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I seem to easily hover between 58.3-58.9kg A cheat meal will push me over 59 but I fall back quite easily.

Good for you! Don't be afraid to try stuff out and experiment. Everybody does it, and nobody will look twice unless you're doing something dangerous. Guys are generally very friendly and helpful in my experience. I often ask for help spotting or checking my technique (especially in deadlifting). You can learn a lot through…

If you use spotify you can search for playlists that other people have made

I favour an armband usually, but mine broke recently so I've been tucking it into the back of workout pants or my sports bra. Going to get a new armband though (and I've only ever had an issue training biceps - and learned to loosen it first)

Other than kettlebells, if you're new to weight training it's likely you'll experience 'newbie gains' which means its more likely that your body is able to build some muscle and drop fat at the same time. So try not to focus on the number of the scale, stay in a deficit and get lifting :)

I favour Polar as a brand, but I've not looked into gps as I use my phone to track things like that.

Well done - and to do it in half an hour your first time is great too!

Yes, but my point is that most people I see go too light

Also, while crunches may increase the size of your abdominal muscles, you will not see a visible difference until your bodyfat% comes down a bit.

Okay fr a start, take another look at how much you're eating. Have you calculated your BMR? Your total calories consumed should not drop below this (I'm not talking NET, I mean actual total). If you're far below this, start increasing gradually, maybe 50 extra calories every fortnight to allow your body to adapt. Also,…

Andif you're running long distances then your daily calories shouldbe much higher than 1500. But keep adding them in slowly - you'll find you can handle a lot more than you think.

I would continue gradually increasing your calories, not until you hit a certain number, but until your body is naturally maintaining it's current weight. In fact, a smart thing to do would be keep going until you see a small increase in weight, and drop back down 50 or so calories. That should bring you back to…

I throw a GVT squat session into my training from time to time. I love it, but I think many people don't go quite as heavy as they could simply because the idea of 100 reps is intimidating. If you're really pushing yourself it's great.

I believe there's an app or two that will do that - hold it up while the music is playing and it'll tell you how many bpm it is. One of my colleagues uses it to find music for her spin class

Give it a try - I think its an excellent way to be introduced to weightlifting exercises and taught form in a non-intimidating way. The exercises you learn there you can then do on your own, with heavier weights for less repetitions et voila, suddenly you're lifting like a pro ;)

$29 for 7 sessions? How do their trainers make anything?!!

Coffee if they serve it. Then soda water with lime.

The biggest muscles may not always be the strongest and the strongest may not always be the biggest. But what's your goal? I run distances but I'm not the fastest sprinter. If I cared about my sprinting time I'd train for it.

Go to a doctor or see a physio.

Take the time to stretch properly at the end of every workout, or most days (make sure your muscles are warm). Stretch for 20-30 seconds, take a deep breath, and as you exhale push further. You should feel mild discomfort, but not pain as such. Do this a couple of times for each muscle. It takes patience but you'll see…

Training too much and overtraining are two different things. Overtraining is a very real thing, but people throw the term around when they really mean training too much.

Reading back through the posts - you're probably aware of what I just said. I don't mean to tell you how to suck eggs or anything.

Hypertrophy is muscle growth. There are 3 basic rep ranges to work in. If you lift up to 8x (to failure) it promotes muscular strength. 8-12x for hypertrophy (muscular growth) and >12x for muscular endurance. They overlap, but this is just a rough guide. So basically if you want to increase the size if your biceps for…

The instructor should give guidance on how much weight to add/remove for different components of the session

I'd like to add (and feel free to disagree) that if you can manage 30min of HIIT then the intensity isn't great enough. 20min should suffice (+adequate warm up and cool down)

Good advice, in particular the apology ;) I hope the OP doesn't take that attitude towards women to the gym with him.

IMO that's getting into dangerous territory. I don't believe its good to workout with the intent of burning off what you just ate. If you feel the need, go for a walk, but if it were me I'd accept that I ate more than intended, and adjust my meals/timings for the future so it doesn't happen again. If you think you're…

I think 800 would be an overestimate, but 3-400 sounds about right if you really went for it. Bodypump is a great introduction to weights, and I like it, even having been lifting for a long time, simply because I rarely train for muscular endurance in my own workouts, so the change is good.

Thanks guys. I am already certified in group exercise instruction (prerequisite for the PT qualification), and I'm being given the training for these classes, but it's a little bit of baptism by fire, the whole process is so fast. It's one thing being trained in the techniques and teaching points, it's another thing to…

Thanks! I can't wait :)