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is the fitbit pretty accurate for calculating your daily tdee? also do most of you combine it with a hrm?

how accurate are the polar hrm's for strength training?

i want to figure out my tdee and a rough idea of what i burn via strength training. so it seems like a fitbit/hrm combo would be equiv to a bmf but the bmf would likely be more accurate overall?

anyone??

high reps = fast twitch low reps(heavy) = slow twitch muscle hypertrophy usually occurs in the 8-12 rep range. 3-5 rep range would be aimed at strength. i don't see what part of that is incorrect.

also OP stated she has been dieting since 8/1 so it has only been a tad over 3 weeks. she would have not have plateaued that quickly. weigh yourself at the same time, same conditions once a week to get a better idea of you weigh. if you are still not losing eat at maintenance for 1-2 weeks and taper down again from there…

i've cut at 1200 cals and tossed in 300 additional cals burned via cardio. shed 3lbs a week consistently, then ate at maint. for a couple weeks, followed by ramping up for a clean bulk. sometimes that additional 100cals will make a difference. if you're already at 1200, 1100 isn't far off. OP what are your daily carbs at…

if going 12,10,8,6,4 of course you would increasing the weight as your reps got lower, getting as close to your max as possible. fast twitch of course would a lower weight so you could rep it out and slow twitch would be as heavy as you can go 4-6 reps approx. OP said dumbbells so this can be applied to any dumbbell…

as long as you are eating at a deficit you will lose weight.

really boils down to calories in/out. try dropping it another 100 cals and see if that makes a difference. realistically though you should be losing at the calories you are eating now. are you sure you are tracking everything down to a "T"?

2-3lbs a week is fine.

you can do a split or do one body part per day which is what i do and that is 5 days a week.

anytime is a good time.

tone doesn't really exist. you either build muscle or drop weight. to just drop weight eat a deficit, cardio if u like but you can't spot reduce. to build muscle which in turn will speed up your metabolism and burn fat more efficiently, squats are great for the butt.

do push ups with correct form as many as you can, take a break repeat. do 4-5 sets like this. the following day you do them try to squeeze one more rep in and so on...

that really depends on what your personal goals are. even if you are getting started you will need a small variety of weights. you can buy a cheap two dumbbell kit with 50lbs of weights for relatively cheap. you can do a ton of different exercises though so the small investment price is worth it and they will last forever,…