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Switching from Slimming World to MFP
Hello, So I am getting married in just under a year and I am looking at dropping from 12 stone to 9 stone 7llb or there abouts. I joined SW two weeks ago (on again off again) and I really cannot do it. So I am looking at doing MFP. I calculated my TDEE - 20% which gave me a calorie count of 1670. So I am going to follow…
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Starting Crossfit
I am quite excited to be starting at a crossfit gym. Any tips and advice to maximise the benefits?
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Fear of males in male dominated sports
So I am thinking of taking up boxing as I want to get into shape but as per usual I am put of my the "maleness" of the sport... how can I get over this fear of working out with men. It is so ridiculous but I am so easy put off. I want to do it I just can't.
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Weightlifting body or marathon body
So a friend of mine last night, during a discussion on the gym, told me he didn't like bodies of runners. He said he felt that they weren't attractive. I was slightly astonished by him saying this. Obviously everyone is entitled to their opinion but i think he is being a bit of a "body shamer". I think most people lift or…
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12 week transformation... is it possible?
What if I threw all doubts out the window and really went for it... is it possible to get lean and strong in 12 weeks? I am about 30lb overweight and I want to aim to get quite lean and strong. If I ate the correct amount of calories, upped my protein intake and followed Starting strength do you think it would be possible?…
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How do powerlifting competitions work?
Hello, Can anyone explain to me how powerlifting competitions work? Is it the same in the UK as it is in the USA? How do you get into them? What are qualifiying totals? I am doing a bit of research but it is a bit confusing.
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Good weightlifting goals for women
So I have started SL 5X5/ Starting strength. I will train MWF doing; Squats, bench press, deadlift and then Squats, push press and deadlift. After a while I will change one deadlift day to the power clean. I was thinking that a good long-term strength goal might be: Squat 1.25 x my BW Deadlift 1.5 x my BW Bench/press 0.60…
