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chest strap is going to be way more accurate than any optical wrist-based HR sensor. my fitbit is always 20-30bpm lower than what my chest strap reports. for many different activities. i think the tech for wrist based activity trackers just isnt there yet. no actual athletes use wrist monitors for HR monitoring. they all…
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most of the effect comes from caffeine. sometimes they add other supplements that can give a tingly feeling, such as Beta Alanine. A lot of them contain creatine or BCAAs too. I find that stuff is not so useful, it doesnt matter what time of day you take creatine so I just have plain creatine after dinner. BCAAs arent…
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agree w. @CindyFooWho. MFP already calculates your defecit assuming you will eat back all the calories from exercise. if you eat back less than that you will be at a greater defecit than your stated goal. only reason not to eat back is if you think MFP is overestimating, which could be true. all that aside, if the scale is…
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double post oooops
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I would suggest re-framing the problem in your mind. "Exercise" is a sweaty, difficult ordeal that is not too enjoyable. Exercise for the sake of exercise is not a motivating mindset. I suggest you find some greater purpose for your exercise. That way, the point of each session is not just to get sweaty, but to fulfill…
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if you tend to use about 2000 cal a day... 5 eggs is about 400 calories. so for 5 days your calorie defecit is ~1600cal. so over 5 days you can lose (5*1600) = 8000 calories. or 2 lbs of fat. except, it is such an extreme caloric defecit that you won't lose only fat. youll lose muscle too. so you may perhaps lose up to…
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to answer your question of what do you eat on a <$50/week budget, here are the differences: taking a critical eye to this (it sounds delicious, but it is costly). 1. you have more or less only bought food for dinner! what about the other 2 meals of the day? 2. you have only purchased 6 dinners worth! saturday? 3. a lot of…
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I eat 3000 calories per day and spend $50 / week ($200/month). This includes paper towels / dish soap stuff you get at the grocery store. I realize you are shopping for two but you and your husband probably don't eat quite that much so it sounds like you are spending almost TRIPLE the amount on food. I also live in new…
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technique is important in running too. pain suggests overuse which means something in your stride is causing your knee to repeatedly bend in a way that it shouldn't. it could be improper stride length, it could be where your foot is striking, or it could even be caused by a lack of hip, leg, or core strength. figure out…
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fitbit guesses your distance based on an assumed stride length times the number of steps. there is a setting on their website that lets you enter your own stride length. but it never counts steps perfectly either so there is always going to be some error, probably about 10% which for a 5-6 mile run is + or - 0.5mi. Plus,…
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if you are on a low carb diet it can result in an ammonia-like smell from your sweat. this is not an indication of anything wrong healthwise, it's just a side effect of very low carb diets. not sure what you mean by "mildewy" since that can mean a lot of different things to different people. ammonia is commonly used to…
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improve hip mobility and increase core and glute strength. these are also the same things that fix the anterior pelvic tilt posture issue. experiment with widening your stance, not squatting so low (get to parallel but do not go lower if it causes "butt wink"), trying a high-bar position or front squatting (both produce a…
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1. progressive overload. are you consistently increasing the weight you are using for e.g. squats, lunges, deadlifts and so forth? If so, how much weight are you using now compared to when you started? You need to keep increasing the weight if you want them to keep growing. 2. Barbell Hip Thrusts. once you learn proper…
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my fitbit HR is consistently 30bpm off from where my chest strap monitor tells me my HR is. have tried it in all sorts of spots on my wrist, high, low, duct taped to my shin, tight, loose, medium. no dice. and all kinds of activities, running, hiking, climbing, rowing, weight lifting. its always off by a significant amount…
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having been there, you are fooling yourself. muscle grows at a much slower rate than fat can be lost, and that is doubly so if you are female (less testosterone --> slower muscle tissue growth). at most you can expect to grow 1/2lb of muscle per week as a young, untrained male which is a best case scenario. (if you are…
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agree with first post. exercise is for fitness. diet is for weight management. a well rounded fitness regimen would include some amount of resistance training (lifting), some sprinting and some long distance stuff. typically, its harder to recover from sprinting and so a balanced cardio program will include 1 sprint…
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weight and fat loss comes down to diet. if you are not losing size or lbs as fast as you would like, eat less. lifting is for gaining strength and maintaining or building muscle mass. which is doubly important when you are eating at a calorie defecit. but to lose weight, you have to actually be eating a calorie defecit.
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Charge HR was a major disappointment. its HR measurements were constantly 10-30bpm low (compared to my much-more-accurate chest strap monitor), which did not fit my needs as an athlete. its resting heart rate measurements were ALSO off from what I measure because it has a weird algorithm for figuring that out too. its…
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peanut oil is more calorie dense than peanut butter, and does not impart nearly the same amount of peanut flavor
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Alright this is going to sound weird. And it is. But hear me out. Bake in the oven (or microwave for 7 minutes if you are short on time). Split it open. Sprinkle with Cinnamon. Add several spoonfuls of cottage cheese (in your chosen fat %). Sprinkle with more Cinnamon. Enjoy. It is seriously delicious, and I don't like…
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Hey there, I have struggled with mild depression and using exercise to manage it. Now this is a long shot and everybody is different, but I'll share my experience. I also enjoy both lifting AND cardio. First, I want to be fit in many different capacities. And secondly, while lifting does help my mood significantly more…
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don't take a "fat burner." these are overpriced pills that usually just contain some kind of stimulant or they do nothing. you do not want to do a lot of cardio on popular fatburning stimulants such as ephedrine or yohimbine - it can put unneeded strain on your heart.
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@ktfranke , I think people were worried you were not training recently. But if you at least have the 15mpw base then it is just a matter of ramping the volume up significantly. You have 4 months plus a couple weeks on either end, or about 18 weeks to do so. Most marathon plans are 18 weeks plus a week or two to taper, so…
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@ktfranke I can summarize easily all the questions from posters here: 1. how many miles per week are you running now? 2. how long ago did you run your half marathon? 3. how fast was it? 4. have you been training running between the half marathon and now? If so, how many miles per week? the answers to these questions will…
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Because in the Standard American Diet (aptly, the acronym for this is SAD) the way to add "flavor" is by slathering everything in butter and a sugary sauce. People's palates then become adjusted to the extremely over-sweetened, over-fattened food, and then normal food tastes "bland" by comparison. Think of the…
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(mostly indoor) rower clocking in at 71 as a lightweight (155lbs) / 27 years old. unfortunately this is a number calculated from my 2k race result. I really wish I could get lab tested, you know, get hooked up to that breathing mask, have my finger stuck every 2 minutes to measure lactate, and be forced to row/bike until…
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thats OK, think quality over quantity. those 6 exercises are giving you more bang for your buck, and you are doing more sets of each (3-4) than what you have listed in your notes (2-3). lifting is not always about specifically targeting every little muscle on its own. the 6 exercises mountainbum listed all hit a wide range…
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Google for PPL linear progression. It's a popular workout style that fits well with bodybuilding goals while incorporating major lifts. As for your current program: 1. You do bench press on back and biceps day? Bench is the main Chest and Triceps exercise. It does not work back or biceps. 2. You should start each workout…
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The idea that you body "gets used to" one particular exercise and that you need to "mix it up" is a myth. in terms of weight loss, 30 minutes on the bike will burn the same number of calories today as it will in 3 months. In terms of progressing your fitness, it is true that if all you do is bike 30 minutes every day at…
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also, soreness is not really a good indicator of whether you effectively worked out a specific muscle or not. you can't really target "lower abs" because they don't exist. finally, targeting a specific muscle won't help your body burn fat in that area; the only thing you can do is eat less to reduce overall fat. what ab…
