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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…

Thanks both above. I can see some of the readymade cardio calculators can put me quickly in the ball park depending what I do. I tend to mix pace and reps up among DBs, bands and bodyweight / calisthenics so it will be an estimate no matter how it's done. (There are also rowing entries, which helps.)

Thank you, found it. Nice to get a quick reply. It seems a bit light on the calories per workout time compared with another source, so will research that a bit.