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You could base for sure. Generally the flyer will be a little smaller because the base has to support them.

I posted about this here: community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/33153487/#Comment_33153487 It takes a while.

My gym is spendy at about $85/month. I'd explain the amenities, but it's easier to link the website. clubwoodside.com/

Chicken thighs are generally more moist than breasts. And trimmed of fat, they are pretty much nutritionally equivalent. I buy frozen, skinless chicken thighs and cook them on a George Foreman for work. Always moist and delicious.

116 lbs is underweight for your height. In fact, at 127 lbs, you are at the low end of healthy weight. Why are you trying to lose more? Why 116 lbs?

That's the article I was thinking of! Thanks! No wonder I couldn't find it on Lyles's site. :p As far as working out in the mornings, I was never a morning person, but in July of 2014, I really wanted to get a workout in before leaving for a weekend in New Orleans, so I went to the gym at 6:00 a.m. Shockingly, I really…

Thx! I'm 5'5".

Thanks! As much as I'd like to attempt a true bulk/cut, I know it wouldn't work for me. I attempted a mini one last year (attempting to gain 5 lbs), but I never got that far before I was trying to do a mini cut for a Jamaica vacation. For a while I thought I was spinning my wheels by recomping, but not any more. I'm not…

I've been recomping for almost two years now. It took a good 6 months to a year to see results and it wasn't until I was about 1.5 years into the process that people really started commenting. Here's August 2013 at about 128 lbs (always have to apologize for the standing on the toilet shots. Have, like 5 years of data at…

Except for a brief year in my early 20s when I quit working at a horse ranch but didn't realize I couldn't eat the same and gained 30lbs, I've never been overweight. I do have a weakness for sweets though, and one way I've maintained a healthy weight for pretty much my entire life is to not keep sweets in the house. So,…

Our height/weight stats are the same. I log/weigh all my food during the week (most of the time), and I'm pretty strict with it. On weekends I don't log and I'm not as strict. This has been successful for me for many years. I do eat at a small deficit on my logging days. It gives me a lot more freedom on the weekends. Your…

Agree with ninerbuff. One of the better articles I've actually read.

I have a 45mm brass xpole and a 45 mm lil' mynx stainless steel. I used to have a 50 mm chrome xpole. I like the xpole just fine, but I prefer the stainless steel. Finish preference is influenced by body chemistry, so what works for one person might not work for another. I've never used a platinum stages pole, but I like…

I'm actively working on increasing flexibility, so I always stretch. I do a light, dynamic stretch session at the beginning of workouts, then often stretch between sets on leg days, with a more intense stretch session at the end of my workout. I'm curious about what the "minimal benefits" of stretching is referencing.…

I'm the same height but 10 lb heavier than you, but also 14 years older. While I do work out quite a bit (often twice a day weights/running or biking, weights/aerial practice, running/aerial practice, etc.), my maintenance is 2200-2300 cal/day. I maintain by eating lower calories during the week and more on the weekends,…

Don't over-complicate it. If your total burned calories from Fitbit seem reasonable (which is sounds like they are), use that average as your TDEE. Subtract 500 calories from that and eat to that number (gross), which would be about 2000-2100 cal/day if your TDEE is 2600/day. Be sure to adjust your Fitbit as your weight…

One more exercise I'd like to add for hamstrings are glute/ham raises. I believe they're also called Russian leg curls. Unweighted generally, but hit the hamstrings pretty hard. I limit squats because of hip issues. I also can't go as deep as is often recommended because of limited mobility somewhere in my body. What I've…

I'm on Studio Veena. I usually do a mixture of private lessons, a class, and online training. Studio Veena lessons progress in a logical fashion, but I do skip around.

I'm still struggling with Aysha, but my biggest accomplishment lately has been stringing many moves together without having to come down and wipe my hands or the pole.

I use wraps because my grip is always being worked and I don't care to stress it any more. I think I have pretty good grip strength because of my aerial work, but I still struggle with deads when pushing 200 lbs.

1200 per day is still super low. I burn about 1300 calories doing absolutely nothing (my tested RMR). I'm 5'5" and 128 lbs (as of this morning). I lose weight if I eat 1700 calories M-Th and closer to 2500 Friday-Sunday. Now, I'm pretty active and tend to work out 2x/day, but still! 1200 would kill me and I'd have no…

No, but I like to train like I am. I figure the summer is my stage, lol.

I definitely do. Even though I have regular "re-feeds", I still have days where I feel like I can eat all the food. It's usually a couple times a month. Probably tied more to hormones than anything else even though my workouts can be pretty gnarly.

Weekly is what works best for me. It's a lot easier for me to eat low M-Th and then not watch so carefully on the weekends.

I bank calories for the weekend. It's been working for me for years. I still try not to go too crazy, but it seems to work out just fine.

Try to focus on what your body can do rather than how it looks. I have a bit of dysmorphia at times too. Depending on how severe yours is, I don't know that professional help is necessarily warranted. I'm between 16-18 % body fat (16% per BodPod, 18% per my calipers) and sometimes I feel fluffy. I know it's ridiculous, but…

The wine probably isn't the problem. Usually it's what you eat once you're a little tipsy that hinders progress. A bottle of wine is usually about 600 or so calories. So you have to have a lot. However, those chili cheese fries that sound amazing after a few glasses are what will kill you. I maintain and have lost just…

No, I did check out one of the days (March 24th I believe) and it was 6000 some odd calories. However, it looks like you logged 47 bananas for breakfast where I'm pretty sure you meant 47 grams of banana.

In aerial, we do hanging exercises where we let the arms release, go to neutral, and then engage the lats and back. Maybe something like this will help you with muscle memory.

Eat and lift! I'm an inch shorter than you and have 106 lbs of lean body mass based according to BodPod. You should be able to see every muscle at that weight/height. But like 3laine75 said, you are underweight. Focus on getting those calories in! Skip the cardio and focus on the weights if you want to build muscle.