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I don't have an answer, but what's your resting heart rate?
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Have you tried switching up your squat routine? Are you doing warm-up sets at lower weights? I made gains when I varied between 5x5 sets, pyramids (10 reps at a lower weight, 8 at slightly higher, 6 at higher, etc. and then reverse), and particularly when I added split squats to my routine. My favorite was to do a pyramid…
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+1 for Strava.
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I'm a 34-year-old mother of four, and until February of this year I had literally never run a mile in my life or done anything athletic. I completed the Couch to 5K program in March and ran my first 5K race in early May with a time of 26:01. I continued lifting heavy 3x/week and running 2-3x/week and cut my 5K time to…
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For me personally, MFP's calories are 30-50% higher than what I actually burn. I have a low resting heart rate and am fairly fit. For my husband, who is slightly overweight and has a higher resting heart rate, the estimates are far too low. Do you use a heart rate monitor? Although they are not accurate for anything other…
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I do the same thing. It started during one of my pregnancies since I had the munchies and had to pee so much at night. I still do it almost nightly, usually around 4:30 a.m. when I wake up to use the bathroom (or when the dog wakes me up because she needs to go). I don't wake up because I'm hungry, and if I were to stop…
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One word: earbuds. I generally find that earbuds prohibit unsolicited advice in the weight room. Men will be much less inclined to speak to you if you likely can't hear them. I also make a point to avoid eye contact with anyone other than the regulars who I can trust to leave me the heck alone while I do my thing.
