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After years of store try-ons I settled on a few brands that fit well, because manufacturers generally build and retain proprietary "lasts" for their main models. Nowadays they can be ordered online because of that consistency year in and out of the basic shoe pattern and sizing. OTOH, there are excellent athletic, casual…

First. sudden gym injury sets off an alarm regarding disc or other skeletal rather than muscle damage, especially if (unlike me) you are normally not prone to purely muscular strain. A medical check could be in order. Exercise helps a "strcturally" vulnerable back, and it's a rare problem these days as compared with years…

Interesting to me, deciding not to bother with a wrist fitness tracker's step counter (though using other features) both for general inaccuracy and not reflecting activities like stairs or weighted carries. A quick web search turns up various sources, e.g. http://www.fitclick.com/calories_burned?srch=walking&page=3 Can't…

Never weighed it, or ever thought to. Calculate calories and macros from the serving proportion of the wrapped uncooked package I bought, regardless whether that's divided before or after cooking. It's a kitchen not a lab, and it's going to be tolerably rough.

With the popularity of gourmet salts I suspect there can also be some iodine deficiency for those who don't eat the processed foods that seem to be the basis of health warnings. With more exercise this spring I think both were running down, and I'm adding iodized table salt - the MFP nutrition table shows a target sodium…

That explains a lot, unlike my tendonitis permanent damage creates a real problem between working "on" the knee to maximize it and working "around" it to achieve cardio objectives. Sounds like you have good gear to get good upper body and core workouts, but the big cardio taxing muscles are generally the legs. Professional…

I remember your rowing thread. You might get serious advice about what's with your knees. A chronic condition is one thing, but a lot of "bad knees", e.g. common patellar tendonitis, can be overcome with the right hip and/or ankle strengthening. The "kneecap" runs up and down a track that gets pulled askew by attached…

Thanks, may give your method a try on the app, but in fact this thread got me to try the website version of the Diary, may end up using it more often. It's not a big deal, just that I end up scrolling the longer and longer Android History to repeat entries, some of which are confusingly titled for alphabetical order. And…

Thanks for the reply. Actually I double-checked the "History" screen before writing - in Android app tapping "add foods" to a Diary meal brings up the "All" tab global search box with History below it, an apparently complete list of all the foods ever added after searching, with check boxes to reselect and add them again.…

New to this, I was wondering about all the multiple redundant listings for diary foods. some off target. My biggest learning curve has been choosing entries titled with descriptors that get alphabetized in History and are hard to remember: "unsalted peanuts" gets listed with other "U"s not "P"s, and I made other mistakes…

Sorry to be late to the party. As noted above, the OP's mentions of price and resistance led to my first post about good experience with my old heavy-duty piston rower with heavier resistance settings than the water-replicating type found in gyms these days. The OP self-identified as a runner interested in alternative…

I'd echo the earlier comment: aside from whatever problems from O2 deficit, be aware of your physical and even your footware readiness for it. Do some practice on stairs or gym equipment to gauge possibly incapacitating soreness, blisters, etc. that could hit days after if not on the day. Re cardio at altitude, you might…

Likely someone else could steer you that way, I've tried endurance sessions on gym rowers and they're not for me, though they have full body advantages over other low impact cardio. Good luck.

At that price and with a request for resistance, you're probably looking at a hydraulic (piston) rower rather than the more expensive type that are more for body activation and cardio (than strength), replicating rowing on water for extended sessions. I have a sturdy beast of a HealthWare model no longer available, but see…

I'd throw in that unlike gravity-dependent bells, resistance bands are indifferent to gravity and push/pull direction and many of the movements that are normally shown standing can be improvised for a full range of movement at various resistance levels and tempos, seated or even lying down. Bands are relatively inexpensive…

Not saying they're be all end all but they're packing a half-century combined training and performance experience, have expert interviews, are fun to watch off topic and make good sense when on it. There's no end of paper chase academics with one bee in their bonnets with much less to say about many fewer things. The OP…

My youth, coming out of college was spent using machines, currently on resistance bands and bells, but if you're committing to the current regime of heavy barbell squats, deadlifts, and presses I'd suggest you look into professional programming rather than Dad's dinner table advice. I've started watching the Mind Pump…

Thanks, first I've heard of it. Watched a review Youtube, using in conjunction with its grooved floor mat and three bands. I recently added a generic four-band (Power Guidance) set with anchor and gloves to years of DBs, and like the versatility and portability of bands. I've used an old doorway chin-bar with bands, but…

Your dress size alarm bell correlates to my 2019 emergency of 40" pants and belt, and gradual return since to normal 35" and clothing. Never owned a scale, and incremental weight has little to do with anything that matters, though I'll step on a scale out of idle curiosity now and then. (I started tracking calories and…

Too late to edit, this longer workout in the YMCA Advanced playlist is also good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW13-IjfLd0&list=PLA2C6WTfk7jU_kT0cOyZX-CZVKNM0ln5o&index=14

I've long had DBs, a ball and a rower and used them moderately with bodyweight and running, but wanted to bear down a bit over the pandemic winter. After Youtubng I got a full set of four generic (Power Guidance) red, black, purple, green bands and quickly added a door anchor and work gloves. James Grage is the main muscle…

Nice that somebody asked this. I don't own a scale. I'm a natural mesomorph and the only measure of interest is waist size 36" or less. In 2019/20 unstructured low carb and being constantly vaguely hungry took me from an alarming 40" and fat new pants and belts, down to 36" again. Last winter I gained a bit and am using my…

Apart from a couple of complete off-work lock-ups I had times I sat at a meeting table and had to grit my teeth to get up and walk out when it was over. Take the supers slow but progress them and you'll soon know if they're working for you.

I have a structurally "long" back that needs watching, fine as long as its cared for but a few months of desktwork, etc. and it will seize up. Rest through any pain, but when pain-free the best for me are face-down floor "superman" arches - bodyweight only: Superman lifts his legs and tightens his rump before lifting arms…

From experience with both knee and low back, it's important to first know for sure whether there is a skeletal problem (medical issue, exercise can worsen) or just muscle weakness or imbalance. Then remember both are very dependent on weakness or tension elsewhere, especially hips and glutes, that connect and can pull a…

Your doctors and a referral to physio may have a lot to say, be sure to play this with a full deck. Be very aware that the knee is a very limited movement bound by muscles connected to very versatile hip and ankle joints - the kneecap slides up and down a fixed bone track, that can be pulled askew by muscle imbalances at…

Some good clear explanations of calorie deficit per se. I'd throw in that this measures a monster ice cream sundae the same as a healthy meal. "Macro" nutrition breaks the total into an optimal mix of Protein (about 4 calories / gram), Fat (about 9 calories / gram) and Carbs (about 4 calories / gram) - protein will…

For Android, there are several system-wide ad blockers using different methods that seem to do well or not on different devices: e.g. Blokada, BlockThis, DNS66. The only "ad" I see is MFP's big Home box selling Premium to get rid of ads. (The blockers are free and not in Google's Play Store, it's always prudent to install…

Thanks a lot, I'll give it a try. It's an occasional thing, but could be enough to replace a separate exercise log for my purposes.

Thanks, My rower predates Concept 2, et al but I will Google up comparable models to try to see if the readymade calculators seem too far off. (I set it to harder than water equivalence and go shorter duration.) Off topic, but if there's a setting to delete the box about adding step counters I'd like to do that - not in my…