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Cool workout! I'm going to put this on my list! :D What to do? My suggestion would be working up to the entire exercise by setting the intervals to 15 seconds to start with (or a set number of reps instead), and later increase to the full 30 seconds.

My profile pic is 5'5" at 120 lbs and 15%bf.

Pushups can be rough. I still prefer to practise close to regular ones to the knee-pushups. I find the knee pushups don't quite hit the right spots. My training tip: Try some that are similar to decline pushups (those would be the ones with the feet up on the bench, head down...) But instead being head down, use a bench or…

You'd probably be shocked, about what they dump into the food at restaurants...flavor enhancers included.... Why not take your fitness journey as opportunity, and learn how to cook those things yourself. It'll keep you in control of what goes in it, as well as calories and portion size. It's not as hard to do, and you'll…

Ask a doctor to check on the knees! He will likely ask you to perform a squat in front of you (he should, anyway..). No pair of knees squats alike. Everyone of us has a sligtly different stance and angle, depending on our knee or hip joints, resulting on slightly different ways of performing the exercise correctly. Best of…

Overhead press is a shoulder exercise, not chest, but you need it, anyway. The only way to improve on your bench, would likely be just to keep going, with a variety of barbell and dumbbell lifts. You really need to hit your chest from different angles, and activate all available muscles of that group. Other than that, have…

I enjoy watching the advanced lifters in my gym. It's like my anatomy book coming to life, especially, on lifts that I have not practised enough. I will ask for permission first, though, and they never had a problem with that. They are great teachers.

Take 30DS, RI30, BS, throw in 'Shred it with Weights' (no kettlebell needed, there is a variation with dumbbell), and top it off with 'Yoga Meltdown'. They are all similar in setup and duration, even share some of the same exercises. I hate for the same body parts to get hammered for a week in a row, and I mix and match…

I've been using MFP for tracking for several years now. I like that I can copy-to-date exercise lineups, and over the years, I have created so many custom exercises that I frequently use. It'd be a hassle to change to something different. I prepare the exercises before training, and I have my iPad set up on the shelf to…

On the OP's question: It depends on what you have to start with. Healthy and at fairly normal weight, I think it's possible to get into decent shape in 6-12 months. This would require a solid lifting program (5-6 days/week training) and the nutrition plan to support the hard training. Also taking into consideration, that…

I'm tracking with a Polar H7 HRM. The phone app has a setting for strength training. Set your cardio and strength exercises as separate workouts, if yours allows for that. The calorie outcome on the settings are significantly different, with the strength training showing much lower calorie results. They must have found a…

You'll have to check into C4 Extreme Engery and C4 Ultimate for those extra goodies..

^All of this... I have experienced several debates/(proverbial)backstabbing/arguments, but in the end, it turned out, that the participants all knew each other outside the gym, some for many years. They just ran into each other (literally) inside the gym. Not sure how they do in the cardio section at the gym, as I never…

I'm using the same. I used C4 Extreme before that for several years. I had some problems with it, but only because I had too much caffeine in addition to the pre-workout on the same day. My recommendation: Evaluate, why you decided to use it in the first place, then check against the ingredients. Maybe there is a different…

There is not enough info in the original post to give detailed advise. Vital stats are missing. The OP does not state that she is actually overweight, she only throws a number into the mix, that she thinks about shifting around. She states, she is not even entirely sure, if she will actually go for a total weightloss in…

The OP has stated, that she was always slim. There is no information, that she is actually overweight. That's the starting point for my suggestions. A recomp in this state should work as stated.

Hi there! You should be eating for performance, not making weight loss the priority to start with. You can look into that as a later goal, once you know how your body responds to the training load. Muscle building involves heavy lifting by nature, and you should be able to walk out of the gym, not having to be dragged out…

Well...it's a bit early in the year to think about Easter.... But when it comes to eggs around Easter, I'm in! Cadbury eggs included! But...'diet' is an ugly word for it....let's call it 'seasonal meal plan'... :D

The 10 lbs in 3.5 months is doable.. Of course, you need to watch your calories. MFP settings can assist you in finding a calorie goal, after you input your stats. What is your current lifestyle? Can you make time for a gym, or would you be better off at home, running an exercise bike through training programs? With 2…

800+ calories is a lot of exercise. The idea of eating back is, that you have the energy to continue your fitness journey. For myself, I can workout hard, and then I will rip the fridge door off the hinges.. My programs are around 4 weeks, and I couldn't get through without the food. I have to add, though, that I'm still…

I look at this product as a fancy, expensive sports drink, and I won't spend my money on this product. Water will do just fine for me, for the most part. I have used Optimum Nutrition Amino Energy before, because with the extra caffeine, it made more sense for supporting the workout. I'm adding plain (and much cheaper)…

Also fun to try: Negative pushups.. Instead of pushing yourself up, try lowering yourself down in a slow, controlled movement.

Hi! If the workouts feel less intense to you, you could probably raise the weights. I start raising weights on the HIIT exercises, that I can control best, not on all exercises at the same time. Protect yourself from injury. While lifting by itself burns less calories than HIIT workouts, shorter (or no) rest periods and a…

^ All of this! It also helps to work higher weights/fewer reps. People are more willing to let someone 'work in' between sets, if they can finish within their set rest times or second exercise. My supersets have between 6-10 reps, if I had to wait for someone to finish 20 reps, I'd be cold... :D

Does that come from Ashley Conrad's kitchen? If you can keep up with her training program, you better believe, the nutrition plan is to match...haha.... The casein at the end is the indication, that this plan is meant to support some serious performance. This isn't an everyday plan, this is eating for a purpose. If you…

I read some of the posts, but wasn't sure if I had missed it...o well..haha.. I ate a lot of 'rich' food, when I still had 5 horses at home. I needed all the strength and warmth that I could get, because horses will just not stay in pastures after a storm with fences down. Mending fences in the dark and in the rain costs a…

Not sure if this little detail has been mentioned, but this Pioneer Woman and her family own a (working) farm, and they run their cattle the 'old-fashioned' way in parts.... There is a difference between life on the couch and life on horseback. This extends to the average calorie requirement, too. If you ever had to drag…

O boy...what decade was he born? If he only knows the 70s from pictures, he didn't know that this is about the time when people would starve themselves, just to fit into skinny Levis...which were best fitted wet in the bathtub... Pictures don't tell any dirty diet secrets...and we wouldn't spread them out on social media,…

Hahaha! No problem! You gotta get into the video to understand. I like her videos for the exercise lineups. They are not my bibles. Nobody is forcing me to finish the workouts in the same pace or time along with the pros. Sometimes, I modify exercises to work around soreness or injuries. Gotta use common sense on that. You…