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The only way I'd buy a peloton is if they included the ridiculously posh settings they're advertised in. Of course it doesn't help that I'm not a fan of stationary bikes to begin with. B)

It depends on your size and the intensity. You can search on line for various calculators. What I did when I was doing more running is took a sample of 3 of them. They were all in the same ballpark with each other. If the profile pic is you, I'm guessing the 270 may be close - maybe a little bit high, not much. I believe…

Not a lot of advertised HIIT is actually HIIT. It is actually very difficult to do the real thing more than a couple of times per week. As to logging, calisthenics is probably a good choice.

I love the dead lift. I hate the dead lift. I love the dead lift. I hate the dead lift. Man do I love the benefits of the dead lift. I hate failing a dead lift rep. I started lifting for the first time at 54. I'm 5'11, 200-205 lbs. One of my main goals when I started (that I doubted I would ever achieve) was…

I'd like for you to understand that because you are not reacting to the way that most intended their posts to be, then it follows that there is no way for many of us to even know what kind of posts you intend to read in response. Mine was among the posts that supposedly made things worse. For the life of me I would not…

@82EC I sincerely hope you consciously reset how you read things. It seems to me that there is some confirmation bias going on here. If you are looking for things in what people say to be negative, you'll have no trouble finding it. If you assume certain motivations in others without knowing for sure, you can create "hurt"…

I agree wholeheartedly with this. Though not having an ACL tear (at least not diagnosed), I've had many knee injuries over the years. When I began to lose weight a few years ago I needed a sleeve for my knee to help support it. When I began to strength train it took about 2 months and I no longer needed it. When I started…

Yes but that's not exactly what you are saying. BTW, if you use TDEE - Deficit (assuming you are accounting for activity generally closely, guess what? You are eating back your exercise calories.

One of the surprise benefits of logging for me - at least sometimes - is that I'll end up surprised that I have as much room as I do at times. Especially if I have a day where I'm eating more veggies and not around sweets. It's not that often, but it is nice when that happens.

You cannot be serious! I was going to stop responding, but...I just can't help it. Go back to page 1. The very first response to your original post. The first one. The instructional video about the press. Exactly how to do it. Page 1!!!! Here is a link:…

What the previous commenters have said. Plus - this will take some time! Fat gets removed everywhere, so you cannot spot reduce. It also takes a long time to build muscle. Do this for the long haul!

The key for me after a layoff because I knew I was going to start "in between" was to go very low volume the first day back. I was still sore. For the main lifts, I started at about 60% of where I was when I got hurt (car accident). And even at that I kept to 1-2 sets of each. Went 3 sets at the same weight the next time…

I use the Concept 2 we have at our company gym. We have one and there is virtually no wait. I use it both for Low Intensity Steady State (LISS) cardio about once per week and for High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) - also once per week. It's great for both. You can set up your workout however you want. Either start…

It actually sounds like you have a pretty good handle on this - contrary to many posters who enter these forums without that. My knee-jerk reaction, which probably nobody read (the deleted part) was that it was perhaps dangerous for those with aggressive goals and may incentivize people to overdo it. I also agree no need…

Unreasonable expectations, lack of patience, fear of the work being "hard" appear to be the driving forces here. Either that or we've all been taking the bait.... @jonmarrow - just put in the work. Be prepared to work hard. Everything you need is out there. Get on the Strong Lifts, Starting Strength, Wendler, Barbell…

-deleted- Need to research a little closer. Might not be as bad as what I "guessed"....depending greatly on whether you do your weight loss in a reasonable manner. Part of my "-deleted-" section deals with the 'bookie' part of this. I'm quite sure that "Healthywage" makes their money on those who lose, knowing that most…

1000-1200 calories per day - if you did nothing, would be enough of a deficit to lose significant weight. As a matter of fact, it would not be enough to eat even if you were 60 pounds lighter (and still did nothing). If you have not already - invest in a food scale. Use it for everything - even packaged food that says it's…

BTW, very inspiring. Thanks for sharing this.

Good stuff. I remember one of the things that inspired me as an older lifter (I had not ever done a progressive overload - or any other structured program), was an article written by Jonathon Sullivan when he talked about the correlation between lack of strength and mortality. In it, he stated more than once "If I could…

If you've been stuck for awhile, like 4-6 weeks or more (not just a few days), then I can almost guarantee you are eating more than you think. Given your job and activity level, 1330 calories would have you losing at a good rate - over time. Time is the most important component. All the things that @Terytha mentions, vary…

Stress / recovery / adaptation. Like any strength program - even when you start out not being able to do one of a particular thing. For me, being overweight I could never do a pull up or chin up. Even when I dropped from 245-195. I started with a machine that 'assists' you buy adding weight under your feet. The effect of…

This^^^ And the reason I echo this is that most people who are frustrated and also lead off with how much exercise they are doing - I admit this is a generalization (!) - don't really have a sense of how much less important that is to what they are doing with their intake. Many times threads that start out just like this…

Same basic answer. It's going to take time. Work on large muscle groups (hence the compound movements). The amount of time it takes is going to depend on your consistency, your discipline, your genetics, and your ability to understand what you are doing. What are you going to do when you see results? Are you going to stop?…

Not if you eat enough to support the cardio. If you like cardio, do cardio - account for it in your diet.

If you replace a meal with some other food...…...it's still a meal. I hate the term "replacement". Sometimes my "meal" is a protein smoothie, but I'm not looking to do that just to replace other food. I have them because they have the nutrients I want and I like them. You don't need a kickstart. Just start. Read the…

I've spent much of my career as a project manager (not these days, but a while back). As I grew into the field, the size of the projects got bigger. And as they got bigger and more ominous because of their size and duration, a mentor told me something I'll never forget: "A huge project is a bunch of related small projects…

My streak stopped at around 780 days when life got in the way for a couple of days. Just going to make a new one...might be up to 40 about now....oh well.

Try the weighing thing for a month. It's not a headache when it's a habit. When it's a habit, it will be second nature to you. And guess what? It'll probably open your eyes a little.

It's difficult to both increase lean muscle (which relies on caloric surplus) and lose fat (which relies on a caloric deficit) at the same time, because obviously they oppose each other. You can gain some strength, but ultimately if you are trying to lose fat, you'll need a deficit to do that. Further, your body will not…