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Yeah, MFP did seem a little high, and 2 years ago when I had a Fitbit it said I burned like 1000 calories during a 90 minute session, and I know that couldn’t be right.... Thank you all for your input - I suppose I’ll grab a stopwatch and see what percentage of each session I’m actually really working out as well. For my…

Preworkout: Coffee, 1/2 tbps Light Cream, 1 scoop isopure zero carb vanilla whey, preworkout drink Post workout: 1 scoop Myprotein Glazed Donut impact whey, iced coffee, 1 tbps Light Cream Lunch: Sandwich (Sourdough, 1 oz Salami, 1.5 oz Ham, 1 oz American, mustard) Dinner: HelloFresh “Carolina BBQ Chicken with Stovetop Mac…

I'm a little confused... Are you looking for a sort of 80's Lifeguard type suit. Comes to 3/4 thighs, drawstring and elastic waistband? "Modern Hasselhoff" if you will. I know where to snag those. Or more of a fitness, spandex type thing? Edit: Hasselhoff is autocorrected on IPhone. Impressive.

This doesn't surprise me at all. If you're working on a busy line, are you really going to take the time to measure out 1 teaspoon of oil or two tablespoons of Parmesan? And if you are just working for a paycheck, not for passion, do you really care if you're subverting the calorie claims of the restaurant chain by…

Let me restate this for the OP; Hey you know what I like to do? I think its really a great workout. I work out as hard as I can for 20 seconds, and then rest for 10 seconds. I do it 8 times in a row. I think the people that taught me this got the idea from this Dr. Tabata who developed it for the Japanese speed skating…

I've posted this before so sorry if I'm repeating myself but... I'm a late eater. Always been that way. Like a lot of people, when I tried to lose weight in the past I had read that eating late will sabotage weight loss...so I tried eating a big breakfast, eating a large dinner, eating small meals throughout the day, more…

It's usually not the booze, it's the cheeseburger at 3 am and not being able to work out the next day, or the next two days if you aren't in your twenties...

33/m/163 Deadlift: 330 Squat: 245 Strict Press: 130 Bench: 165 Front Squat: 225 Clean: 165 Clean and Jerk: 155 Snatch: 135 Overhead Squat: 145 All these were made recently at the end of a 35 pound cut, so hopefully they'll go up as I push through a recomp. Especially that Bench and Strict Press.

If you live in an area where they have ClassPass, check that out. It lets you take classes at gyms and boutique fitness clubs without having a membership. That way you can try out a bunch of places or classes and see what you like. My partner has one so she can take Barre at a Barre studio, Yoga at a yoga studio, some boot…

When I found out I was going to be a father, I took a hard look at my life, and decided to get sober. I battled major depressed in early Recovery, and I put on a lot of weight quickly. Combination of substituting food for alcohol and drugs, emotional eating, medications, boredom. 40 pounds in less than 6 months. Even…

I would look into TABATA workouts. 20 seconds of ALL OUT work followed by 10 seconds of rest. 8 times is 1 circuit. It can be a little difficult to time, so download some Tabata songs, which have cues set to the music, have them in all genres. I do them with a combination of light weight ballistic weighted moves (like…

Not at my box. Not with the people I train with.

Another quick question as I'm figuring this out: As I was reading up on hypertrophy I'm getting conflicting information on resting muscle groups, and I wanted to put this in a CrossFit setting as well. Let's say I do a leg centric traditional lifting session one day, and the next days WOD calls for sets of air squats or…

My Box doesn't have a 'set' training schedule per se - they want to avoid people cherry picking WODs, but some programming generally remains the same week to week. - There's always one 'Upper' and one 'Lower' day per week (Strict Press, Push Jerk / Squat, DL, etc) - Wednesdays usually have no lifting, but a more intense…

Thanks - thought that might be the case. I guess it's time to start looking into expanding my knowledge on traditional lifting programs. I appreciate the help!

I use the Reebok Speed TR and 90% of my workout are pretty high intensity, interval type of stuff. Lotta people love the Reebok Nano and the Nike Metcon.

Thought I would throw this out there in case anyone is interested, you can download 'Tabata songs' online. 8 rounds of 20 seconds of work / 10 seconds rest. Its much easier for me to listen to the cues than to look at a clock or stopwatch, which tends to cut my work down. They have them set to all music genres, as well as…

CrossFit is by definition 'constantly varied', so it's difficult to come up with a formula for how many calories you will burn. Some WOD's are for time, some are AMRAP; some are bodyweight only, some throw around some heavy weight. And some moves are easier for taller people (like wall balls), and some are easier for…

Sure it can be done. As of this morning I have lost 30 pounds in 84 days, from 194 to 164, but I had to make a few changes, some substantial, to do it. But none of those required subscribing to any eating plan that cut out whole macro-nutrient food groups, or taking any weird supplements. - I count my calories. Best I can.…

A lot of good advice on here, I'll share what works for me when it comes to late night... I eat late. Always have. And I heard all the horror stories about eating late at night and losing weight, so I tried to cut it out. I tried eating a big breakfast, or eating small meals throughout the day, or eating a big dinner, or…

I really don't like spinach. But usually in the morning I make a smoothie with 2 cups of it, some almond milk, yogurt, blueberries, whey, and half a banana. Adding it to my Smoothie is a great way to get those nutrients because my typical diet lacks leafy vegetables and fiber. It's far far easier for me to drink my spinach…

There's a recipe builder that lets you import your own ingredients - if you know what grandma puts in her cake, you can figure out how much a slice is.

I'm one of those people that is just wired to eat late. Like many other people, I had heard a million stories about how eating after a certain time 'does terrible things' to weight loss. So I tried to eat a bigger breakfast, or a really big dinner, or snack on small meals throughout the day, or mindfulness, or some…

33 Year Old Male, 5'6. I've lost just under 30 pounds in 77 days averaging 2137 calories a day. Started at 194 lbs. CrossFit 4-5x week and walking. No other cardio. Nothing special about the diet except I try not to eat added sugar, not because I think sugar is the devil, but because those are the foods that I binge on. I…

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Sober for 18 months. Best decision I have ever made.

Another vote for Steak n' Shake. When my family lived in the UK, and we went to visit my grandparents in St. Louis, we would head straight from the airport in a taxi to a steak n' shake with our bags, grab food, and devour it before we got to their house. I also love the fries from the snack bodegas in Amsterdam, with the…

I can only speak from my experience: When I started getting back into fitness, I had close to 40 pounds to lose (still have about 6) and I could eat at a '1 pound a week' weight loss deficit and developed muscle. I'm only 5'6, so thats good amount of weight on my frame. To be fair, I did eat usually about 400 more calories…

@MichSmish Oops. Yeah I meant the other guy. @fjmartini Really sorry about that.

@fjmartini How do those Podcasts lean 'Left'. I could see how you could **might** draw a conclusion about Serial, because it was produced by Ira Glass, of This American Life. If anything, Sword and Scale supports a "Hang em High, No such thing as a Rehabilitated Criminal' philosophy. Have you even listened to any of them?…