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Hot Yoga
How many calories does it burn for a 45min class? My heart was pumping pretty hard last night and we do cardio bursts in class for about a minute at least 5 times. I was sweating really bad last night and MFP says it burns like 115cal. I tend to disagree. Anyone have any info?
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Deadlift
So I have recently started back into heavy lifting and include deadlifts. Which I have grown to hate but I hate how it ruins my knees/shins. Does anyone else have problems with this? My shins are scraped from the bar and sometimes the bar scrapes my knees on the way down. Not sure if my form is off or what. I thought about…
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Breakfast
Anyone have any low carb breakfast ideas or somewhat low carb? Right now I eat a lot of eggs and egg whites and working in slices of bread with meat and cheese and PB and yogurt and fruit and oatmeal. These are all easy to take to work as I workout in the AM and eat my bigger breakfast after my cardio. I premake my egg…
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Coffee!
So I have finally switched to almond milk and am in love! I am thinking about even having 4oz of coffee with 4oz of almond milk some days. I have heard having caffeine helps with workouts and metabolism. Any thoughts? Will having coffee hurt my diet or workouts in any way? I would mix just black coffee with almond milk and…
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Split Lifting Days
I am now on a 4 day split lift day with one day where I do total body. Thinking about going to a 6 day split with working out each muscle group separately in 6 days. Just wondering what are people's thoughts on this. Think it's a good idea? Any recommendations? Have seen results from the program I am on now. I was thinking…
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Maintaining Weight but Losing Fat and Gaining Muscle
Just curious to hear people's thoughts about gaining muscle for a leaner figure while losing fat to maintain a certain weight or close to it. Is there a certain number of calories? Should you be eating more/less than the calories recommended? Should you be eating a mostly protein and watching your carbs and calories?…
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Must haves!
What are some foods you must have in your diet? Or what are some foods you were told to eat often because they are high in protein and do the body good or have some benefit to them? Like protein shakes, we all know to take them after lifting to help repair muscle after workouts. Is there something you always take after…
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Skinny fat and Lean Bulk
Can someone explain these to me? I have seen them in a few posts. I have a feeling I fall under the skinny fat. I want to cut my body fat. Right now I am lifting heavy and not doing as much cardio as before. Watching calories but trying to get 1700-1900. Carbs are 120-150, protein is at least 140g but usually go above.…
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Sodium!
My sodium intake is always high! What can I eat to keep it low? I am always over my limit. I eat lots of fresh veggies now and some fruit, I try to eat low carb and high protein and lower fat. Not sure if it is the lunch meat I eat but it all seems to add up so fast. Anyone else have problems with this?
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MFP Calculations
When I put my exercise into MFP, I like to think the calories are accurate. Is this true? It seems somewhat right because you burn 100 calories when running and since you log the time it takes you to run a mile plus for how long you ran, shouldn't the numbers to close to what you actually burned. I'm not sure on the…
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Rest Days
Is it better to take a full rest day and meet your calories for maintenance or is it better to do some light cardio like walking?
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Weight
I think it is really hard to know what to put for a weight on here because it changes every day and through out the day. What do you really weight and what weight should you put on here? Should you do an average? Put your lowest weight you get? Put your highest? It's hard to know exactly how much I weight since it does…
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Best Cardio!
What do you feel is the best cardio that burns fat and gets you a flat stomach? My go to is running but I am having pain in my upper thigh so I did the arc trainer today and will be biking later for a warmup before weight training. Wondering what other people use that makes them sweat. I feel like nothing makes me sweat or…
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Circuit Training/ Crossfit
Just wondering what are people's thoughts about it? Doing various weight exercises then doing cardio and back to doing weight exercises and cardio again and repeat. Would you be able to build muscles if you are doing as many reps as you can? What are your thoughts on Crossfit? I know you usually use heavy weights but its…
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Gaining muscle for Lent
Lent starts on Wednesday and I am choosing to focus on my goals I have been asking questions about all along. I am going to focus on gaining muscle and eating more. I went to the iifym site and figured out some numbers. They seem high but my calorie goal is going to be 1900-1700 with 150-120g of carbs, 140-180g of protein,…
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Flavoring water
What do you use to flavor your water when it gets old? fruit? Do you use any of those liquids you can squirt into your water like crystal light or mio? What are your opinions on those water enhancers like mio and crystal light?
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Hard for me to gain muscle
Any ideas? I'm 5'6 at 137lbs. I am lifting heavy 4 days a week. Eating 1700 calories and getting at least 140g of protein. My lifting program is split days and I do cardio 6 times a week. Cardio for the longest is an hour. For lifting I do 4X8 or 3X12 and some I do until failure. I'm with a trainer right now for another…
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Low Carb
Okay for those of you out there who have done the low-carb thing or are doing it, I need ideas for easy food to make, bring to work, to buy (on the cheaper side), any ideas! I need to cut about 50 grams of carbs and a little more some days.
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Low Fat or Low Carb
What have you found that works better for you? What foods have you ate in the past that havin been included in these low fat/low carb plans? Which plan did you like better because you had better results with when cutting fat and maintaining muscle?
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Artificial Sweetners
Do you try to avoid artificial sweetners for fear it holds onto fat? Are there certain things in foods that hold on to fat in the body or certain foods that do? What helps you get rid of fat in your body yet maintain/build muscle?
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Not seeing results
So I follow my calories and actually end up below my calorie goal once I put exercise in. My sodium is always high and sometimes My protein is too. Does that affect anything? If I go over my fat intake, would that affect anything? I do cardio about 6 times a week and strength train 5 times per week. I eat healthy.
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Cardio
For those of you who are trying to gain muscle, how many days of cardio do you do and for how long and what activity? For those who have muscle and are trying to maintain muscle and get rid of fat, how many days of cardio do you do and for how long and what type? And for those of you who are trying to build muscle and get…
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Running
Is it possible to hit a plateau with running? What other forms of cardio are good for maintaining weight and not burning muscle? I always feel the best after I run. I plan an hour for cardio in mornings sometimes. Any suggestions? How many times should you do cardio a week to maintain weight and not lose muscle?
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Limiting carbs/fats?
Does anyone limit their intake of carbs or fats or sugar or salt? Why do you limit then if you do? Should you limit any? Goal is to get rid of fat and replace with muscle.
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Weight lifting
Question: Is it better to split up your body if lift weights 3 times a week like do tris, chest, abs one day then legs and shoulders day two then to biceps, shoulders, and traps on day three? Also, is it okay to do cardio in between sets to keep the heart rate up? like 30seconds of jumping jacks?
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Newbie
Hello. So I have been reading up on these 5X5 workouts, my question is how do you do them? Do you take exercises and do your max weight for 5 reps 5 times? Or do you keep increasing weight until you are at your 5th time and can only go 5 reps? Also, what exercises do people use? Do you switch your workout moves during the…
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Trying to get/keep lean muscle
Hello! I have been working out for awhile and was doing two-a-days for my sister's wedding. I lost five pounds and saw fat come off and more definition in my arms. I have cut back my training but now I am wanting more definition. As of now, I do kickboxing 4-5 times a week which is strength and some cardio. I do two HIIT…
