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CrossFit? If so, me too! I love the idea of an in-house comp, that's awesome! Glad you had a good time and accomplished so much!!

This is awesome! You're so strong!

You are a badass! That's awesome!! Oh wow! Sorry to hear about the surgery, I hope you continue to recover well! That is awesome to be back up to an hour so soon!

I don't know about any MFP groups, but I am an active crossfitter! Feel free to add me. I hope you guys love it as much as I do!

Feel free to add me if you'd like! I haven't done a competition, but I think it would be awesome to do one someday and I think that you should! These are my current training max numbers (not my one rep) Deadlift: 231 Bench: 118 Squat: 191

Are you on any sort of restrictive diet?

It depends. Harmless flirting, yes. But some people go way too far.

It doesn't matter what you define as high intensity. The fact remains unchanged that our bodies burn and use carbs differently than they do fat. Someone who is using fat as their primary source of energy is going to gas out faster and recover slower than someone who is using carbs as their source of energy. Plain and…

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This isn't 100% true. Different forms of food do different things for our bodies. It's why people pay attention to macros in the first place. Let's say someone spends a whole day eating 250 calorie protein bars that contain carbs, protein, and fat, and someone else spends a whole day eating 250 calorie rice krispie treats.…

While there is tons of good information on Youtube and a lot of very knowledgeable people, I would be careful about using it as your main reference point for your beliefs. Anyone can go make a video and post it on Youtube. That doesn't mean that it is 100% accurate or scientifically proven. As @sardelsa said, different…

Have you looked into different CrossFit gyms for different class availability? My gym offers classes all throughout the day, earliest being 5am and latest being 7:30pm, so there is a wide variety. You still might not be able to make those times, I just know that a lot of gyms don't start as early or go as late. Just a…

My NSV is that I seem to have stopped caring about the scale. Since starting my new exercise program, my goals have shifted to be more fitness focused, i.e. more pull-ups, lifting heavier, getting my first muscle-up, etc. There is nothing wrong with weighing yourself and having weight goals, but I am so much happier, and…

I don't have any specific programs to recommend, but I would recommend adding in some butterfly sit-ups. I think it helps hit your lower core a lot more than normal crunches or sit-ups.

There are two things I think could be happening, and it may be one of them, or both. You're likely either underestimating calories eaten, or over estimating calories burned. Everyone's bodies are different, so using the general calorie burned estimates can be misleading. Even your body breakdown can effect that. For…

I used to be the same way until I did joined a special (read: expensive) lifting type program at my old gym. I learned so much from it, and now I don't worry about those things anymore. Now that my workouts have developed, I am more focused on that and I understand now that everyone else there is too. It was hard for me to…

My jar of pickles says the pickles are zero calories. Lol

I would say you had more as well! That looked easy for you!

Haha I had a dance and acrobats background that I think helped me start out a little higher than being a true beginner. And those are awesome numbers! I want to break 200 on my squat so bad!

Relatively new to lifting, but these are my numbers from when I tested the three lifts: Squat: 190 lbs Bench: 120 lbs Deadlift: 235 lbs

Three at 155lbs. Hoping to break 200 next time we max out https://www.instagram.com/p/BgjIyjBj-Cw/?taken-by=kaceyhenik

I workout 5-6 days a week, but I have a very sedentary office job and will go crazy without the physical activity.

I pay $115/month for my crossfit gym, and paid $60/month at a large chain gym before this. But I have amazing coaches and it is well worth the money for me, it's the only thing that holds my interest.

My shift was when I found something I was passionate about (CrossFit), around eight months after I started. Before that, I did couch to 5k, and since I was training for something, I went consistently. After that I got a puppy, and played with him a lot, but my gym habits got worse. Switching gyms and starting a lifting…

Back squat (deload week) 20 minute AMRAP: 8 GHD situps 16 AKBS (50 lbs) 32 DUs

5'0, 135 lbs and 190 1RM. I think I could have done more though. I wasn't using a spotter or a safety rack, so I didn't want to risk anything

Hey there! Kudos to you on signing up! I ran my first Tough Mudder about eight months after starting to lose weight and working out. Are you doing the half or full? Couch to 5k is a great way to go and get started, and the good news is you have plenty of time to complete it! Tough Mudder is so broken up by the obstacles,…

At some point I stopped wearing shorts under all of my dresses and skirts and can do so comfortably! Also, I am up to being able to do three pull-ups!

I do CrossFit and have recently run into this issue. A guy at my gym recommended a thing called callus performance (I ordered it from Amazon and it is arriving today) to help manage them. His hands actually looked really good and he said that's what he uses and never rips. I'm hoping it will work for me too! Good luck!

Lol. It's okay, I don't really mind. Actually kind of proud of them