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Any women doing Stronglifts 5X5? Advice on starting?
I'm intrigued by this and considering starting, but also a little intimidated both by the weights and using those particular weights in the gym. (I'll get over the gym part...) Why start? Just a different approach and working different things for me - variety. On the Stronglifts site, there are recommended starting weights…
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Wine/alcohol - as a macro?
I've noticed that when I drink, I seem to lose nothing. I was reading about macros tonight and one website suggested that alcohol is a macro in itself and when you drink, your body prioritizes metabolizing the alcohol first --- which seems to fit my experience. Does this sound right to anyone else? How do you measure this…
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Starting (slowly, slowly) to run again
I pulled my groin (maybe even tore the top adductor) last August. AUGUST! I probably did it with deep lateral squats. It hurt the next morning so I stupidly went running on it - and that's what did it in. So I took nearly a full month off almost everything, started back slowly and got back to full martial arts shape…
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Recommendations on the best way to track calories spent in exercise?
The calories allotted in the database here seem a bit random - surely we must each burn calories at different rates given different fitness levels and body sizes? Plus there's no differentiation on effort here -- I interval train regularly and there are days when I slack off and go slower and must burn less. Does anyone…
