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Blimey you should be competing in PL Matt... massive numbers for someone as ripped as you look in that photo, last time i pulled 300kg i was over 300lbs and as big as a small familiy home with double garage :)

You can get olympic lifting shoes with a wooden heal that help transfer force through the heal into the floor (mine are Adidas Ironworks IIIs, dont use them very often but when i am doing some speed work and doing powercleans they are nice to have) and most powerlifters (including myself) use (or used in my case) something…

Reading properly rather than skimming it does look like you have a good understanding of whats going on with your body as you exercise, i do still think our obsession with scale weight is misguided though and stems from that blasted BMI nonsense. Maybe try switching your activities to something with lower intensities.…

I think this is the problem with so called medical experts (here in the UK at least) constantly shoving scale weight and BMI down our throats as the key indicator for health. You will hold on to a bit of water when you exercise as cnocnacu pointed out but that will ease off over time (its a bit of an urban myth that its…

Great job, well done :) you look so much younger

Im 40 in November =/ im hoping if i can be in better shape at 40 than i was in 30 that i take it a lot better :) Feel free to add me!

Jodanord - 24? Klamerie - 18?

Damn, i clicked this hoping someone had done a new study that linked regular beer consumption to fat loss :)

Thats an amazing change in just 4 weeks Tiffani, well done :) Sounds odd as your face isnt really in shot.. but you look younger.. if i had to guess the age of the first front on shot i would have said 28-30, the far right one id have guessed 18-20

Fast Mountain climbers.. nothing gettings my HRM beeping at me for going above the cardio zone than those.

As has been said, squat and deadlift... unbeatable. I find in particular Front Squats (barbell across your front delts) awesome for core strength as its a battle just to keep stable.

Just outside London here, feel free to add away if youve need any more encouragement :)

Im a massive fan of Fitness Evolved 2012, especially boot camp. A few of my MFP friends say good things about Biggest Loser so i have that on the way also. I have UFC Trainer but i think you really need a LOT of room for that, we have a fairly big lounge but it still struggles to register certrain moves for me. Aside from…

No they wont make you feel tingly, the things that make you do that are generally training boosters that contain stimulants. BCAA (branch chain amino acids) are building blocks of proteins. We break proteins down into amino acids to repair/rebuild muscle after training so thats the idea behind them. Its been ages since i…

I agree Ludogx87 ... since exercising on a more regular basis and doing a lot more cardio as opposed to just weight training, im sleeping like a log :)

Great work Dave, you look like a new man...and about 10 years younger! very inspiring! Well done :)

Honeymoon in Florida in September :) .. 16 Nights at Disneys Beach Club.. cant wait!!! (and no i wont be logging for the duration! :) )

The benefits of exercise go so much further than just losing scale weight and you are also much more likely to be able to keep the weight off if you train as well and turn your body into a calorie munching machine. If you want to get in that little dress for a 1 off event then dont care what happens after when you return…

Another recommendation my Myprotein here.. used them a lot while powerlifting, they do a great range of supplements/meal replacements at good prices and have some tailored with women.

I think im lucky in that everyone i have as a friend is pretty dedicated and not looking to cheat themselves by claimimg every last bit of body movement as activity. I did use to use MFP cals but realise now a lot of it was overestimating, especially on walking and static bike (for me at least, im around 250lbs), ive since…

Im doing the same (HRM), I do boot camp and after 10 mins of push ups, tyre jumps, squats, wide runs etc.. it says ive used 13 calories.. less than 5 minutes doing a light warm up activity like Stomp it! :) I love Fitness Evolved 2012, so much variety .. at the moment i chain together Bootcamp, Abs Tone and Burn, Cardio…

Well done :) As you scroll down you look younger and younger!

Feel free to add me, i want to lose about that also :)

Sounds familiar, i have the same issues with Fitness Evolved 2012, i can do 30 mins of pretty intense work and be shattered but it thinks ive only used a handful of calories and it has lost me a couple of times when doing crunches

Request sent.. new user from London here :)

Who wouldnt want Keith Lemon as a friend?? :) request sent

Hi Maxdjax, Are you ok with walking? I started of at 22 stone last year and did get pain when walking more than a few hundred yards (though not as bad as yours by the sounds of it). I took a week off and built my walking up and by the end of the week was able to do 4-5 miles without problems, it helped me take of 3 stone…