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stiff leg dead lifts (also known as romanian deadlifts) activate the hamstrings

I can't recommend a strength and conditioning coach enough- try and make sure they are UKSCA level 3 qualified or US equivalent (nasca?) They'll to a functional movement assessment and write you a program based on your needs! I've been doing it for 2 years now and I work so much harder with a coach - and she gets me to do…

An espresso usually sorts me out!

Are you doing any strength work? I was always getting injured/knee pain until I started seeing an S&c coach who writes my program to prevent injury, she's worth her weight in gold!,

Hell!!! So a friend took us out for a Sunday lunch and I ate a Yorkshire pudding - result was me driving around Newcastle at 3 in the morning looking for a garage that sold indigestion tablets- again I'm soooo annoyed at myself!!! Silly silly silly!! Straight back on though (thank god)

I've sent a request

The longer I eat this way the more I get my head around the breakfast thing- weekends I usually have bacon, eggs and some salad, weekdays i have a protein shake with a banana and some hazelnut butter. I have been known to just eat what ever is left over from the previous nights food, I.e lamb chops and broccoli. It's taken…

Foam roller to start - I can't recommend this enough! Then I do some shoulder activation stuff: wall angels, brazilians Then x band walks Hop and hold jumps And a clean complex (Romanian dead lift, jump shrug, clean, front squat, all for 2x5 with just the bar) My coach basically adapts this to meet my posture needs and the…

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I started body weight then goblet squats now I'm on the bar- still not v heavy but I had real problems breaking parallel, form > weight. Finally breaking parallel so going to start upping the weight.

God that's a % I can only dream of right now. Gotta admire the commtiment it takes to get down to that though. Good luck!

I'd be questioning the qualifications of the YMCA instructors. Squatting should always be done with the proper form as should any lifiting exercise. In the UK theres the UKSCA (uk strength and conditioning association) I'm pretty sure there's a US equivalent, they're pretty strict on form ect before dishing out the…

The more fat I lose and the more muscle I gain the better mine look! Though they're no where near where I want them

Hiit training at least once a week bit of running intervals, get out on my bike a bit too

*sigh* I did mention foam rolling

I'm blood type A- highly allergic to gluten, legumes make me ill and I eat a stack of meat- I'm thinking it's a load of s*** lol

Main tips would be make sure you move, it's will help and get a foam roller, it'll hurt but the doms clear faster meaning you can workout again sooner and after a week or 3 the DOMS will ease

Are you using a barbell? Try lifting with a frame ( not sure of the proper name but you stand in it and lift from handles at the side- its heavier than a bar - 30kgs) it really helps with my form

I'm not sure I can properly describe the main difference, the nearest I can do is that I feel 'present' in my body- just solid! Does that make sense? The other cool part of course is that if there's something heavy needs lifting at wok the others ask me instead of the male caretakers- so funny

I do it every now and again- mainly to kick start a plateau, it does seem to help but also because when I'm in ketosis I feel awesome, sleep better and have loads of energy. It does get quite a few haters on the forums but I'm a believer in giving these things a try. Good luck

Hi feel free to add, I've been Strength and conditioning training for around 18 months now- it's honestly changed my life, they gym is no longer a bore I love it and I feel great, still have a fair bit to lose but I'm changing shape all of the time.

Long tall Sally do up to 38" Tall girls- never ordered but know they are long Next on line do a tall section that's very reasonable

for runs over 10 miles I usually have sweet potatoes the eve before - same for heavy lifting sessions- I dont worry about protein so much as I eat a fair bit of it anyway.

The elliptical seems to be the one exercise I put into Mfp that's way out, treadmill ans Mfp are usually about the same but if I'm really hammering the elliptical I'm lucky to burn 10cals a min at resistance 7 I'd imagine the cals are prob somewhere I between your two readings.

I knew that eating grains on holiday wouldn't be great for me hadn't quite realised how bad it would be, 6 weeks of eating grains I put on 17lbs (eating a normal calorie intake) 6 days of whole 30 I've dropped 8lbs of them. I usually eat primal, I've read the books I know that primal/paleo works but seeing just how much…

I often get DOMS usually when my lifting program changes, always get enough rest but don't let the soreness put you off, sometimes working through doms a few days later can make them ease.

Day 1 complete, had chicken, cabbage, cauliflower and sweet potato for tea, with homemade stock/ gravy, whenever I do this it surprises me how easy/tasty it is, here's to another successful 29 days, what did you all have for dinner?

Thanks osewcute, glad you liked the thread, and some great changes too

Butter every time. Marg is basically plastic and full of artificial crap and in comparison tastes like sh**

Quick answer is I try not to eat any. Long version is when I do feel the need to have bread I make it mysefl, it tastes great and has no preservatives/other crap