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Building muscle for first time
Hi everyone. I’m a beginner. Working on my health and I have started adding small weights to cardio (4 lbs). By doing so I noticed that I actually like the way the resistance felt and so I started reading about strength training. I’m 46 and female. Can anybody please suggest the next amount I should go with to start a more…
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Blisters
I have a huge blister on the bottom of my toe from walking. It’s opened. I don’t want to skip a day walking. It’s just a tad sore but I don’t want to make it worse. Any advice on how I could wrap it maybe?
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That one thing I won’t give up
I have been doing pretty good so far. Today marks my first two weeks and I am down 8 lbs. Not perfect by far but doing good. I was allowing myself about 3 T of creamer a day that’s sweetened already and two cups of coffee. That’s the only refined sugars I have and almost all plant based food I am eating. I didn’t read the…
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Hello from Tennessee
Hi y’all! I’m a 46 yr old grandma from middle Tennessee. I’ve been at it for two weeks strong so far. Really feeling motivated! Would love to meet some fitness buddies.
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Skipping meals
Newbie to fitness. I workout everyday for a minimum of one hour. I’m doing low impact cardio and very basic strength training. I changed my diet and I eat healthy. I’m doing really good. My problem is NOT hunger oddly enough (I was eating all the time before I started). My question is should I start having some sort of…
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Rucking anyone?
I read that implementing weights to some cardio workouts (example: wearing ankle weights while walking) can burn 5-15% more calories than sans weights. This led me to discover rucking. Basically it’s walking with a weighted backpack on. From what I read it can really add the resistance to a simple walk and will maximize…
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Low Impact cardio + weights=💦
I just started working out again and decided to start with low impact cardio. I wanted to add some resistance to tone my arms and prevent sagging skin so I wear wrist weights (2lb) each and WOW. Turn the sweat factor way up! Does anybody else mix weights with cardio?
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Depression=brutal truth motivation
No coddling and the brutal truth is what I needed to get me started on my weight loss journey. I’m 46 yrs old and ended up in the worst shape of my life due to clinical depression. I steadily gained on average 20 lbs a year for the past 4 years. I went from a size 4 to an 18. I know what I have to do to be in the same…
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ISO Fitness buddy-Columbia, TN
Hi! I’m a 46 yr old woman just starting getting back in shape. Would love to have a friend in my area (Columbia, TN) so we can support each other.
