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Deadlift form - body awareness
I am very new to lifting, and having a lot of trouble with my deadlift form. According to (very knowledgeable) people I've asked at the gym, I get it right some of the time and dangerously wrong the other 50%--usually starting the lift with my back before engaging legs, the usual. The real problem is, I can't tell the…
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How often must I yoga for it to be effective?
Goal: increase flexibility (especially hips and back, also shoulders I guess) for running and weightlifting safety, and long-term mobility. I am very, very bad at sticking to a flexibility program on my own. I am thinking that if I chuck up the $30 for a once-a-week yoga class this summer I will have more incentive to…
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Supplemental core work for SS/Stronglifts?
Me: runner, cyclist, just starting to lift heavy with a modified Starting Strength/Stronglifts mashup (because runner). It has become quickly and obviously apparent that I have serious core weakness issues. For example, squats exhaust me to the point of breathlessness, but even at the end my quads are still all "You want…
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"The last 5 pounds are the hardest." Why?
Not counting those who *choose* to slow down the last bit of desired weight loss, I see a lot of people post about how the last five pounds take forever or they are having so much trouble losing the last 5-10 pounds. Why? Is it simply the transition from targeting 1 pound per week to .5 pound per week a la MFP settings? Is…
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How to overcome food guilt
I'm guessing a lot of us, WHATEVER our history with weight, either grew up with or acquired along the way a massive guilt complex when it comes to eating "too much", eating "too much at once", or eating "unhealthy things" (all in quotes because they are entirely subjective and generally misguided ideas, it's all about…
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Coping with injury?
I'm an injured runner. It's not a happy fun times "foam roll and take two days off" kind of injury. I am handling this injury, emotionally/mentally, worse than usual. I am very competitive, mainly with myself, and I'm frustrated about scratching my goal A race (marathon) and, 99%, my goal time even in my backup. How you do…
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Open-water swim clinics?
Hey, all! tl;dr - Does anyone know of any weekend or day-long clinics that teach open water or tri-specific swim skills? I've done a couple of pool-based sprint tris, and obviously I am not satisfied with that. However, I have zero--and I mean zero--appreciable OWS skills. If I'm in a non-chlorinated body of water, I'm…
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Lap counter?
Does anyone use a Garmin Swim or Poolmate to count laps/indoor distance/intervals? How do you like it? Does the drag on your wrist feel weird or affect your stroke at all? (Unfortunately, the manual finger-clicky ones don't work for me as I forget to click them.)
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How fancy (or not) is your gym?
It seems like the gym-goers of MFP attend a pretty wide variety of gyms, from six squat racks and a bench in a basement to glittering palaces with neverending climbing ropes, Orange Theory classes that distribute heart rate monitors, and antigrav rehab treadmills. What kind of area do you live in (major city, minor city,…
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Favorite races - bucket list races
Any distance, any location, any surface! Fast courses, HARD courses, great T-shirts, fun crowds, beautiful scenery... What should I run? What should I *want* to run?
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Tupperware for work lunches that doesn't leak?
I already own the Leakproof Coffee Tumbler of Jesus. What are its tupperware-like counterparts that won't leak stir fry sauce all over the safety Ziploc bag I currently need?
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Rectangle-shaped ladies (late 20s, 30s, 40s), where do you shop?
I am a short box. Bra size 30C, waist size 29" at a weight range of 20+ pounds. (I have a nicely defined core, just...not a proportionate one.) Help me find dresses that fit and are flattering. By the time I can get my waist/torso into all these trendy fit and flare or slim-fit work dresses, you could fit eight or nine of…
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Ladeeeez...your underwear choices.
1. I am officially over cotton. 2. I sweat. A lot. (See point 1). 3. I prefer not to go commando except under bike shorts. 4. I'm set in the thong department (Under Armour Pure Stretch, nylon/spandex, highly recommend!), but I'm looking for briefs to wear under loose shorts. The UA version...turned into a thong. :p What…
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Hunger versus math! Or: if I am not hungry, am I not in a deficit?
I have an odd problem: sometime in the later evening, my hunger just...shuts off. I always used to enjoy a bedtime snack, so this is strange for me. (I actually still feel an emotional tug towards my favorite junk foods, but I feel so full and even bloated that the thought of eating turns me off.) Math and calorie counting…
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Rest days
Hi, all! What is your rest day strategy? Sit on your butt, strength train, yoga, walk, swim? I have trouble sticking with a TOTAL rest day, even though I know how important it is, and would also love to hear some strategies for dealing with it psychologically.
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Increasing strength => building muscle?
So we always talk about how you can't really build muscle while eating at a calorie deficit. Is it possible to increase strength without building muscle? Or is building muscle the biological result of (same thing as) increasing strength? Maybe less confusing - My 2015 fitness goals include to lose 10 pounds and do a…
