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A cook out is a relatively easy way to look as if you are eating as much as the next person even if you actually aren't. It's not like you are sitting round a dining table with Great Aunt Sue insisting you have another helping. You just keep something on your plate at all times even if you're carrying round a chicken wing…

Shadow boxing will get your heart racing.

I have been doing 16:8 since before IF was a "thing" because I discovered that breakfast does not suit me. I train better fasted and if I eat breakfast I simply wake the hunger monster and eat more during the day. It is purely a means of calorie control that suits me. I used it to lose weight (77lb) and maintain the loss.…

Sounds like single leg RDLs are in your future then, to match your flamingos!

Adding my voice to the chorus of people asking you to raise this with your doctor. On the subject of raised liver enzymes - it is worth knowing that strength training can raise some levels. https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=82862

Thank you! I have pain exactly there right now. Have been rehabbing it for a week but will certainly try this approach.

Might you be better off with gym leggings rather than shorts and socks? At least the leggings are sweat wicking etc. That's what I wear and don't get too hot. Although rather more expensive to buy than some socks.

Oh goodness me, no. And my coach is very protective of my back as we put a lot of volume in, and insists I wear a belt for anything above 70% of max. So you will see me wearing a great big weight belt while deadlifting what looks like not very much at all.

My glasses rarely steam up unless I'm lying on my back. Then I am rendered blind for ages! I wear similar frames to those in the picture of SabAteNine above. They slip a little but don't generally fall off - though they did drop off my face during a plank the other day and still my trainer made me continue holding... The…

I've seen that sort of thing described as a measure of how effective a stretching session is. I don't really get how a ROM test is going to help any aspect of lifting. If you touched your toes before doing, say, a squat, how does the exercise and the ROM test dovetail?

I'd start cautiously adding back. If you get any weird fluctuations you can mentally (and physically) deal with them rather than all hell breaking loose on your vacation when you will want to have some treats, I'm sure.

I can't do one either. But I'm working towards it. The actual pull up exercises I do are assisted with bands and I am gradually reducing the levels of assistance or increasing volume depending on my current training block. Otherwise exercises to strengthen back and arms will carry over well to the pull up. If you are…

You can get quite creative with push ups if they are your exercise of choice. Different hand positions, doing them with your feet on a step, using a slingshot for crazy volume overload, putting a weighted rucksack on. Push ups done with proper form will strengthen upper body and abs. They are a full body exercise, but I'm…

Well, others have made very good points. But for practical purposes, you are very unlikely to be able to get another dress sorted in the time available (even if you wanted to). Unless the current dress can be altered you are kind of stuck with trying to shed a bit of weight because, photos aside, you want to be comfortable…

I'm a 52 year old woman and I LOVE boxing, and I was a lot bigger than I am now when I started back in 2017. Check out the Fight Tips channel on You Tube. Working with another person with pads is really good fun. When you feel safe to do so I strongly recommend you try to find a personal trainer who will do some pad work…

No. I do a reduced volume for de-load week and then do whatever is called for in the next block.

I lost a lot of weight and got obviously fitter. I got a lot of comments about it (eventually) from both sexes and a huge range of ages. Varying from "You look great" to "Hope you don't mind me saying, but you've lost a lot of weight. How did you do it?" to "Can you do that pull up yet?". Some comments from people I had…

Same here. Was coming to read about manipulating studies to further the sale of Timbits.

That's by and large what happens at our gym, for that price, if you allow it to happen. Some trainers are way better than others. Also gyms often take a huge percentage of the money if they work on the basis that you pay the gym rather than the PT direct. So you are paying a premium price for what you are entitled to…

Hard definition of the abs generally requires a low body fat percentage - depending on your physique it may be a percentage that is too low for you. Also, bloating will happen whatever your body fat percentage. But just because you are toned and in shape does not necessarily mean that your fat percentage is low enough to…

I like boxing so I have The Thrill of the Fight and Creed on mine.

It isn't different. I've been skipping breakfast since before 16:8 was a thing. It works for me, so why not?

Resistance bands have their place, but to say weights are a waste of time is going a bit far, to put it mildly. Apart from anything else, weights are satisfying. I have got way more pleasure from adding iron to my bar than from going up to the next colour resistance band for face pulls.

HIIT (or at any rate absolutely NOT LISS!) I do heavy bag boxing for my cardio, 3 mins on, one rest, 12 rounds. That takes quite a while so the intensity cannot get as high as the shorter duration HIIT would.

PLANKS!!!!!!! My trainer prescribed max planks during my last training block. They were horrific. My brain forced me to quit even though my body could have gone longer. I managed 2 minutes during a face to face session by some miracle. By myself, I just can't abide anything over a minute. Otherwise anything high volume and…

You've had good advice already, especially from the 2 posters just above. There may come a day when you are so into exercise that you welcome the muscle burn, or at least are prepared to tolerate it because you are chasing another aim (e.g. going for a PB on weight lifting). You may even come to vaguely like the feeling of…

I've read bits and pieces on the 16:8 and various other plans. Ultimately I don't think there are any experts on it in any meaningful way. Therefore you are your own expert on whether and how it works for you for weight control. Autophagy may or may not happen, but if your main goal is weight control, then just do what…

I started at around 48. Going heavy (subject to your ability and knowing proper form) will give you the best bang for your buck but you need gym weights for that. I have a bar and weights at home now, because I love it and needed the kit for lockdown, but it's expensive and takes up space so you really don't want to be…

Yes, but it's slow going and hard work. I've built some noticeable arm and back muscle over the last 6 months eating at a deficit which averages at about 200 per day. I'm pretty sure there is some ab development too, and my legs are a lot stronger, but any musculature increases are well hidden under my padding. I strength…

Any old cheap suspension trainer will probably do. But if you have got a bit of cash to splash (not as much as buying a TRX) have a look at the KO8. It's a resistance band trainer as well as suspension trainer and you can do really cool things like assisted press ups. I bought one during our first lockdown and it has been…