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GIFt us your lifts! (or other achievements!)
This thread is for all of those who like to celebrate their lifts, gym accomplishments, personal bests! Focus is fitness minded. I'm doing squats tonight, so I'll share when I'm done. Come one come all.. GIFt us your LIFTS or other successes!
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Furbaby cuddles
With all the crappy things going on in the world, I thought maybe it'd be nice to have some heartwarming moments. The point of this thread (if it takes off) is to showcase photos of our furbabies in their best cuddle moments. Whether with you, or with other furbabies. Let's see some love!
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OOOOH pretty colors *coloUrs and other such fun
In another thread we got to talking about the use of color *colour in our posts, and we re-discovered how to do that. For those who forget, or need a reference to return to, feel free to bookmark this.
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Moment of realness
Moment of realness... All these pics were taken today. .. .. The first two might cause people to think I am super fit and have this awesome body to be coveted. The next ones not so much. I guarantee you that the first ones are flexed to hell and back and the second ones are just relaxed. Not pushing out at all, just...…
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Show us your carvings!
It's that time... Pumpkin carving season! Let's see your pumpkins! Are you traditional? Creative? Technical? Do you keep the seeds?
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Dance party!
Do you have a song that gets you dancing? A song that brings life to you? One that gets your kids / partner / friends / neighbour / cat / dog looking at you funny? If so, crank it up, share it here, and get dancing!
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Failure is a GIFt
This is the other side of the GIFt us your lifts thread. Failure is a part of growth. Sometimes you just can't pick that stuff up. Sometimes it's just too heavy and you have to put it back down. That's ok. That's a gift. It's growth. It's also a sign that you literally left it all out there. So... Here's my first fail GIF.…
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2021 Happy Flex FRIYAY!
Haven't seen one of these in a while... So welcome to the 2021 edition of Flex FRIYAY! Share your flex, no matter how big, how small. You get to be proud of your hard work! Your success is inspiring to others! And remember, it takes muscles to smile, so if all you want to share today is that, then share it! Note: only…
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The non dad bod thread
We have a thread for dad bods, but it's so exclusive! What if you're not a dad? What if you don't have a traditional dad bod? Where do you go? Here... You post here. This is your safe space. If you are a non-dad... Or have a non dad-bod... This will work for you! Haha
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What WAS your workout yesterday? Any plans for today?
I am one of those types that typically works out at night, and by then, the "what was your workout today is long buried". So I made this one, so that those people who work out at night, but forum in the morning can also share! How about you? What did you do yesterday? What do you plan to do today?
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Protein supplement options? or Help, protein power makes me sick
Firstly... I confess. My diet is not the best. I try to hit a 30% protein, 40% fat, 30% carbs target, but invariably miss. I'm almost always under in protein. I have tried on a number of occasions to supplement my protein with various brands of protein shakes, but for the most part I end up getting sick in one of three…
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My challenge for you...
The idea of this post is to issue a specific (and achievable) workout challenge. The next poster to respond will accept that challenge and commit to doing it ASAP, but before the day is up. They then issue a challenge for the next person. I'll do the first two... I challenge the next poster to do 10 pushups.
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Show us your holiday look!
Yes, another selfie thread! Who doesn't want more of those? (hint: the Grinch) This time I want to see all your Santa hats, jingle bell caps, Christmas sweaters or masks... Hell throw a garland around your and snap away! I'm in a holiday spirit and I want to see yours! ❤️
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GET RICH QUICK!
This is an analogy I shared years ago under a different username. I wanted to resurrect it for all the newcomers who have decided to change their stars for 2021. ********************* What if you had to choose between the following: OPTION 1) Get rich quick, but spend all the money and be poor again, just as quickly -…
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Like. Don't. Like.
Ever hear of the sandwich method, where you acknowledge an issue but wrap it with positivity? So often it's easy to dislike or complain about stuff we don't like about ourselves, but forget to remember the good. What is something you like about yourself? What is something you dislike or want to change? What is one more…
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Reliable Ridiculous Resolutions
Lots of people come up with new years resolutions... Many of them fall short. This is where you can make resolutions that you KNOW you are going to keep. (or, are at least pretty sure you will). They can be absurd, or just so damn easy you won't possibly miss!
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Show us your... Tree!
I have heard that many people have decided to decorate early for Christmas. Normally the tree isn't put up until first or second weekend in Dec, but the kids were asking for it earlier. Maybe we need to feel a little bit more magic this year. For me, there's something special about seeing multi colored lights, and memories…
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I love this process... and here's why!
What do you love about what you are doing to make yourself better? (Healthier, stronger, etc) What keeps you fired up and motivated about doing it again? So often we focus on the things we hate (feeling hungry, pains, tiredness), and not enough on the things we love... so let this be the place where you share why you love…
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My challenge for you... Christmas fun edition
This is a fun challenge... So let's not get too uppity. I will post a challenge. The next poster accepts and makes one of their own. In my other thread it was fitness related... This one is fun related! Goal: complete the challenge within the hour so you can come back and edit to say completed. Challenge: drink 8oz of…
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One minute before and after progress pictures!
Most people know about the magic of lighting and filters, and camera angles... and how what you see on IG is not always the truth. But what about the difference between relaxed and flexed. When you see people flexed, can you tell what they look like relaxed? I took a set of "before" pics because I am back (baby!) and am…
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Thank you!
We all have people in our lives who have been there for us through the good times and bad... who push us to be better, who kick us in the tush when we've got oreo cookie cream on our fingers... the ones who help us to become (or stay) better versions of ourselves. This thread is a chance to give those people a shout out…
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You know you have a problem when...
You get on the treadmill for a quick warm up... And only plan for a 15min walk... But the miles and step count is so low... So you stay on for 30... But then your mileage is at a weird fraction... So you stay on again. And all of a sudden... It's 43 minutes later and your STILL on the treadmill, because now you're going…
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40+ female newbie powerlifter seeks like minded individuals as friends...
Dear god, that sounds ridiculous. It's like a bad baaaaad personals ad... Here's the thing... I've been around MFP a long time (5+years), and have been around the block here - I've overshared, undershared, gotten butthurt, made others cranky, apologized profusely (I AM Canadian). I've flirted, I've stopped that, I've…
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Powerlifting and competing
I'm thinking about training for a powerlifting meet coming up in April. There are no minimums, and I seriously doubt I will post anything great in terms of numbers. Few questions for other lifters... - how long should you train for your first meet? Is 6 weeks a decent amount of time, or way too short? (I've been lifting…
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Don't give up.
Keeping it real folks... Sometimes you hear that you don't workout because you don't want it bad enough. I'm here to say that it's JUST NOT always that SIMPLE. It's possible to meat your goals, it's possible to make real change happen... but I want you to stop beating yourself up if you can't be that 5x a week beast in the…
