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Thanks guys, I appreciate the input. Seems like Garmins has many fans lol :smile:

I used to run 5km, now can only manage 3km. Feel I'm getting old :(

The taste. Dessert is something I enjoy and cant let go. Of course I've reduced the intake, but wont stop from eating them once or twice a week.

Hi, fellow Malaysian here. I still eat anything stir fried in restaurants/stalls. Just keeping the amount minimum. I dont really like to restrict myself. I dont eat raw, at least boiled veggie at home.

You probably did all cardio and no strength training, losing the muscle mass.

That just means you can drink 100 gallon of Diet cola (0 calories) and still be ok? I dont think so. Since sugar (or aspartame) is still bad in some sense to our health.

Cereal and low-fat milk for me. Since this is my company provides for free.

I am a newbie, doing a fast routine (cos I dislike being slow), somehow lost my focus, and kicked my trainer's balls instead haha.

Around 5.1", 1200 seems to be my maintain cals.

Thanks for the replies. Not sure it's fat or muscle, maybe both? It's hard to look sexy with big calves, hard to wear fitting pants/jeans as well. I've tried running, tried long brisk-walk on treadmill too. Doesn't work. Probably gets bigger

12-13km from my place to work. Even just brisk walking to the train station, I'm already sweating. And that's an issue since I definitely do not want turning up at work in the morning drenched in sweat and stink.

Usually i skip. But started eating cornflakes and milk these days, as my stomach keep making noises by 10.30-11am in work meetings each time. It's very embarassing. :(

Malaysia.

Normally I eat heavy lunch, white rice with chicken, french beans, or whatever. This serves as my fuel before I go to the gym some 5 hours after lunch. Salads are never in my list.

Yep, twice so far at gym. The trainer is doing it pretty fast.

No space at my place, so I've been attending gym Les Mill's bodycombat classes. Still very new, attended twice so far. Will join again when I have the time.

Lucky you. The rate at my place is $900 for 10 hour sessions. And this is already after discount for students!

Even with an hour cardio, almost an hour bodycombat class and some other machines, I'd only go as far as 400-500 calories estimate. Even this sounds too much to me with 2 hours workout.

Just yesterday I was with a trainer at the free-weight area (for the 1st time), I'm getting all the stares from guys, as if I'm disturbing their holy area. Like I mentioned, very awkward. I dont think I'll be there again without somebody accompanying me.

I have no routine either, probably a bad thing. Currently i'm just doing whatever things I like. Bodycombat class 2-3 times a week. HIIT 3 times a week. Some leg press. Interested to add weight training, but still haven't learn proper form. My triceps, shoulder and chest muscle are my weakest area I think. Not being…

My height is 5"1'. My normal pace of walking is around 4.0-4.5. Used to walk a bit fast. My workout is anything between 7.0-10.0. However, now a trainer at gym has discouraged me from doing HIIT.. too much muscles on my calves.

1. Get a shoe with padded sole stuff (the proper word escapes my brain at this moment lol). 2. Google Midfoot strike. It works for me. It doesn't much pressure to your leg when running.

Whatever time that works for you. I'm doing after work hours, typically begins around 6pm or 6.30pm weekdays. Just joined a commercial gym near my workplace, so it's convenient.

Well I'm not too sure. I think it is a barbell, but the length of bar looks longer than the 1st pic that you showed. Adjustable version.

The soreness on triceps is felt right away. I still don't feel a thing on my chest area haha. Felt pathetic that I can barely do 5kg press.

It is a free session, where trainer intro you how to use some strength machines (I don't need intro to cardio machines as I'm already familiar with them), and teach the correct forms for some free-weight trainings. It took a long while as I had issue correcting my forms. So yes, I do not know whether my body postures are…

I think I'm already doing that. The gap between my hand grip and the last part of the bar, is only around 3 inches. Not sure what else I can do here to engage chest muscle.

I'm doing flat back, with my legs arched up (bent). If soreness is not a reliable gauge, then how exactly to know that certains parts of muscles are being engaged on?

I'm not your client (not in US/UK), but if you don't mind, would you please advise me if I should be doing other exercises more for the stuff that you mentioned about my pecs area and upper-cross syndrome? If so, which exercises/training I should be doing? Except for push-ups which I'm not good at for now.

Thanks, I'll try the routine on 2nd link you gave.