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If you are going to lift heavy you should get your body measured (arms, waist, chest, thighs, body fat %, ect). When you gain muscle you can gain weight but its muscle weight compared to fat weight and muscle weighs more fat. Someone 5'5" 130 lbs with 15% body fat looks completely different than if they had 30% body fat.…
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They work for working out with weight is fine but it only counts the calories that you burn while you are working out not the calories you burn after the workout. Unlike cardio or aerobic workouts where you stop burning calories quicker when you stop, resistance traing continues to burn calories after you are done. EPOC…
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I love my polar been using them for 12 years now. Besides telling me how many calories I burn during a workout (enabling me to know if i can eat that extra snack or not for that day) mine has three zones (low intensity, medium intensity, hard intensity) so during a workout I know when I'm pushing it and when I'm not. Also…
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You can't target where your body burns fat from but you can target areas to tone muscle. When working your back keep in mind you back is not like your chest, there are so many more different muscles in the back (middle, lowere, upper, traps, lats, rear delts, ect.). Focus on your form and switch up your routine so your get…
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I've been told by multiple trainers that you need to switch up your cardio routine just like you switch up your a weight routine. The human body is built to adapt and become more efficient at what it does and you end up plateauing. Switching up helps the body burn more and works your muscles differently getting better…
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Could have to do with your running style. My story....I never ran for distance I've sprinted a lot (football, baseball, basketball, etc) but never ran or jogged in my life. I turned 35 and decided the skinniest people at the park were all runners, so I decided to try it. After about a mile my knees were killing me so much…
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I've been using Polar now for about 12 years, on my third one which is currently the FT 60. I wouldn't get anything but the Polar myself but there are others options out there. Determine your budget and then look at the features of each modle. I like the FT60 because it has a feature that breaks down your heart rate into 3…
