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I'm a physio and what you're describing definitely sounds appropriate for a physio to assess and treat. As stated above, if your physio has any cause to think it it something other than musculoskeletal they will send you straight to your Dr anyway. We're all trained to look for nasties which are only masquerading as…

I'd say you have a really good PT there. The constant correction and repetition is what's important as you can just as easily make the connections to the wrong movement pattern which is much much harder to unlearn.

I'm still here and interested in future posts :)

https://www.fitbit.com/user/46NPPG hello, I'm Felicity!

Hi all, I'm a few week into maintenance, using fitbit to calculate how much I can eat each day. I've added a few of you, anyone feel free to add me :)

Aww thanks for all the responses, support and friend requests! It's an exciting time. Whatever happens with Christmas this year, I am not going to let that affect my maintainence plan because it will certainly be something that comes around year after year so I'm going to have to learn to deal with it at some point.

Feel free to add me. I'm starting on a journey of sustainable lifelong habits and hopefully starting to recomp and focus on fitness goals rather than the scale :)

Excellent thread! Tagging for all the great info

Thanks for the input guys :smile: I reckon I'll jump back in at week 6 as I probably did 20 mins ok before I felt like I was pushing too hard. One week to work my way up to 25 mins and then the gradual 3 week increase to the 30 min mark. Sounds like a plan :)

I love running! Although I have only just discovered my love of it - I always expected to hate it. I've just completed C25K and can't wait to sign up for my first 5K and then to start working on improving my speed. What I wish I could do now is find something I love doing on the days I can't run... I like to try and be…

Well third time lucky! I had to stop twice due to injuries - the first took so long I had to start again from week 1, but with the second I was able to pick up where I left off - but I graduated today!!! I never ever thought I would enjoy running, but actually through learning to pace myself and start with what feels like…

Yes, tell us how it's going! I start week 5 on Monday :ohwell:

I know how you feel OP. I'm skinny-fat too and want to reduce my body fat but really don't have enough LBM to support a lower BF% as I drop into being underweight. It's difficult getting your head around the idea of a bulk when you consider your BF% too high to really want to increase it further. I've been umming and…

^^This Also once you start doing it at a pace you can maintain, you might just realise that you love it!

Ha, challenge accepted!

I love gaming (and still haven't let life get in the way of a good weekend-long session (I once took a Mon/Tue/Wed off work because I just couldn't stop playing Oblivion :ohwell: ) I've played Final Fantasy VII on my old PS1 at least once a year since it came out (and had to buy second hand replacement PS1 when my ol'…

Bumping for inspiration!

That's amazing in only a month - definite smoothing of the love handle area too!

Thanks for all the responses so far. It's been a bit of a tangent from my original question, but advice is always welcome :) The running shoes correct my pronation, whereas barefoot I pronate which causes my knees to cave inwards. I have problematic lower limb biomechanics - internally rotated hips and externally rotated…

I should clarify: I'm not saying I'm not going to work on my squats, just that I'd like to start a lifting program now, with split squats, while I work on my messy squat and make sure I'm safe to add weight. I've just taken a video - can't believe I'm going to post this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqzPq6z1llQ I do go…

W3D1 complete and I loved it! Even though I got caught in a hail storm and my first 3 min run fell on the steepest incline of my route. I felt genuinely disappointed when that voice in my earphones told me to 'cool down'. I wanted to run again!

UPDATE: The knee is all good after a couple of weeks of rest and I've just completed week 2 pain free :smile: I thought I'd post an update in case anyone else experiences similar issues: Running shoes will correct your pronation and apparently prevent injuries. However, they will also affect the biomechanics of your whole…

Mine's open :smile: I cook a lot from scratch (but am guilty of takeaways too!) and always try to cook balanced meals. Most of my recipes are saved as recipes as there are too many ingredients to list, but if anything interests you I'm happy to share recipe links!

I :heart: you :flowerforyou:

Thanks for the responses. I'm a physiotherapy student and we're actually studying knee injuries at the moment so I'll be interested to get a good brainstorm of ideas (and hopefully the sound clinical opinion of my lecturer) on what could've happened when I go in tomorrow. I guess it's the best environment to be in. My knee…

Joining in the bump-bump

That all sounds like (hypothetically!) it could time really well: find maintenance by October, bulk throught the cold festive season, slow it down over Jan/Feb/Mar and then start cutting back in the spring to look good for the summer. I like it! (on paper that is) Thanks a lot!

Thanks Sara! If I find myself wanting to follow through a couple of bulk/cut cycles, is there a minimum length you'd recommend? I understand people can get discouraged by the gain and end up doing 'mini' bulks and cuts and end up making little progress overall. Is there a minimum period of time/amount of weight I should…

When I got my elliptical, I had to increase the resistance around every four weeks :smile:

Wow this is perfect timing for me. In a couple of weeks I'll be starting my first ever bulk and am really going to need to keep up photographically with this! 90 days is perfect! If no one minds that my goal is muscle gain rather than weight loss, I'm IN!