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This informative (presumably official) comment is somewhat buried here and the main points about technical reasons and ongoing format review should be given some top-line exposure - I suspect users will be more patient knowing the design is still a work in progress.

I've seen chain used for large bars to increase resistance gradually dragging up from the floor, where changing body position lowers resistance, but not dumbbells. I've used rubber loop bands to bridge the gap from 25 to 47.5 lbs for pairs I have at home - bands attach and remove quick, similarly increase force at the end…

Absent a diagnosed medical issue, not sure nutrition is rocket science for a teen. The basics are well covered and a thorough introduction to bodyweight exercise and calisthenics progressions is in Ashley Kalym's book:…

Glad if it works for you. I poured water from a measuring pitcher to calibrate "cups" and marked the side of the jar, for tracking serving calories and macros.

Using a blender for serious smoothies, I don't like the prices or small sizes of the commercial shaker cups for simple whey and milk mixing. I use a 1 liter peanut butter jar with a stainless steel shaker ball (four for a couple of bucks on ebay.) Lid's tight, it holds as much as I like and I can pour to a glass or crudely…

Hahaha survey result: "Your food choices could not be tied to any one social class." I'd probably differentiate shopping (whole foods omnivore simplicity) from eating out, which tends to be less often but more upscale than most. Survey choices mooshed those contexts.

Blast from the past. Never owned one, but tried a "Dyna Bee" decades ago my cousin (training as a dentist, swearing by it, showing newly impressive forearms) handed me, and it was really difficult to keep up for long, even though I'd been training with cable machines for some time. That was a very well made heavy ball,…

I use MFP to set rough targets for calories and all three macros, mentally prioritizing protein, then fat and finally carbs as a flexible filler (also watching some nutrients, might look for a salty snack if that's low). Has nothing to do with time of day, or missing on a given day, more concerned to even them out over a…

Re Gla:d I see the Aussies provide a thick PDF: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://gladaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/MANUAL_2020.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjZx67-of3zAhXEB80KHV0QD9YQFnoECBgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1TeL8DsiaUw6d6cZ0e-LA7 No experience of arthritis, but common patellar tendonitis taught me…

Depending on hand and foot positioning, you can decide - just one source: https://www.muscleandfitness.com/workouts/chest-exercises/top-15-pushup-variations/ (I'm doing isometric holds in several to rest some shoulder soreness.)

Sauce labels are worth comparing for calories and especially added sugar - can be surprising. I recently loaded up on a sale of a simple tomato sauce with a touch of salt - Passata (Martelli) at only 5 calories per 1/2 cup (125ml) - a very good base to mix in whatever to taste. Nothing else in the store came close.

Fairly new to this, had to be informed that a Goals activity setting above "not very active" boosts baseline calories and changes macro targets, so then super-adding defined exercises can inflate the target. I'd say the Goals setting activity level should only reflect daily physical demands of work or home life and…

Being forever on a primarily whole foods diet, when I started tracking nutrition last summer to support increased exercise programming, I found salt was a daily deficit and bought a box of iodized table salt to be sure of iodine, too. Sweating it out every couple of days is a healthy way to lose salt, and adding sodium…

I'd suggest web searching "isometric exercises" and even the old "Charles Atlas dynamic tension" which are minimal movement but provide surprisingly powerful functional resistance in various body positions including seated. https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/kelly4.htm These are muscle builders that won't "burn" calories…

I long ago found all the usual metrics for appearance and fitness personally useless, except for the mirror, satisfactory physical strength and endurance, and lack of bodily pains. "Weight" is just an unhelpful proxy for body fat, given that the direct estimators for blubber are inconsistent / inaccurate. I recently came…

Got this thick workout mat two years ago on a bare parquet floor, as compared to skinny yoga-style it's easy on barefoot JJs, burpees, dumbbell lifts or side-weight elbows and hips, stays in place, very durable and very light to move around: https://www.amazon.ca/Incline-Fitness-Exercise-Carrying-Elephant/dp/B00JNAUW9C

If it persists or if there is a personal or family history a checkup / scan could be in order, but without specifics might be that unaccustomed compound heavy lifts (e.g. bench press?) are exposing weaknesses or sensitivities that light mobility exercises could help on off days or as warm up before the heavy workout. Might…

Thanks for mentioning Cronometer. Not being very heavily invested but arrived at basic comfort with MFP's diary, the biggest spend (waste) of time with it is sorting new entries through the mess of badly or incompletely entered or illogically alphabetized entries - much of what was listed in first weeks of use had to be…

What's "dead"? The 4 Oct 21 poster with a current concern commendably searched and found a lengthy predecessor thread instead of reinventing the wheel by starting a new one, deserves thanks for that not schoolyard finger-wagging.

Rules ought to be clear and abided by. The uni I did grad work at in the 1970s had a single gym sauna that was officially co-rec and clothing optional, everybody who was there knew and was comfortable. My wife and I both took my daughter in after swims or whatever, no harm, no incidents, or even any memory of it for her,…

Just a paste of my comment on a recent thread: I'd echo most of the non-vegetarian advice for fish, eggs, lean unprocessed meats, and dairy though I eat a lot of tofu. Whey protein is the big top-up for me, mainly mixed in morning oatmeal, shakes and non-fat yogurt with nuts, berries, fruit. I buy on sale and in bulk on…

Recently got an inexpensive Blackview wrist tracker as a toe in the water, finding it useful and accurate for some things, not others. BP seems way off, especially (low) diastolic. I plan to wear it to a medical appointment for a same-time comparison - frankly I think all these quasi-medical trackers ought to be certified…

The question doesn't specify "results" for what. The popular tendency is to assume "weight loss", but (unlike the mirror or my pants size) weight doesn't say if it's a beer gut or giant manly biceps and thighs. I lost most unwanted body fat over about a year starting 2019, with little math or fuss or MFP. Signed on here…

Sounds sensible, though with that fixed seat biking I'd keep glutes, hams, back and overall mobility in mind, e.g. https://www.healthline.com/health/fitness-exercise/hip-extension I'd throw in ball or mat crunch and lower ab variations lifting instead of putting weight on the feet.

Reading the SciTechDaily piece, I suspect looking at exactly the same weekly food intake of an obese American, first through CICO spectacles and then through carb/insulin spectacles, both would show that it's causing obesity. The claim then is that telling that obese American to eat something better based on carb/insulin,…

Resembles my 50 year history of workouts with DBs and cable machines (after four years of undergrad with coach Ted Newland at UC Irvine and the luxury of a relaxed if impecunious academic lifestyle thereafter). Big barbell lifts require coached skill and would be inadvisable without - everything listed in the OP looks…

Some years ago, with no precedent, I got very bad bursitis in the right shoulder, eventually figuring out it was from habitual side-sleeping. Forcing back-sleep worked. I still feel mild twinges if I lapse, and that's a "wake-up call" (pun intended) to reposition. My tip is to use extra pillows to find personal comfort,…

I've put on decent delts with DBs and resistance bands this year, but there's also a lot of potential for joint trouble. There's a fiesta of available bodyweight and loaded movements, rep and set programming available depending on equipment and facilities, and whether the goal is strength or hypertrophy - my only advice is…

The Cdn chart is a laugh. When I came from the US gasoline was still sold in Imperial (UK) gallons, about a fifth larger than US. Then came Litres, another headscratcher for calculating "mileage" or talking to Yanks. (As to scales, don't own one.)

People have to settle their doubts about cholesterol. I disregarded the decades of discouragement, and generally been comfortable with two or three in omelet or fried, but did recently stop cracking them raw into smoothies, on research that cooked the protein and nutrients are substantially more bioavailable.