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depends on the amount of weights being used in comparison to your total strength, if you are doing the same exact movements, etc

1. liposuction 2. bigger dress 3. different style dress (i dont think sheath is the best style for many pear shapes) 4. build a time machine and either a)start #3 months ago or b) get different parents who will not leave you genetically predisposed to be a pear you can try eating less and moving more but in 6 weeks there's…

sorry but what pray tell is the difference between muscle and lean muscle? how overweight are you? are you sure that some of your "bulky muscle" isnt just fat?

if you go to a cooking school yes

i havent read all the replies but at 5'6 and 114, OP is probably more interested in Body recompthan weight loss. OP eat at maintenance and get on a program that has you do compound movements. learn the correct form increase your weights and you will see changes. check out strong lifts, strong curves, new rules of lifting…

i prefer kettlebells for swings, turkish get ups and farmer's walks. in fact i think they are pretty crucial for swings... for all other strength training i prefer barbells, dumbbells or weight plates. my main concern with purchasing them to use for my main exercise is space because i'd always need to keep 2-3 different…

depends on how i would say no but that's for me. i think i would depend on your fitness level. the only thing i'd be concerned about is all that repetitive motion from doing the same exercises over and over again with bad form. i've done a few of jillian;s tapes and i was surprised there was such an emphasis on doing…

then i would advise switching to compound movements that work multiple joints and muscles at once. you may find that your strength increases better that way. just as an example i never do bicep curls but i ended up recently having to curl an 85 pound barbell and it was kinda easy. try bent rows, lat pulldowns on the cable…

spartan race or biathlon

what type of exercises are you doing? if you're doing primarily isolation stuff like bicep curls or tricep kickback it's going to be more difficult than you if you worked on increasing your strength via compound lifts like rowing, bench press or lat pull down also depending on the dumbells you have available, you are going…

LOL OP, like we have access to your calendar and schedules :laugh: go when you can go. this isnt rocket science, man

can you start off with pool workouts? those are going to be easier on your joints and you will definitely develop some stamina and cardio endurance. i'd personally start off with a goal of being able tp do something continuosly for 30 minutes a day day 5-6 days a week. then build on that you can also just stick with what…

i'm like 8 kinds of jealous :grumble: hoping to make it to 300 by end of the year. great job OP!

30 minutes everyday should be fine without needing a rest, but of course listen to your body. also OP you might find that there may be a few people in your life who will start to become naysayers about exercise and who will try to talk you out of doing it for fear of overtraining. 9 times out of 10 these are people who…

i dont understand what the problem is. do you walk around with scale displaying your weight at all times? if you look better then shouldnt that be the point?

this. i have a very hard time believing your doc wouldnt explain this to you and that you'd go by "Everyone says my body is in starvation mode" without asking your doctor. my side eye meter is pretty high on this thread...

agree with the post but QUE?! at the bold, you most certainly do use low back in your deadlifts. you use prettu much every muscle along the posterior chain. there shouldnt be pain, you are most certainly working those muscles

get some fitness goals and work towards them. that's really the only thing i can think of. i love exercising, always have and one of the main things i like is getting a goal, smashing it and then creating a new goal. sample goals can be stuff like doing x number of pushups in y minutes, 10 pullups, 3500 m row in 15 mins,…

slice an avocado, put a cooked egg on it and some smoked salmon cus breakfast is the most delicious meal of the day?

i've never been able to workout after a meal and that even includes when i played morning rugby games. digesting makes me sluggish, not sluggish enough to effect regular living but definitely enough to getting in the way of putting 100% into my workouts. Just do your workout and eat a good meal afterwards

i agree with this (not the dog walking part but the other part). when you start strong lifts you are supposed to progress rapidly through weights as you neural pathways adapt to the movements. once you begin the actual strength training part (ie when it becomes more difficult to increase weights) it takes more out of you,…

are you diabetic? bt yeah wearing proper footwear will be very helpful. also get some moisture wicking socks.

i'm currently testing the latter. honestly it feels like using duct tape on the situation because i know my body eventually is going to be like "mofo you ain't eating at maintenance! nice try" :laugh: i'm basically doing it to see if i get my deadlift to 250 before i take a break. i've been doing it for about 2 weeks now…

the numbers are rounded. it might be 3.7 g in one thing, 2.3 in another. these numbers are just guestimates anyway, there's no need to get so granular

look up proper squat form. to protect your knee and to gt the booty benefits you need to get your hips lower than your knees! also make sure your knees are always travelling in the same direction your toes are pointed. think of sitting back like you're sticking your butt out, and get post parallel! get the form right…

generally speaking dynamic stretching before and static stretching after. dynamic is to help get the muscles and joints (mainly joints i think) ready for movement. static is for flexibility. with that said, i did static back stretches between my deadlifts sets today because i was incredibly tight. it helped

they should have someone at the front desk to walk you through the first day to show you were things are. you should also be getting at least 1 (sometimes 2) free sessions with a trainer as well. good luck!

i'd still lose weight, but there's no way i'd be able to workout fueled by 1700 calories of gummy bears and string cheese :laugh:

deads and bench seem to be the only things i can sort of increase now. i'm now trying something different where i see if it makes a difference if i eat close to maintenance on the repair day (which of course means i have to eat much less the other days to stay in a deficit). maybe the extra calories on the non…

i think it's because some people think they have WAY more lean body mass than they actually do and assume that because of that they will gain muscle very quickly. then when they dont strength train while losing weight and lose tons of lean body mass they realize that it's much harder to gain muscle than they thought and…