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Canyon Grail Tire Question
Wondering if any MFP cyclist can help. I'm deciding between an endurance and gravel bike to replace my aging race bike. Considering Trek Domane, Canyon Endurace or Canyon Grail. My question on the Grail is can I swap slick tires to run road without needing to have a full tire and group swap? Most advise I see online is to…
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What does everyone think of Mike Matthews?
I've been following Starting Strength and Strong Lifts for the past year or so. I recently picked up Bigger, Leaner, Stronger by Mike Matthews and really like how he builds on Rippetoe and his self-proclaimed fight against bro science. Then I find his website and he's hocking a bunch of supplements including fat burners. I…
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Lifting Programs
I recently downloaded the Stronglifts 5x5 app and love how easy it is to track workouts and progression. I've tried a few other apps but they were too confusing, trying too hard to sell something, or required way too much time to program a workout. Are there any other apps like Stronglifts that you'd recommend?
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Fitbit push not writing?
Been using fitbit fit a long time to push activity to mfp But it stopped working today. Anyone else having an issue? I disconnected and reconnected fitbit, restarted ago and phone, nothing is working. Trying to reinstall both apps next.
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Help me understand
I've seen a bunch of questions on negative calorie adjustments but I still don't get hit. Here's my scenario. I got up and maybe took a couple hundred steps wearing my Fitbit. I might have had 30-40 calories from exercise in my diary. I then went for a 7 mile run wearing my Fitbit and Garmin gps w/hrm. I came back with…
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Endurance training and blood sugar levels (non-diabetic)
I was out for a short run this morning and suffered through 4 miles. I ran 5 Saturday and biked 45 on Sunday after a 2 week vacation. Those workouts were great, but today was awful. I felt shaky and lethargic. I don't understand why. I ate well yesterday, hydrated well this morning and had a snack during my long drive…
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Canceling Crossfit Membership
I'm wondering what you all think of this... I have a crossfit membership that I'm trying to cancel. The bold text below is from their website description of the membership options. I have the "Zero Commitment" plan at $205/month. It's getting to be too expensive and I want to cancel. My automatic renewal is set for 6/21,…
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Gaining more pounds than you eat
Just asking out of curiosity, is it theoretically possible to gain more weight than the weight of the food you ate? There's 453.59 grams in a pound and fat has 9 cal / gram, so a pound of pure fat would have 4,082.3 calories. So in theory, if you ate 3500 calories of PURE fat over your TDEE, you'd actually gain more weight…
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Calorie Banking
I usually eat a few hundred calories less than I need during the week so I can 'bank' some calories for the weekend. It allows me to enjoy a dinner out or dessert without obsessing on tracking. I'm losing weight, so I trust calorie banking works. My question is, what is the impact on body composition? My understanding is…
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Help cutting body fat %
I'm doing a 60 day challenge at my crossfit to loose the greatest % of body fat in 60 days. I've been eating around 1800 calories during the week and about maintenance on Saturdays. I don't usually track the weekends, but we'll go out to dinner on Saturday night that wouldn't fit into my deficit. I plan to be more focused…
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Fitbit double counting steps
My fiance recently started tracking in MFP. I connected her fitbit account to MFP to track her exercise but it has been making multiple entries this week. If she should get 300 calories from steps, that will appear at the end of the day, but the next day there will be two or three entries. Most of the time the additional…
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Spartan Race Suggestions?
I'm running my first spartan race on 1/31. I've been 'training' for a month and have a few weeks to go. I'm already in descent shape, so not a beginner. Training has been 3 days/week of Crossfit plus a 3 mile lunch run when I'm able, 4 mile runs on the other 2 days of the week, and a 30 mile bike ride on Saturday. We're…
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Spartan Race Burpee Mod
Hey all - I'm scheduled for a Spartan Race this Sunday, but I went down on my road bike last weekend and my wrist is in a lot of pain. It's getting better but I probably have another few weeks of recovery. I'm hoping I can do most obstacles, but anything that flexes the wrist like a push-up is completely out of the…
