BusyRaeNOTBusty Member

I had a Titan rack and bench for a long time and was very happy. They have one that’s 82”.

Chest to ground but I recently started trying to keep my elbows pointed back instead of out. They are much harder but are supposed to be better for your shoulders.

130 calories over a week? NOT a big deal at all. What are you trying to lose, 1lb a week? If so, you are at a 3500 calorie deficit. 130 calories would be 3.7% of a pound, so instead of the hypothetical pound, you'd lose 0.963 pounds. And it never ever works exactly like it's supposed to.

Even if I believed that diet soda was "bad" and increased your appetite, surely it can't be worse than six cans of Pepsi at 150 calories. If you maintain at 2000 calories that's almost half your calories in just drinks, and I don't think there's enough scientific evidence to convince me to believe either of those things.

This. If you can't start with the bar (an Olympic bar is 45lbs) you can modify most of the moves to use dumbbells.

My slow run is more like a "shuffle" than a run. Are you running exclusively on a treadmil? Can you try running on the ground instead?

Goblet squats would be my recommendation. And yes, go to just below parallel.

Yes, this is definitely a problem. Last year when I was training for mountain bike racing my schedule looked like this: Mon: Full body lifting (lower weights, slow progression) Tuesday: Cycling intervals of some kind Wed: Lifting Thursday: Cycling intervals Friday: off Saturday: moderate to long MTB ride Sunday: long MTB…

In general, no, DOMS should not prevent you from working out again. However you should have a rest day between strength training the same muscle group twice. BUT I'm not sure if a "weights class" and "body pump" really count as "strength training". The rep count and weights are up there near the "cardio with weights" line.…

So you are looking at dinner about 12pm EST? Yuck. I'd grab a small "dinner" at the airport (maybe a sandwich you can eat on the plane) and then just stick with a healthy appetizers for your "dinner" with colleague (tuna sashimi is a go to for me).

When you do log are you giving yourself enough calories? If you aim for too little (say 1200), sure yeah, it's hard to stick with. I'd start with setting your goal to a half pound a week. You can add your own recipe's to the app. If you find yourself wanting to stress eat, take some deep breaths, have a diet soda and some…

Yup.

Shoot for 160 as a first step. Re-evaluate then.

Yup.

I don't do that. But I do look at my weekly average over my daily. So you'd be 800 short today, and 800 over tomorrow but your weekly average will be good.

Yup. Eat more.

Sometimes it keeps me from eating more that evening... But not often, especially since the button hasn't been working in my app for a long time.

This, exactly. Milk has a lot of nutritional value especially for children. If you can get them drinking more of it by adding a bit of sugar, go for it. But then again, I also let my kids eat sugary cereals for breakfast every day.

I think all your reasoning makes sense, and I don't see an issue with going back on a small deficit immediately. And they should totally round UP. I've been measured at both 5'8.75" (10 years ago) and 5'8.5" (more recently) and still claim 5'9" (but my insurance doesn't rely on BMI).

I haven't read through 35 pages, but has this ever been mentioned: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/373801/two-day-full-body-strength-training-routine/p1 My routine is based off it.

Honestly I know nothing about this routine. However, based on the fact that it has you splitting up by body parts, would indicate to me, that's it's not great. I'd recommend going to this thread and picking one of the beginner routines listed there:…

Doesn't sound terribly healthy. Also, most easy body fat measurements are very unreliable and inaccurate. I wouldn't trust that number the scale is giving you for body fat. Mine tells me I'm 36% at 5'8.5" and 160 lbs (I'm more like 25%). Why don't you save your money and just do it the slow, simple, more enjoyable way of…

Honestly I'd adjust your maintenance range to 155 to 160. Things have changed slightly (without any fat gain) and you now have a new baseline.

Which program is this? I'd also recommend a fully body program instead. As far as cardio or lifting order, it doesn't really matter.

Glad you aren't hurt too badly. Thanks for the helmet reminder.

Yup. This. Running isn't the only option. Just walking can be great for you too.

One time I had a trainer at the gym measure. She came up with 19%. I did an hand held BIA, that said 23%. My scale says 36%. I just go with weight, sometimes measurements and what I look like in the mirror. Or sometimes I try to compare myself to pictures like this.

I like to add honey and bananas.

Is your profile picture current? Are you sure you need to lose 10 to 15 pounds?

I really should pre-enter my foods more often. It really does help.