increase our weights to 3x/wk by doing morning workouts. I got my squats (5x5) to 140 and bench to 90 (105 1rmax) and then got sick with flu and strep. Everything went down and hasn't quite come back. I workout…
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Back pain with squats
I know to get the best advice I need to take a video and post to the form check... After lifting I have had some lingering back pain in the middle of my back and a bit in my upper back. I am pretty sure that it is due to my squats. I have been doing high-bar back squats as part of the NROL4W program. Any tips on what I…
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Adjusting goals and macros
I was here before but scared to trust the numbers. Well, here I am again! haha. Still scared. the last month or so I tried changing my percentages, basically limiting my diet to 50% carbs (meaning eating more protein and fat). I think this helped some of my digestive issues, but still not seeing the progress I'd like. I've…
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SL 5x5 injury. What to do now?
So pretty much about two summers ago I was down to 190 then I ended up getting tendinitis and hating life. Long story short I stalled, tried to find other ways to lose and ended up gaining. I have since healed and want to get back in action, I tried doing this with the SL program. I got up to 240 on my squats but got hurt.…
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20 to 30lbs to go, what should my weight loss target be?
I really want to keep it at 2lbs, but those calories are hard to maintain for me without lots of exercise. I'm afraid to lower it cause I want to hit my goal asap, but what is generally recommended when you are close to goal weight?
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NON-SHEER Athletic Pants?
It seems impossible to find athletic pants that aren't see-through. I've bought various brands and tried various sizes to no avail. :s Anyone know any good brands for athletic pants?
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fit to ULTRA-fit!!
Hi, thanks for taking the time to read my question. I'm in my mid-forties. I'm 5'2" and 118 for over 20 years, and I mainly use MFP because I like to see the details of what I'm eating. My fitness level is above average. Workout details at the end. My diary is open, so you can see what I eat. (Week of March 9th is missing…
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Disturbed Sleep on a Bulk!!!
Hi, Off late I have trouble getting sleep at night. This is happening from the time I started Bulking a few weeks ago. I had been cutting cals for over a year & currently I'm having a couple of hundred cals above my TDEE. I get sound sleep on the days I workout. But on Non workout days I find it very difficult to get…
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Help a newb- stalling on lifts and maybe fat loss?
Hi! Thanks for the great info in this group- I've been lurking on here for a few weeks. I haven't been on a weight loss stall but I am stalled out on my weight lifting and I am not seeing any evidence of actual fat loss so I'm wondering if there is something I should tweak with my diet and/or my workout. Sorry this is so…
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BMR Included in MFP's Activities
Just curious whether MFP automatically factors in your BMR when it calculates calories burned, say, for an hour of jogging. At first glance it looks like they don't factor it in, which would mean it would be constantly overestimating the calories you are burning. For example if it says an hour of walking burns 300…
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Ask Eric Helms
Hey everyone, Sara and I may have an opportunity to interview Eric Helms. We would be doing this on behalf of the community here on our ETP page, so we'd like you to please reply to this message with one or two questions. Sara and I will then pick and choose from the replies along with some questions we may think of.…
