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Swimming laps
I had to change gyms recently, and the new gym has a lap pool, which sounds like it would be a fun change of pace for my cross training days. (I bike, run, and lift.) It's been years since I last swam laps -- other than having a decent suit and swim goggles, what tips would you give me? What etiquette should I know about?
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Running with a dog
We've started taking our big dog (adult lab-dane mix) on runs with us, and he's doing really well. (Three miles at a slow pace early in the morning, a little shorter than his normal walks.) It's been a win-win situation -- he spends more quality time with us, and he's tired when we get back home so I get peace and quiet on…
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Strength training sets and reps
When I started strength training six months ago, I met with a personal trainer to get a plan of attack and to learn how to use the equipment. He had me start with 3 sets of 15-20 reps for 8 weeks to build endurance, then 3-4 sets of 12-15 reps for 8 weeks to build muscle mass, and finally 4 sets of 8-12 reps for 8 weeks to…
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How to fail at squats?
Making good progress on SL, and it occurs to me that soon I will be at a point where I'm going to fail a squat. When you fail on the DL, you just drop (hopefully in a controlled way!) the bar to the ground. But I'm unclear on what to do with the squat. Obviously, the bar is going to go down to the safety bars, but is there…
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Spammers?
Other than blocking, is there any way to deal with spammers sending direct messages here?
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To log strength or not...
Checking out MFP after years of WW, and I'm liking what I'm seeing so far. I use a Fitbit Charge HR and have synced it to MFP, so I'm not logging my cardio to avoid double counting. The Fitbit seems to be giving me a reasonable number of calories for my cardio. Yay! But what about strength? Should I be logging it here…
