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I calculate mine manually and set exact calories/macros myself, but I am a macro tracker overall. At 5'7" and 175lbs (42 yrs old) I can lose weight on 1900 calories. I don't use MFP settings. I don't log my exercise. I do Crossfit/Weight training 5 days a week. Without knowing your weight, it's hard to say if 1500 is…

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Are you using percentages for the macros or have you gone in and manually changed to grams? Sometimes my calories are off, but if you hit it within 5g either way it should align closely. You can double check it by multipying your carbs and protein x 4 and your fat by 9 and adding them together to get the calorie total.…

I weigh mine in grams

I"ve heard good things about Goliath!

If i'm doing an early morning workout and early for me is like 8am..lol, I do it fasted and I just make sure to eat a good snack before bed the night before to carry me through the workout (like oatmeal or something carby). So far this has worked great! I drink some water with BCAA in it during the workout and then eat…

Raleigh area I would recommend: Crossfit Zeal, Crossfit Invoke, Embark, Surmount, Brave. I go to Zeal. I love it. I'm not sure how far you'll be from their location, but had to mention it :)

I just started Cellucor's BCAA - watermelon flavored. It tastes like a Jolly Rancher. I do think I have less muscle soreness, but I haven't been using it long to know if it's doing anything else.

Also in agreement on the programming. We do more strength at my gym than actual Crossfit WODs. This is why i chose them, but i think they base they're programming around Westside barbell and Conjugate strong. So I agree that depending on the programming you can get hella strong. When I started my dead lift was 175, press…

Talenti gelato is my favorite specifically: Peanut butter cup, mint and chocolate chip Halo top creamery chocolate is good too and the macros are awesome Edy's Slow churned

I had hip issues and went to a PT to work them out. We worked on strengthening my core and doing glute activation exercises too. I get psoas issues and it's like my reg leg likes to be rotated externally a lot so we work on stretches to get more internal rotation. I stopped squatting and deadlifting for awhile and focused…

34% carbs 33% protein 33% fat I set the grams of my macros to specific #'s based off of IIFYM.

Same for me. Chin ups are harder. I do both with bands since i'm still working on it, but my forearms just give out. Negative pull - ups/chin-ups, ring rows and push ups have helped.

I"m very fair (irish, freckles, blonde hair, blue eyes) and have been active for years minus a high risk pregnancy and I still get beet red, sweat very easily and a lot when working out. I just assure everyone around me I'm not going to collapse. I rarely see anyone else as red as I get.

Hit a 233# deadlift which is 20# from my last max - post lower body injury

Squats - 153 Deads - 253 Bench - 123 I'm trying to cut some weight/body fat and I'm coming back post lower body injury so I haven't done a true squat in a long time for a ORM. I'd like to compete strongman at some point once i get my glutes/hams working better.

Figure out your TDEE and subtract no more than 500 calories from that. I'd start modestly at around a 10-15% deficit. Again it's just an estimation and you will have to be very accurate for a month and then assess by weighing yourself and also take measurements before and after. If you maintain on whatever # you chose you…

I know for where i do my crossfit, the head coach always said he didn't feel qualified to talk nutrition. We have people of all shapes, sizes and fitness levels there. Everyone does something different. Some eat more paleo-ish, some do IIFYM, some do Eat to perform and some do nothing and just workout and eat what they…

Goblet squats and box squats will help!

Look up places like CKO (it's a cardio boxing/kickboxing place). We had something similar in my town and I did it for almost a year and dropped 38lbs and 10 inches. It is an amazing workout.

37, F, 5'7" Bench = 128lbs Deadlift = 250 Squat = 150 (it might've been more, but then I was injured and haven't tested it since March) OHP = 93 Right now just working back up after a hip injury and a broken foot.

Recently broke my foot, my driving one so I couldn't get to the gym for at least 4 weeks. Then I did pretty much all upper body and only recently (like 12 weeks post break) I'm adding back in the lower stuff very slowly. I even did rowing with my foot in the boot (by propping it up on the seat of the rower next to me or…

You may also have a diastasis which is a separation of the ab muscles making it appear even more pronounced. If you google it, there are ways to check for one and specific exercises you can do to try to close the gap some. If it's severe, usually only surgery will close it. I was able to shrink mine from around a 4 to a 1…

This was our Labor Day WOD - i'm on hiatus from squatting normally (broke foot) so my squats were box squats and instead of running I rowed and did ring rows instead of pull ups Front Squat, 1 RM Partner Badger 3 Rounds: 30 Cleans, 95/65 30 Pull-Ups 800m Run Split reps. Both partners run. Cap was 30 min and my partner and…

The head coach and owner at my gym does all the programming. I'm not 100% sure where he gets his ideas, but I believe a lot come from Conjugate Strong. There is a definite plan and reason for why he chooses what he does. We have dedicated strength days which are usually Mon (Max effort Lower), Tues (Dynamic effort Upper)…

I love anything where we are lifting heavy specifically: deadlifts (all variations), bench. Also love sled pulls and farmers carry and rowing, slam balls Hate - running, box jumps, burpees Just not strong at - snatches and OHS Yesterday we did a partner WOD of 30 power cleans (95/65#), 30 Pull ups and then an 800m run for…

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I agree with this. I've been seeing a PT for my hip flexor issues, primarily it's my right hip flexor that acts up, getting bad psoas and back pain mostly with squatting exasperated by sitting for work. She has me doing glute activation exercises and works on my psoas. I bought a standing workstation as well. I recently…

Everything can be modified or something can be found that is comparable to whatever they are doing in class if you cannot do it yet. I worked out with a broken foot..totally modified of course. Can't do pull ups? Do ring rows. Can't do push ups then you can do it on a box or do negatives and snake back up. Can't do…