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What helped me a lot was... food scale. Thought the brown rice I was eating(one bowl) was 200kcal, turned out it was actually 300kcal+ . Also 'guestimating' chicken breasts and meat, etc doesn't work. Measure it on a food scale. mm. another one is to get a habit of keeping track of your food (everything) on mfp. Pretty…

you can just 'walk' it. I've never done it but my friends did it and had fun. You see some 'intense' fitness freaks sprinting the entire course but tough mudder's not about time, it's about having fun and team work/support. Unless you know how to rope climb, I say just do the training you do and show up for fun. What is…

Depends what you mean by more 'reps' If it's 20 + reps with light weight that you feel 0 burn, it won't do anything. This is a common case with a lot of ladies at the gym because they fear getting 'bulky'. You won't get 'bulky' by lifting heavy. Just look at a lot of the female senior members on MFP's flexing profile pics.…

and as for my parents, they are both in their 50s and have never been 'fat'. They are both fit. Mom used to be a bikini model and stayed fit her whole life. Dad used to be an actor and have stayed the same throughout 20s, 30s, 40s, and his 50s. Diet method is to stay at the same 'weight' by skipping meals if they get eat a…

My parents had no idea about dieting. I used to do male modeling in highschool(was scouted) and although I wouldn't say I had 'chiseled' features, I received many lucrative commercial/print contracts from korea and japan and made some good pocket money. My diet was crap, I ate 3kcal/day and weighed in at 175lbs then(6 foot…

those skinny girls who said those hurtful things usually have 'eating disorders' or 'image problems'. they know how much of a pain it is for them to 'maintain' their figure while pretending like they eat a lot all the time. Typical example is when skinny girls post photos on facebook /instagram of how much food they've…

And I thought the 80 pounds that crept up on me was water weight for 6 years lol :D

Thanks guys for the great inputs. I'll work on my bench with huffdog's suggestions and I'll get my palm checked out lol

- This is my first deload week. I haven't done much 'bench press', more pushups with elbow tucked close to the body. - about 1-1.25kg/week - Eating about 2k - 2300kcal / day, 40/20/40ish with about 200g of protein through meat and shakes. One binge day every 8 - 10 days of about 5kcal worth of pizza, chips, wtv I want. -…

So no need to worry about maintaining. Eat what you want within moderation and measure every week or two. If you 'gained' weight, don't think to yourself ' oh, it's just water weight, it'll go down'. Immediately start your 'diet' the next day onwards. It's a cycle. My mom's been skinny for life without measuring food but…

My dad lost about 20kg 15 years ago and have maintained it with little exercise/ and with a busy work lifestyle. He goes out and drinks alcohol/ and eats out often due to work. However, he just counters it by skipping dinner once in a while etc to maintain weight. Measures every couple of weeks and if he's over by 2-3kg,…

Did it at crossfit with rowing and other exercises. To make TABATA effective you really have to go 'all out ' for 20 seconds(not 90%). I tried TABATA rowing for 20 sets( 20 sec on, 10 sec off , 10 min total) the other week. Almost died. lol

You should probably ask how long it took people to gain everything back 'after' doing the 30 day shred program. Any diet or exercise that promotes fat loss/weight loss in a short period of time have a high risk of rebound.

Magazines are a waste of money. Who buys magazines nowadays anyways when you can use the internet?

For every scientific explanation that supports the benefit of fasting, there's one that says otherwise. Same with juice detoxes, etc. Fasting, if done too often or not done properly, can ruin your metabolism permanently. On another note, people in Africa without food starve for food, while we 'fast' to lose excess fat.…

Short term? cheat days/binge days. Medium term , sex with hot strangers(disease-free) uhhhhhhhh ;D Long term, ice cream

Tall guys generally have long limbs and makes it harder for them to go heavier on bench press(for example) Stocky build guys with short limbs make the 'distance' shorter between the bar and the chest, thus they can pump out heavier weights. That's why you see guys with long arm/legs look awkward and struggle at bench…

People will talk about 'macros' but at your weight I don't think you have to worry about that yet, but more so about portion control and frequency of meals. Make sure to eat 6 smallish meals instead of 3 large ones when you eat 3400kcal. That's about 560 kcal per meal. You will find out that with 560kcal as your limit, you…

If you are 530 lbs now, you got to that weight by eating calorie in > calorie out for an extended period of time. I don't have problems meeting an 800 kcal diet for a month or two to lose weight as well, but I don't do it because I know weight will bounce back up. 3,000 kcal, start there. Even if you can do 1900 kcal /…

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Rest up. Went to crossfit the first day I was sick and had a hard workout.. now... sicker. Should have rested.

I jot down crossfit as 'circuit training' and only 15 minutes. So that's about 230 kcal burnt. I'm 250 lbs 6 foot male(28 years) Always better to underestimate way below. Some WoD's are more cardio intensive while others are weight volume load intensive. It's hard to gauge with Emom's too. Your hr will be 60% - 70% if you…

yes, be a nun

I hate chicken now... so instead I eat normally and use shakes. Protein shakes. It does wonders...

Actually , just to show you how effective that towel training is... I did 405 lbs x 3 about a month ago... but my left hand grip kept slipping when it was overhand. (I'm right handed). Had to drop the weight and pick it back up... I used the towel technique about 4 times/week for a month and now... I did 405 lbs x 3 with 0…

I can do 315 lbs x 10 + with no straps. Back in the day I couldn' tdo 225 lbs x 10. Try this first. Load up a 45lbs plate on each side of the bar(135lbs). Wrap a towel around where you grip(left and right side, two towels, or just one long towel). The thicker the grip, the harder it is. Grab it with your palms facing…

Yes, I've noticed a big difference. This is, however, because I lift heavy and use circuit training as a means of cardio(crossfit basically). I've lost 30 lbs by upping protein intake(180g - 210g daily) while lifting heavy and being at a 1kcal+ deficit. Also got quite a bit stronger.... No, I don't use it as a meal…

Had that problem for years dieting... and failed because of it. So I decided to never starve dinner but eat a portion where I won't feel hungry. Try 100g sashimi, tons of lettuce, 150g brown rice, and chinese hot spicy sauce. It's called hwe dup bap and that should only be 400 kcal or so. It'll fill you up.

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I had a trainer who was a well known UFC fighter with a decade or more of experience in fitness + many nutritional and lifting certificates(along with jujitsu brown belt etc); however.... He was a horrible trainer. Only cared about himself, always talked about himself and his goals, and just kept pushing me to the…