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I'm suspicious of this "Glute activation" fad
"Your glutes need activating": Fad or fact? It just seems somehow like a typical fad the fitness industry pushes on us to make us feel bad about ourselves and spend more money on gyms, coaching, equipment etc. You don't need to feel muscles to know they're working. Surely if you're not using your glutes, you'll fall over?…
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The Psychology of Endurance
I'm doing an online course from the University of Kent called, "The Science of Endurance Training and Performance". In Week 3, we look at the "Psychological determinants of endurance performance" and we have an exercise where we look at critical situations we might come across. We then create a plan for each situation so…
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"Accountability Buddies" - Do they work?
We see an endless stream of people asking for an "Accountability Buddy". I'd never heard of this term till I joined MFP in April 2015. I've been on these forums ever since I joined, but I've never seen anyone credit their buddy with being the number one help in reaching their weight loss goal. Where do people get the idea…
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Bloat (this makes me laugh)
:smiley: To be serious as well, here's the best bloat post ever, by @AnnPT77 : And my 2 cents: if the bloating is none of these, are you sure you're not just sticking your stomach out and/or comparing yourself to athletes in peak condition with optimal lighting?
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Xmas water weight gain and drop - Give us your data!
Weight goes up; weight comes down. I'd banked calories with extra exercise this week, so I enjoyed myself on Chrimbo day here in Australia. Logged guesstimates, and was maybe 500 calories / 2000 kilojoules over my daily maintenance limit. My scale weight rose 3 lbs / 1.4 kg on Boxing Day morning. Not to panic!... It fell…
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Fixing the Fade: Feeling Strong in the Final Miles of Your Marathon
I followed the McMillan marathon recovery plan, and I think I'll be using their new article's advice as I lead up to my next marathon training period. https://www.mcmillanrunning.com/fixing-the-fade-feeling-strong-in-the-final-miles/ Basic summary of the main plan of attack: Reduce my "Long Run Delta" (the difference in…
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"Motivation is like a unicorn"
An email from the awesome Aadam of Physiqonomics "Today I sat for three hours staring at the blank screen of my Google Docs page. By the end of those three excruciating hours, which, I should add felt like having the flesh torn off my limbs by man-eating penguins, I'd written a jaw-dropping 100 words. (I'd say that was…
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Post-run fuel
If I have carbs and protein 45 minutes before an hour-long run, do I really need carbs and protein straight after I finish the run like the media say? (Note: I'm in maintenance and hit my calorie & macro goals for the day.)
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"When Food Guilt is Ruining Your Life"
http://www.melissatoler.com/blog/food-guilt-is-running-your-life Some excerpts: "Women feel the need to confess and atone because we've been taught that eating certain foods or eating too much is sinful. You're a naughty girl if you eat from the list of forbidden foods. The belief that you should strive for dietary…
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My First Marathon! Recap.
Hi All, I’m an Australian who has lost 80 lbs with MFP, and has been running for 23 months, and just achieved my major goal for this year, which was to celebrate turning 50 by running my first marathon. I thought I’d share the recap I wrote in here in case it’s of interest to other MFP runners not participating in the MFP…
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MFP Motivational Memes
(We need a new thread since Photobucket borked the internet and started charging $500 for hosting pics.) I'll start:
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Garmin Fenix5
I'm on the verge of ordering a Garmin Fenix 5. Anyone got one who can tell me anything they think I should know? I'm mad about running (longest run 30 km in March but aiming for longer). I also do a lot of hiking (did 80 km in 2 days two weeks ago), walking, swimming, yoga, and have started HIIT and might do some Spin…
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Share Your Favourite YouTube Yoga Videos!
I've been doing this "23 Minute Arm Balance Yoga" by Candace routine for several days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvRde8UiBv4 It's a bit advanced, but a good challenge. What are you working on?
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Is there good evidence highly active people need magnesium supplementation?
I've got some magnesium tablets you dissolve in water that are promoted as "good for muscles and nerves". Well, so is protein and oxygen. I looked a while ago online and couldn't find any high quality meta-studies that supported this claim. Have you seen any?
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"Embrace the Suck" MFP Monthly Running Challenge T-Shirts
Here's the link so you don't have to hunt the threads to find it. https://www.zazzle.com/spodorama/products
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MFP Monthly Running Challenge Team - October 14 Aim for the Cure Melanoma Virtual/Physical 5K
https://walk.aimatmelanoma.org/Hilo2017/mfpmonthlyrunningchallenge We are raising funds to find a cure for melanoma, after the son of a beloved member of our group died from this recently. If you raise/donate $50 each, you get a t-shirt and a medal too. You can do a virtual run, or the physical race in Hilo, Hawaii. The…
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I found the best way to kick-start your diet!!!
I learned that if you need a kick-start, I bet you haven't got what it takes to reach your eventual goal. To succeed, you need to educate yourself. Not by listening to idiots like Gwyneth Paltrow, Food Babe, Paleo Pete, David Avocado Wolfe, Natural News, or any of those other nutters with neither intelligence nor a…
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Things I didn't need to eat to lose weight
I lost 80 lbs in 12 months and have kept it off for 13 months so far, and I've never once had: Apple cider vinegar Green smoothie Protein shake Green tea Diet pills Kale Goji berries Acai berries Kombucha Chia seeds Coconut oil I just ate what I wanted within my calorie limit. Of course, if I ever decided to eat those…
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The Top 17 Nutrition Myths of 2017
From a great site, Examine: https://examine.com/nutrition/awful-nutrition-myths/ The list of myths: Myth 1: Carbs are bad for you Myth 2: Fats are bad for you Myth 3: Protein is bad for you Myth 4: Egg yolks are bad for you Myth 5: Red meat is bad for you Myth 6: Salt is bad for you Myth 7: Bread is bad for you Myth 8:…
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Garmin calories low recently
Anyone else recently getting stupidly low calorie burns for exercise from Garmin lately? I did a 30 km run on Friday - 1000 calories. I usually get more than that for a half marathon (21.1km). Today I did 10 km and only got 225 calories. I don't need to lose any weight, thanks Garmin! Gimme my calories!
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Yoga/Strength: 10 Week Arm Balance Challenge
Can you do a plank for 1 minute? Can you do some push-ups? Then you can do this. http://www.welcometotheonepercent.com/zuzkalight-10-week-arm-balance-challenge/ There are 10 weeks, with 10 instruction videos. The ultimate goal is to be able to do a handstand, with lots of cool stuff on the way. Week 1: Crow Pose…
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11 months weightloss then 11 months maintenance/recomp (with pics)
This is what 695 days of logging all foods daily in MFP has done: I lost 80lbs from April 2015 to April 2016, and have maintained my goal weight range since then. My goal weight range is 62-64 kg, and I've stayed at my calorie limit the whole time. I believe I've gained around 1 kg of muscle, as I was in the lower half of…
