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Activity levels - Based on steps?
I have been thinking about the activity levels that MFP uses for its calc. Wouldn't it be more useful is they put something which the user could actually relate to? I do an office job and spend most of my day sitting, but since I started counting steps for a challenge thing, I found I do at least 10k steps on a daily basis…
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50 miler training plan
Coming up to my first marathon of the year at the weekend and I have realised that due to family issues and just my general lack of a plan I am well and truly underprepared for the run. Having to accept that this is going to be a "just finish" race instead of any sort of time target one. I have a 30 miler planned for the…
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SL5x5 and a slipped disc
I would like some advice from people who have either had issues with a slipped disc themselves or if there are any trainers here who have worked with people after they have slipped a disc. At the start of last week I slipped a disc while squatting. I have had a couple of weeks rest and the pain has mostly gone away. I am…
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First DNF and subsequent injury.
So a couple of weeks ago, I had my first ever DNF. It was at mile 57 of a 70 mile ultra. My running partner was running with a stomach bug and wasn’t able to take on food. So we ended up calling it a day. One of the things about these ultras is that we have always said we would stop if it every looked like causing serious…
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Back on the bulk
Towards the end of last year I started on a slow bulk, was going along well. I was also doing SL5x5 but then I made the mistake of signing up for a 70 mile run, which is coming up in 2 weeks. That meant that my training shifted over to much more cardio, so up to now I have run a marathon and 3 ultras but sadly I reduced my…
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Silly question about uneaten calories
Firstly, I never thought that gaining weight would be harder than losing weight, turns out I was wrong. So on to the question, when losing weight it was all about the deficit over say a week, so long as my weekly deficit was equal to the amount needed to lose 1lb, it didn't really matter if you were doing 5:2 style, or…
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Starting gaining - 12 weeks - Strength work and Ultra marathon training.
I have decided that I need to pushing my strength gains as much as possible. I was originally going to just go for a re-comp but after looking on here yesterday, I have realised that a slow re-comp just wont work for my goals. I started on MFP back in March of this year, my goal was to get down to 150lb and also complete…
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Weight lifting shoes - Sizing
Afternoon all, I finally finished training for a long run and now I can move away from 6 days a week cardio to more strength work. With that I need to get myself is a pair of shoes for weight lifting, as I currently only have running shoes and my gym requires you to wear something other than socks, on my feet. When sizing…
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Stop caring about random peoples opinions!
How quite a strange evening on Saturday night. I went to a wedding with my wife. It was her friends, so I knew a few people but not many. I noticed a strange trend in a number of the women at the party. There was a buffet meal type thing, each time I went to get food, I heard a women commenting that the food on their plate…
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Suunto Ambit - Calories burned
I have seen a few threads on here about various fitness trackers giving overly large calorie burns and I wondered if anyone else has a Suunto Ambit R and how they feel it's calorie tracking is. My stats are: Male, 5'8", 164lbs, 20% BF (measured from scales so probably not accurate) Details from Movescount - 1. Treadmill…
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Running and Lifting
Looking for some advice on what sort of strength programme I should use to go along with my running. I am currently training for a 100k, so my main focus is on running. I run roughly 5 times a week with my long runs on a Saturday and Sunday. Therefore my strength working days are normally a Monday/Friday as it gives me a…
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Do you change your activity level?
My activity level is set as sedentary during the week because I so sit on my *kitten* most of the day. I have a 2 hour commute to work, 7 hours of sitting at a desk and another 2 hour commute home. So I think that counts pretty well for sedentary. I have a 4 year old daughter and my weekends normally start around 5am when…
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1200 Calories for everyone?
So only just started using the forums and just from reading posts from various people it seems that so many people have the exact same calorie allowance number. Does MFP actually take any information like sex/height/current weight in to account?
