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I knew you had great taste in shoes THK... *sigh*

Find more time, plenty of body weight exercises and videos you can follow along to on YouTube etc.... to get results you need a program that will work you for 2-5 hours/ week.

You sound like a candidate for crossfit... be warned not all boxes are equal, shop around, take full advantage of their intro sessions, get references, and check credentials of the trainers before you commit

Now this thread has some meat on its bones

It's a trade off, as you add muscle... your body will begin to consume fat... a slower process for sure, but as you gain lean muscle... you will also increase your energy level... and begin to do more... forget the scale... take measurements... my weight hasn't changed but I have lost inches around my waist. So overall…

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You might benefit from a track so you can get a better understanding of your internal pace setting... work on stride... lengthen it... HIIT doesn't require you to track heart rate. At a track.. run100m full out... rest 30 secondsx4... then run 200 m full outx4 with 1 minute rest... then run 400 m x2 1:30 rest... 2xweek...…

Muscles dystrophy... say you get a full body workout in during your once/ week class... and do no other purposeful exercise for the rest of the week... by the time the next class rolls around you will be in the same place you were in before you took the class the previous week... no net gain... the stairs I climb up and…

Calgary here... feel free to add

You are an adult, do it

One class/week is a good start. As long as you are doing other fitness related activities... muscles start to dystrophy after 3 days so you might find yourself sore week after week and wonder why it isn't working... you may also imagine that one class/ week is all you have time for... if that's the case, log your time for…

After a particularly difficult break up... I decided that my mantra would be "Living well is the best revenge " ... I worked hard on establishing a career, starting a family, then looked in the mirror one day and was flabbergasted at what living well had done to me physically... now I hit the gym... and living well has a…

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Balance is the key to avoiding injury... creating an imbalance by concentrating on one muscle group will cause injury... yes, eating slightly above TDEEE and hitting the iron will increase muscle mass... and help shed fat... if you go this route you will need to forget the scale and begin taking measurements as your…

Are you a farter?

If you weigh in daily... take an average once/week or every 10 days, otherwise the fluctuations will drive you crazy... be consistent... weigh in naked after your morning "routine"

I don't know about a first date... but... a drive out into the country... late evening picnic in the middle of a farmer's field with a great red wine then star gazing from the bed of my pick up

Some people should never run... walking is good, you are cruising at a good clip... start a flexibility program, and start strengthening your legs... squats and lunges... high impact exercise like running can do more harm than good especially if you are carrying more than an extra 40 lbs... increasing your flexibility, and…

Get a body composition readout from your gym... that will give you some numbers to work with... it will estimate fat and muscle mass%... and the number of calories you burn (TDEE) given your current weight... I suggest that you are doing interval training and not HIIT... interval training is HIIT's little brother... all…

I actually read an interesting blurb by some religious zealot last week in my TEOTWAWKI feed that suggested the coming eclipse is a precursor to an asteroid shower 32(?) days post eclipse. His theory based on an interpretation of Revelations...Notice I didn't say meteor shower... according the presenter this bombardment…

Eating at a deficit will not only lose fat... it will also consume muscle. If you want strength gains eat at slightly higher than maintain... and fuel your workouts... eat what you expect to burn... and add some cardio after the weights to bump your metabolism.

My understanding is that having x amount of lean muscle mass requires x amount of calories to maintain... since you are only eating at maintenance or slightly higher, your body does make use of the stored energy (fat) in order to retain said muscle mass... I always refer to Dwayne Johnson... in order for him to maintain…

A boiled egg, Baby spinach, julienne bell peppers, crushed walnuts, or sub baby greens instead of spinach... with a dash of salt and pepper... dressing of your choice

What's wrong with salads?

I only use the stairmaster when I have been a bad boy... and for interval training... it's probably the best machine at the gym... don't be afraid to hit the stop button and take advantage of the 2 minute rest it gives you... set floor goals... given it has been a couple months since you first posted... how are the gains?

Yes, get a gym orientation... then hit the cardio, bike, elliptical, go low impact. Forget weight... take measurements, hips , waist, thighs, chest, upper arm... Cardio to begin with will help increase your body's energy and endurance while getting the body's endocrine and exocrine systems up and functioning while you are…

Cardio after lifting... works for me... that way I am lifting with the highest level of energy... whatever I have left after lifting is cooked on the elliptical or bike... which also helps with leg development

Tons of good videos on YouTube to get you moving and help firm up the bod... and if the kids are old enough they can join in

Weights and cardio... will help lose fat not weight... when you aim for weight loss the weight is a combination of fat and muscle. Pick your battle one at a time... fella in the news here just completed 30 1/2 iron man's in 30 days, suffering from cancer while undergoing chemotherapy. The will is stronger than the body if…

Lots of folks don't use the cardio equipment for muscle building but with a high resistance you are doing a ton of reps and more reps is a good thing when you are trying to add mass