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How often can you do the same exercise?
So the reason I’m asking is because I’m almost 22 weeks pregnant and though I know I can make some progress in the next 18 weeks (especially since I haven’t worked out consistently in 2 years), I’m not expecting to make a TON of progress. I just want to move and be more active. There are some specific exercises that make…
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Any online personal trainers?
Looking to maybe get an online personal trainer. I’ve had one in the past and was hoping to maybe find someone again. Every one I’ve checked in to are 250 a month and I’m unable to afford that. Thanks!
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Too Many Pushing Exercises
I used to have a coach who helped me train for my first powerlifting and bodybuilding competition. My training was heavily powerlifting oriented though, so the Big Three were my main focus. Looking back at my training I realized that I was doing about 4-5 pushing exercises per 2 pulling exercises... all of this resulting…
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Pregnant Mamas or Breastfeeding Mamas
So I just found out I’m pregnant with my second! Due sometime early July 2021 🥰 I was kind of curious about calorie consumption though because I was in the process of losing some weight haha - obviously that’s over for at least 9 months 😂 I was eating around 2150 cals and losing about a lb a week. So would I up it to about…
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What’s motivating you?
So I had a baby back in March and I lost all the baby weight (29 lbs) by the time I was 4 months postpartum. I’m now about 2 lbs below my pre-pregnancy weight which is awesome but I still have about 7-8 lbs that I want to lose. Unfortunately due to some postpartum depression, I’ve resulted to some major emotional eating.…
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Goal Weight
What was/is your initial goal weight? What is a range that you would accept? Ex. 130-135. Have you ever changed your goal weight? Why did you?
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Eating Habits
For those of you who dealt with emotional eating/binges, what helped you to stop?
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How do you warm-up?
I’ve done every type of warm up imaginable. Foam rolling, cardio, stretching, dynamic stretching.. to the point where it’s over complicated and extremely long 🙃 So I need advice on how to warm-up haha.
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Bodyweight vs. Resistant Bands vs. Dumbbells
So I used to be an avid lifter - I participated in powerlifting meets and bodybuilding shows. But life got in the way and for two years I’ve probably done a total of 20-25 workouts. Most of which were lower body because my right shoulder has been giving me some pain for about 3 years now. But I’m really wanting to start…
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Intuitive Eating for Weight Loss
For several months postpartum, I was eating intuitively and losing weight. But for the past two months I’ve been more meticulous in counting calories to actually lose weight and though I have lost a decent amount, I’m kind of at a point where my weight is kind of at a stand still and I feel like maybe it would get moving…
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Rate My Upper Body Warm-Up
It’s been a long time since I’ve consistently worked out and I think I’ve always been stuck on how to warm-up, especially since I have a shoulder issue. I’m trying to keep it short and simple but enough where it’ll keep from injury or making an injury worse, in my case. Warm-Up: Foam rolling lats and chest Static stretch…
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Rate My Upper Body Warm-Up
It’s been a long time since I’ve consistently worked out and I think I’ve always been stuck on how to warm-up, especially since I have a shoulder issue. I’m trying to keep it short and simple but enough where it’ll keep from injury or making an injury worse, in my case. Warm-Up: Foam rolling lats and chest Static stretch…
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Calorie Question
So for the past threeish weeks I've been eating around 2360 calories. I haven't been super consistent with exercising (maybe 2-3 times a week out of 4). I've been losing weight slowly but there's been two days this week where I've had some family events and ate more than the 2360. What's weird though is that each day I ate…
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Calorie Question
So for the past threeish weeks I've been eating around 2360 calories. I haven't been super consistent with exercising (maybe 2-3 times a week out of 4). I've been losing weight slowly but there's been two days this week where I've had some family events and ate more than the 2360. What's weird though is that each day I ate…
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Setting Up for a Lift
Okay. So hopefully I make sense... So when you set up for a lift... Say a barbell row... How do you "set" or activate the muscles about to be worked? I read and was told that to keep upper body tight when performing a lift, to move scapula down and back? If that makes sense?? I feel like I'm overthinking so much in order…
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The last 10 are the worst...
Woke up at 129.7 this morning. Goal is 119. As a new mama though, it's so hard to not eat more due to exhaustion 😅 I'm doing pretty decent and have lost all the baby weight, but... Any tips on losing the last ten?
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External and Internal Rotators
How often do you train the external/internal rotators for your shoulders?
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Shoulder Injury and Chest Exercises
What chest exercises are okay with a shoulder injury? Shoulder aches around the scapula, so just not sure what exercises out there would be okay to test out. I've tried some pushups and light chest presses. Didn't hurt but felt weird. Is there a certain grip that might relieve stress on my shoulders? Ex. Neutral grip chest…
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Which one of these three exercises is best for chest?
1. Standard push-up 2. Flat dumbbell chest press 3. Dumbbell chest flies I'm wanting to focus more on my back as far as upper body training goes because I trained too much chest in the past, leading to an imbalance and shoulder injury.
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Breastfeeding Calories Plus Working Out
Okay so I used this calculator to see what my breastfeeding calories should be at: https://www.freedieting.com/breastfeeding-calorie-calculator I'm 21, 5"2, 129 lbs and I workout 5 days a week. It put me at 2008 calories. But right before I got pregnant, I was eating about 2150 and maintaining. At the end of pregnancy I…
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Strong Curves
Anyone do the Strong Curves program? Do you feel like it was a good program? Pictures with results if you have followed it?
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Loose Skin
So I TOTALLY know it's pretty normal to have loose skin on the stomach after having a baby, but do you think it would lessen a bit in amount if I continue to lose weight?
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My Fitness Story
At 15, I started seriously exercising. Within 2 months, I had dropped 20ish lbs and was underweight. But I was determined not to give up working out, so I was told to change my workout habits into something that would require me to eat more to see results. That's when I picked up my first barbell... And it literally…
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11 lbs to go...
Hi there! Currently weighed myself today at 130.3 pounds. I'm 5"2 and had a baby back in March. Wanting to be 119 pounds by October 1st! Just started exercising again after a long hiatus (I had a big surgery before I found out I was pregnant 🙃🤷), trying to do 5 days a week, and I'm starting intermittent fasting with a…
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Shoulder Impingement Problem
So I first want to say that I've been to a physical therapist and a chiropractor for a shoulder problem I've had for almost 3 years now... But was never really given advice on what to do for it. The chiropractor said I most likely have a subscapular Impingement based on where the pain and tightness is originating from. Has…
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Workout Plan
Anyone read stuff from T-Nation? Any programs on there that you'd recommend? Or any other programs for hypertrophy/muscle gain you'd suggest? Used to be a figure competitor/powerlifter but life got hectic so I'm kind of back to square one. Looking to put size on my back and glutes again 😅
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Do you NEED cardio to lose weight?
Okay so a little about me. I'm currently 4 months postpartum and am exclusively breastfeeding, which is said to burn 350-500 calories a day. I eat about 2300 calories and am losing slowly on that amount. I haven't consistently exercised since before I was pregnant but have found a program that I'm going to start following…
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Postpartum Help Wanted
Hi there! Needing some tips on losing weight while breastfeeding. I'm currently 4 months postpartum with my first baby, and it's a LOT harder to get back into the groove of working out and eating healthier than I thought. Pre-pregnancy I weighed 128 and I'm now 132. I know that I don't have much to lose as far as being my…
