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Prelogging has always worked best for me too. I think it's great to take a break! I'm an avid weight lifter /crossfitter so I bulk and cut. When I'm bulking I do not weigh, I'll still input from time to time just to see macros. When I'm cutting I weigh everything precisely, mostly, but I'm a big believer in living life to…

I get rid of fat mirrors or ignore them all together lol, depends on their angle too, not just distortion. My Gma has a mirror that hangs at a slight downward angle, it's the perfect selfish mirror!

you should love it. It helped me get upper body strength after 2 years of lifting traditionally on my own and hitting a plateau at bench 75 and overhead 70. Now i am at 105 bench and 105 overhead 1RM, after 4 months of crossfit! Do it!

It's not many. I wear a heart rate monitor and when doing about work or push-ups, it will slow considerably. Now use the ability machine and you'll get higher calorie burns with that.

What the heck are you doing to reach 210? I've never gone over 190, extreme snowboarding, rock climbing and crossfit and I haven't reached more then that, but that could be just size and age differences too . But yes I can work out at my 220-age max for an expanded period of time and still have gas in the tank.

167 is considered my max heart rate using the 220-age. I wear a heart rate monitor and I typically do crossfit training and tempo runs. When I'm at 183 or so, I feel that I'm at 100% I'm sacking air like crazy, talking is not happening and muscles are burning, I know I can go higher but I'd be more prone to injury. So I'd…

In my experience, I've found that working out again helps ease the soreness. The workouts following a major sore day should be a little more mellow. Drink TONS of water and take profen as needed. I find that if I am meeting my protein goals the soreness isn't nearly as long.

Google crossfit or Tabata exercises.

My youngest is 7 now. But when she was younger I learned to wake up at the Crack of dawn, it is still my favorite time of day, me time, get my exercises out of the way and the rest of the day is family loving. Except when I was training 2 a days for races. I used various workout videos at home. My favorite and the one I…

I've had similar issues. It's always my right wrist and I sit at a computer all day, using the mouse with my right hand and I write A LOT, so when my wrist acts up, I put some icy hot on it and wrap it up a couple hours, it helps with tenderness. And Idon't break on exercise, just give wrist some TLC and support in…

Foam Roller!! And lay off the exercise that irritates the affected area until pain is gone.

There use to be a law in California that made it illegal for men to use a restroom labeled women and vice versa. Until recently, in which there was some legislation for transgender rights? Anyways. My little gym only has one nasty shower area and a little changing area with a toilet. I change at home.

WATER! Drink water, pop some IB profen and I agree with light cardio to break up that lactic acid!

I, like you, live on a tight budget. For cardiovascular I run mostly, but I have invested in an exercise DVD collection overy the years. The very best all body workout I have is supreme 90 day. It's 30$ or so, comes with 7 dvds. You will need a 5lb and a 10 lb set of dumbells (eventually I pupurchased an exercise ball and…

I am weighing in at 149 these days, 5'8 and medium boned with apple body shape. a couple months ago I was at 143 (my goal was 140) wearing US size 6/8. I have started a heavy lifting program which has bumped my weight up. still wearing the same size only bottoms are tighter in the glutes!! which I have to remind myself I…

When I began this journey I was like you, barely even one knee pushup. Every night before bed and every morning I worked on them. When I could only do one, I'd try two, then three etc.. over timeI started working on regular pushups. I can now do 25 regular pushups with our dying!!! If I take a break though I lose power, so…

That is a really cool link!

Thank you! Another lead for the google searches :) This post has been a wealth of knowledge! Keep it coming folks! Here is what I am going to try for a couple of weeks: Every other day Modified SL 5x5, really only upping my load once a week (aka madcow) For now I will stick to my runs in the early mornings of lift days,…

Thanks for this link! I just found a modified SL 5x5, madcow, that I will look into some more. In this short amount of time I have really grown to enjoy the heavy lifting, but maybe I will modify the progressive loading.

I have not been consistently logging calories since I have started lifting heavier, so I know my calories have gone up a little(I am hungry hungry lol), but I have no accurate measurement of that. I am on the lower end of carbs....I might need to re evaluate my approach to that.

The problem is the "time permitting" for running after my weight sessions, but I am going to have to try to figure out a way to make it happen so I can see if it works better. Last week I did an early morning run (5:30 am tempo run with fastest split 7:35 which is NOT my fastest) and then did the lifting session at 8pm.…

I will look into these routines. I guess I mostly worry about losing my cardio capacity, I've worked very hard to get to the place I am now. Thank you for your input!

I like to win 5ks, so I am working on tempo runs, rest runs, and sprints nothing longer then 4 miles.

I used to do the half marys and full marys, but in the last couple years I have been doing the obstacle racing and the 5ks with speed (I often place at least in my age group if not top womens) and I have enjoyed working on my speed work, but like you mentioned above, the weights have started to bump running out of place.…

As a former "fatty" ,80 lbs heavier at my heaviest, I find myself being very harsh on those who do not help themselves and just keep making excuses. Since I have lived at that heavy weight, and since I know how much it sucks to barely be able to breath just to bend over and tie my shoelaces, since I know that actually,…

Congrats on your weight loss!! Lift heavy! It will change your life! Buy a foam roller. I got one on amazon for $11. YouTube ITBS stretches on the foam roller. Don't let the runners knee get ahead of you!

By looking at your picture i would guess you have long legs ( where your body doesn't hold fat) and a short torso, like me. It doesn't look like "real" love handles it looks like you have a short torso. As others have already said there is no magic spot reduction, only eating clean at a calorie deficit ( others will argue…

I mostly do two times a day but I had built up the stamina. I was doing multiple 1-1.5 hour training sessions in the mornings . I recently broke that up 30 in the am and 45 in the pm . The two a day seems to wear me out more then doing it all in the mornings so just be mindful of that.

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I swear that drinking 2 tbsp mixed with 8 oz of water kept me from coming Dow with strep throat. I find it helps regulate my daily BM and keeps my stomach feeling full. As for weight loss I am not sure as I et at a deficit now ( and exercise regularly)