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Alternating Cardio and Strength Training
I started my cut on Monday and have been lifting light so far the past few days just to get myself acclimated to weight training since I am a beginner. I am going to go heavier next week, but I don't think I should be lifting 6x a week. Instead, I decided to alternate between cardio (HIIT) and strength training every other…
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Starting Cutting Phase
I am going to be starting a cut today for the first time. This will be the first time I ever introduced Strength Training into my workout regimen as all I did before was Cardio leaving me with muscle loss. Considering I don't have a lot of muscle mass for me to start, I think it would be best to cut down to a really lean…
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Why do people on Myfitnesspal ask for motivation and support?
Since I joined, I have seen numerous threads on Myfitnesspal asking for motivation and support for losing weight, gaining weight, or whatever it may be, but if they truly wanted to accomplish their fitness goals, they shouldn't need any one to encourage them on. Shouldn't the encouragement and determination already be…
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Muscle loss from HIIT Cardio
I have been doing HIIT Cardio quite a lot since the beginning of 2014 and have noticed quite a bit of muscle loss, most notably in my arms. I was thinking maybe the cause for this was because either I was exercising too much and overexerted my body or I didn't get enough protein to repair my muscles (it could be a…
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MyFitnessPal
This is my first time joining MyFitnessPal and am looking forward to using this website to track calories. I was wondering though, why do you users on here track calories? I count calories as form of self control and it helps me know what exactly is in food.
