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If you read their whiny butthurt response the other day, it doesn't sound like they planned this.

No, he understood your point quite well. But your point is 100% wrong—that’s why he disagreed. When people “do the same thing over and over again”, and it “barely does anything for them”, it’s because, over time, we tend to make subtle lifestyle changes to restore an energy balance, NOT because the “body adjusts and burns…

I have no idea if the scale is accurate or not, or if the OP is measuring under consistent conditions...but, 36% body fat at 155 lbs indicates a lean mass of 99lbs. At 5’5” that is not really that low (it’s maybe slightly lower than average). Again, I don’t know the specifics about the OPs frame, muscle mass, or anything…

Getting more details, I’m sorry this had to happen so close to what sounds like a meaningful event. It sounds like you are taking the right, sensible approach and I hope you have a great time!

The physiological load on the heart during weight lifting is different than the load imposed during aerobic exercise, even when heart rate responses are similar. Lifting weights increases the pressure load on the heart—meaning the heart has to pump more forcefully to push the blood through higher resistance (as opposed to…

How about the poor schmo who buys $100K worth of trucks as a present and doesn’t even get the color he wanted.

I don’t think you are the target audience. And it goes to show that making fun of a commercial has nothing to do with what is meaningful between two individuals. As much as I hate the company and the people who run it, if it meets your needs, it’s a great product and worth every penny. Sounds like you have a husband who…

Have you been having symptoms or a diagnostic test or is this just something you want to explore because of family history? Without clinical data, it’s hard to be specific. The biggest immediate risk with cardiomyopathy is a sudden arrhythmia (hence the concern re dizziness). The effects of the actual deterioration of…

https://runnersconnect.net/groin-pain-runners-diagnosing-treatment-prevention/ I would read the above article. It’s a pretty detailed examination of the issue. Your body is going to tell you what you can or can’t do. The only thing I can say if you have a serious groin injury and you insist on pushing through it to train…

Becoming an internet meme of ridicule—especially for this type of product—is an exception to the “any publicity is good publicity” axiom.

This was my favorite description of the ad: “ ... a 116 lb woman’s YEARLONG fitness journey to becoming a 112 lb woman”. I know the articles emphasize the criticisms over perceived social issues, but I have found the comments to have the right (snarky) tone and perspective. I know my first reaction when I saw the…

Keep in mind that if you are just starting out, anything you do will be effective. It doesn’t have to be complicated and you don’t have to kill yourself. Keep it simple, moderate, and enjoy getting moving again.

“Slimmer thighs” is not really a performance enhancement by itself. If you want to excel at running performance, depending on the events, you need to lose fat (and gain strength). And therein lies the dilemma for many athletes, esp female athletes. The level of body fat that is necessary for peak performance is not always…

If that is your stated goal, then I think that is a reasonable expectation. Part of it might depend on their expertise or their access to measuring resources. On the one hand, I don’t know how you can make recommendations about appropriate weight or track progress without doing some type of empirical assessment. On the…

You shouldn’t weigh your self after exercise. It is normal to lose water during a workout and it will skew your results. I routinely lose 3-4 lbs of water weight during a 45-60 minute workout. Ive seen people lose as much as 7 pounds. Weighing first thing in the morning, without clothes, and after bathroom will give you…

Jumping rope is a high-impact exercise, similar to running. It also has a large eccentric component, probably even more than running. It is this eccentric movement that results in a high amount of DOMS if you do too much at first. The fact that you are experiencing this soreness does not necessarily mean that you are at a…

Overall, trying to carry weights and do something like “combo” work tends to result in diminishing returns. If you use weights heavy enough to have a training effect, there is a high risk of overuse injury; if you use weights light enough to be safe, they are too light to make much of a difference. It can be a challenge to…

Rather than retype, I refer you to AnnPT77 detailed comment above. TL:dr Inefficiency impairs performance to such a degree that calorie burn is less, not more.

I’m not sure where you stand in the whole “facts vs opinions” debate, but the preeminent expert in back biomechanics would disagree with you. https://www.macleans.ca/society/health/the-man-who-wants-to-kill-crunches/ And this article is from 2010. The evidence has grown quite a bit more since then.

"I've been doing them and have no problems" is not a good criterion for exercise recommendations for the general population. If someone said "exercise x" has a 70% injury rate, you probably would think that's a pretty bad exercise. Yet 1 out of 3 people could do it with no problem. In evaluating crunches, or any other…

If you are able to maintain your pelvic tilt and not arch the lower back, then you cannot do the exercise “wrong” since that IS the exercise. Not touching the floor just makes it a little more challenging. Dead bug is one of those exercises where you have to consciously look for ways to make it more challenging as you…

That’s a bird dog.

It’s one of the various forms of a dead bug. Another version is to lower the opposite arm at the same time you lower the leg. You can hold weights in the arms for more challenge. Dead bugs are a great exercise to learn to engage the core and maintain a pelvic tilt during movement. Maintaining that tilt is a key, however.…

For all of the criticism, the Smith Machine is a great tool for modifying resistance levels for exercises like push ups and planks. :D

https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/rock-climbing-how-to-cross-train.html This is one of several links i found with a quick google search.

Looking at your picture, that’s a fair assessment. My original advice still holds, I think. It’s not that you can’t lose 10lbs in 10wks. It’s more that it will likely take several weeks to get into a consistent “fat burning” process, so losing 10lbs of fat in first 10 wks is less likely. But that’s just the scientist in me…

At the beginning of a program I would recommend against getting locked into an arbitrary scale number as a goal. There are a number of physiologic changes that occur when starting a program—some which cause the scale to go lower, some that cause it to go higher—that are not related to fat loss, but which show up on the…

I also think it’s because of the accuracy of the power measurements. To me that is the thing that really makes the C2 unique. Without the PMS, it’s just a ... water rower. 😂😂😂😂

Long-lever plank, reach plank, or rollout Pallof press Weighted dead bug or hollow hold Offset carry

I guess i am still more jaded —or maybe too old. I think Peloton is getting a lot of positive press because it is new and because it has a lot of VC capital behind it and they need to promote the hell out of it. The problem with all of these “new paradigms” is that they all rely on one very old paradigm— people following a…