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If you like a lot of variety, New Rules. If you like easy to learn and implement, Stronglifts. If you want more about your figure, Strongcurves.

Go for a basic watch/strap combo for beginner level training. Of course, the more features you want, the more you will pay. Really all you need is the ability to track your average heart rate over time, and maybe an alert if your HR goes too high or too low. After that, time spent in at least one zone. Make sure it has…

I would say that functionality has been removed in the latest upgrade.

Circuit training Calesthenics High Impact Aerobics

Strength training improves cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary health. You will see improved flexibility, balance, and coordination. Your bone density gets better. Stronger muscles protect joints and vertebrae, preventing injury. Your metabolism ramps up. With more muscle at a given caloric intake, you will look much…

Heart Rate Monitors measure heart rate. Using a formula, they are able to calculate the approximate calories burned based on the volume load from steady state aerobic exercises. Your HR during weight lifting is pressure load from intermittent anaerobic exercise. No HRM accurately measures calories burned from lifting…

Save yourself a fortune. Go to a tractor/farm supply store and buy horse stall mats. Same material. Fraction of the cost. Stronglifts is a fantastic beginners weight lifting program. Will it be the last workout you ever do? No. But in terms of getting up and running, hard to recommend anything over it. Muscles grow while…

Eco chalk. You can get it at any decent outdoor supply store, or order it online. It doesn't have anywhere near the residue effect of a typical magnesium gym chalk. Do grip strengthening exercises, such as kettlebell cleans from the hang position, plate pinches, high-rep dumbbell rows, etc. Squeeze the bejeezers out of the…

Don't worry about it. Nobody does.

Basic thermodynamics. Lets just say, as a hypothetical, that at your height/age/weight 1600 calories is maintenance for you. 1600 calories will only support so much weight. Lets just say, again hypothetically, that it's 120 lbs. So, if you eat 1600 calories your weight won't fluctuate outside of norms, right? Now, lets…

Knee problems tend to arise when the knees get out past the toes. This makes a squat/leg press a knee movement. When you keep your knees behind the toes (and the farther back the better) it turns it more into a hip/glute movement, thus less issue with the knees. A leg press can actually be worse for your knees because it's…

1: If you added it under Strength, it's because the Strength section doesn't add calories. It's just for tracking workouts and impressing your friends. 2: Try using the Strength Training entry under the cardio section if you want it to add calories. 3: Just a bit of fyi, Body Pump is basically resisted cardio training.…

10 calories lost? You won't see much ;) Depends on how big you are, etc. 10 lbs is gonna be more noticeable on somebody 5' 3" than on somebody 6' 2". The general guideline is progress photos every 30 days.

Or that you're afraid to drive to the grocery store because you might end up in NASCAR.

P90X isn't really a weights program. It uses weights sometimes, but rarely. CLX is basically resisted cardio. Not really weights. As to the knee issues, I can't speak for CLX, but P90X has a lot of jumping around as well. There's an entire day based on plyometrics. For myself, the biggest help to my knees was losing…

Many grocery stores now sell whey protein in their health/diet section. It's pretty easy to find stuff that's got the same protein to calorie ratio as AMP, usually for a lot less.

Most accurate -> Least accurate HRM with VO2 Max known -> HRM -> Machine -> MFP * For aerobic exercise only

Lift heavy things. Put them down. Repeat. Take a look at Stronglifts 5x5, Starting Strength, or New Rules Of Lifting for Women. I'm pretty sure they all have groups here you can join to get further info.

I used to alternate strength and cardio days, usually doing some sort of low intensity aerobics on strength days as well. It was very tough. I didn't really see the strength results I wanted, and I didn't really see the cardio results I wanted. But, the best workout plan in the world is one you will stick to and do. So…

1) Don't worry too much about your grams per meal. I would increase my protein intake during the day. If you're skinny-fat you want more muscle & muscle comes with protein. 2) Do big full body compound lifts. Look into Starting Strength or Stronglifts 5x5. 3) Lots of good protein shakes out there. Avoid the ones with soy…

I destroyed my knees when I was younger skateboarding. Part of one of my bones is chipped off and it will slide out of socket regularly. For me it was low back squats to parallel and pistol squats on a bench that really helped. I used to dislodge my knee if I stepped off a curb wrong. Hasn't happened in over a year now.

awesome progress ;)

Why wait to start using the equipment? Put a barbell over your shoulders. Enjoy results.

You're still eating at a deficit right? That being said, weight lifting is about creating muscle, which is far more dense than fat. So even with more weight, you will look thinner. So do you want to lose weight or do you want to look and be fit? Check out this page. Notice she weighs 10 pounds more now.…

In other words, should you increase your caloric intake every day without increasing the amount of exercising you are doing? Are you losing weight faster than you want right now?

1: Margin of error 5% is well within the margin of error by any method of testing body fat, except the hydrostatic. IMO, this is hardly worth considering. 2: Not strength training You haven't been strength training. Everything you listed is muscular endurance training. From the Les Mills Body Pump website: 70 to 100…

Everytime you deload, find a video online about how to do whatever lift it is. Elite FS, Dave Tate, Mark Rippetoe are all renowned experts in the field. Do a search with their name combined with the lift. Watch the vids. Correct your form while deloaded. Bust through records!

Heart rate monitor is absolutely not the way to go with regards to strength training. First thing to understand: HRMs do not measure calories burned! They measure Heart Rate. Second thing to understand: Your HR can change for any number of reasons. Caffeine, fear, adrenaline, excitement, etc. Third thing to understand: A…

Option 1: Only enter the part that doesn't change into the recipe. Add stuff that does change manually. Of course, the trick is to remember what changes. Option 2: Skip recipes entirely. Save the entire thing as a single meal. When you select that meal, it enters each item as an entry into your diary. Then make adjustments…