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Was this sarcasm or do you actually think correlation implies causation? ETA: I'm guessing this is sarcasm, because in scientific method, you collect data after coming up with a hypothesis...

What an awful interpretation. Correlation does not imply causation! The article does not distinguish between whether eating chocolate actively makes you slimmer, or slim people tend to have a relationship with food where can allow themselves to eat more chocolate without going over their total daily energy expenditure.

If I'm pushing my speed I'll exhale 2 steps, inhale 2 steps. If I'm taking it leisurely I'll exhale 3 steps, inhale 2 steps. I only breathe through my mouth, because my nose gets blocked frequently on a run. Never suffered from this. Don't know how long you've been running, but you'll probably naturally fall into a pattern…

To save a bit of money, keep your protein levels high from other sources as well, which can also count as meals. e.g. tuna (not *cheap*, but not too bad). I am also a student and I buy them off Amazon because they usually have discounts. I try to use my protein sparingly and get it in 1 kg tubs rather than 500 g tubs. I do…

- I ate 700 calories a day for two months - Lost 20 lbs and then stalled - Realised it was stupid and went up to 1200 calories - Gained 5 lbs over 3 weeks. Didn't panic. - Lost 25 lbs in a few months eating 1300 calories - Reached and surpassed goal weight Just wait for it...

Slightly higher calorie meal 65 g seeded multigrain bread 39 g cheddar with chives and onions 130 g tuna chunks in brine from a tin 63 g low fat natural yoghurt (to bind the tuna) Total energy: 547 kcals

I tend to walk downhill unless I'm in a race. It's just not worth the damage it can cause to your knees for a regular training run. Holding back while running downhill can sometimes cause more damage I think (I've read this on a running website, but I don't know where), impacting the knees more.

I could see it working either way. Yes medium-cooked meat can have a higher calorie content that we can access than rare-cooked meat. But also burning food and oxidising it prevents us from doing so to produce energy...

You make a good point and I retract my previous comment!

As far as muscle building goes, I'm pretty sure muscle tearing and repair is the only way known of building muscle strength, so yes, tearing muscle fibres is required. At the beginning most of the physiological gains of exercise are in the cardiovascular system: building of more capillaries in the lungs to increase the…

X-Pole is fine, if you want a lovely grippy finish go for the R-Pole. They don't do rotating poles right now, but they do static 38 mm free-standing poles which are fairly portable. I can completely understand why you'd rather go for an X-Pole, but double check the R-Pole in case it satisfies your requirements better.

This is useful. Thanks for this. I will pay more attention to my hips when I stretch from now on. I am also in the boat of being very naturally inflexible. Working on flexibility is the area of pole I'm most bad at. I haven't been stretching consistently yet, but I'm hoping as soon as I start seeing real progress in my…

Planks, pull-ups on the pole (or just pole holds), crunches, leg lifts, push-ups, push-ups tapping your opposite shoulder as you come up, knee lifts (grab the pole as if you're going to invert and lift the knees up and down. Easy? Do it with straight legs). No weights are necessary. I take pride in never needing to lift…

Thank you for the weights in your post! I'll work my way through them (I went this evening, but don't want to overdo it because I have two hours of pole dancing tomorrow). I only worked my arms this time, though I discovered I can do curls with 17-18 lb dumbells which pleased me. I couldn't find any 20 lb dumbells to try…

Thank you so much for your advice! I will prepare tonight and then go in and try not to have any questions. I have never seen a gym staff member and I don't know what they look like if they exist, so my only option is to ask other people. I'm not so much looking to compare myself to other specific people, I'd just like to…

I'm only just inverting - my next goal is to get the inverted thigh hold, so I can go from Gemini (outside leg hang) to Baby Gemini (Shooting star?) to Inverted thigh hold, which looks lovely. I've got the Gemini and I'm nearly there on the Baby Gemini... In other news, I want to be able to do the cross knee release…

Don't throw away your old PC. It just sounds like it could do with a fresh clean re-install and then it'll be good as new (when you got it, rather than today's standards). Doesn't sound like there's anything physically wrong with it. 6 GB RAM is overkill but not going to harm anything. People's strategy for slow computers…

I get it now, didn't realise the foot was hooking you on. :)

So happy for you. You look incredible, and I like your dress style.

Very pretty! Put that as the main banner image, though I still can't work out where she's gripping the pole

HRMs are great, but overestimate strength estimations, which is why I always drop the calorie count I get by a) my sedentary burn during that timeframe and b) a percentage depending on what I deem my strength/cardio ratio to be (from 0 - 30%) for that workout. I leave my watch off the pole though, and just have it sitting…

You'll love it. Get on those ab exercises (like mellisant says) and work on getting your press-ups up to speed. If you can do press-ups, aim for 2x8 sets per day, and if you can't, build up to a single press-up (e.g. knee press ups or other modifications first).

My teacher's banned me from using grip aids so I develop the grip strength, so I can't advise you much (apart from sticky PVC gloves which I once used, which are pretty useful, if you're doing inverts and stuff). One thing I'd check is why your pole is getting slippery (or your hands!)... when I'm at university I have the…

I've worn my HRM on occasion, and deducted 25% of the value because a lot of it is strength-based, and that's about the amount it'll overestimate strength by. I then work out a cals/minute reading and re-use that in future workouts!

If you slide down in the crucifix despite your best efforts, I've found that's because I'm nowhere near warm enough - to remedy this, do some press-ups and ab-work until you feel yourself warmed up enough. Suddenly the pole becomes a LOT more grippier. Also make sure the pole is warm - though if you're warm, you'll…

I'm cleaning up my inverts so they look good (just working on a basic invert at the moment, no shoulder mounting) and (when I next see my teacher) trying to achieve the Cross Knee Release. I generally don't find pain to be a problem as I have a very high pain threshold, but I lack the flexibility for many things. Strength…

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm not saying you're right - all I'm going to say is, scientifically, no conclusions could be drawn about your plight because there isn't enough data (specifically lack of data from multiple humans and lack of data from controlled double-blinded experiments)... Main thing here is not to do…

From pole dancing my grip strength has improved enormously. My dad was trying to show me the strength of his drill (the old battery was abismal and he had got a new one) and said, "Hold it there - you won't be able to stop it drilling with your hand"... I clamped round the drill and stopped it moving for a good few…

OP, I love you a little bit. <3

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