moto211

What is the information source for this fat-to-muscle conversion that you speak of? Last time I checked, it is biologically impossible to convert fat into muscle. What it is absolutely possible to do is to strength train while maintaining a calorie deficit so while you are losing weight by eating at lower than maintenance…

I recently purchased a BMF Link and I love it. I'm a techie and love the detailed reporting. It seems very accurate so far. I'm liking the MFP integration - I enter my food intake into MFP and the BMF activity manager does the rest. I did get a stellar deal on it. My 24 Hour Fitness has the Bodybugg Link (BMF Link clone)…

I get that some people only want to lose body fat. But the more muscle tone/mass that you have, the more results you will see from your cardio. I prefer to do both. Strength train to increase my muscle tone and mass, and cardio to put that new muscle to good use. You burn more calories doing the same things when you have…

Good to know that the METS threshold does not change the caloric burn. I increased my moderate threshold so I wouldn't get credit for non workout activities and decreased my intense threshold so I would get credit for what I know (based on HR) to be intense workout (running, biking, rowing, etc.) that I was not getting…

Supposedly the only thing I have to manually log is off body exercise (pretty much anything involving water). As long as its on me and my METS thresholds are configured properly it's supposed to be at least 90% accurate without manual intervention. Going by the first couple of days of use, my total daily caloric burn is…

I just picked up a bodymedia fit link. My 24 hour fitness has the bodybugg link (bodymedia fit link clone) on sale for $49.99. So far I've been very happy with it. I like that it records all of my activity (not just step related) without having to manually input anything. Once I linked mfp to the bmf activity tracker site…

I don't want to derail this thread into a "who takes what supplement" thread. The only reason I mentioned a supplement at all was because I have had a good experience with it in helping to avoid excessive soreness so I can maintain my lift schedule. But, I am curious how you can make such a definitive statement that "the…

The warmth is from increased blood flow for a couple reasons: 1. When you exert a muscle, blood flow is increased to it. 2. When you strength train, your are essentially doing controlled damage to the muscle(s) that you are working. Micro tears of sorts. Your body increases blood flood to the damaged muscle to aid in…