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Oly/Lifting Shoes
Who has them and what brand/style would you recommend?
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What's Beautiful
Hey everyone! I am participating in the What's Beautiful challenge by Under Armour and I need your help! Sign up to redefine the redefine athlete and follow me, Holly Mac, along! My challenge is that I will bring home a first place in strongman and continue to break the mold for female athletes. One of the challenges to to…
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Intro
Hi everyone, I know we all have 8,000 resources to reach out, but here is another. Here you can post questions for everyone to see or victories you want to celebrate. Keep up the great work! Holly
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Struggles with Paleo
Hello All! I have to say, that over other "diets", I find Paleo the easiest for me to follow, stick with and really feel like I am overall healthier. I am not super strict, if I was, it would turn into a compulsive disorder with lots of crying. So I tell myself make the best effort you can, and when I am personally making…
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Competitions
I have my first Crossfit competition next weekend. Who else has done a comp and what were your WODs?
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Looking to Lean Out
Like oh so many, I am looking to lean out by 5 or 10 pounds. At 21% BF, these are completely vanity pounds. I know I am at a healthy weight, I just want to be slimmer. I am 5'8" tall and currently 160 pounds. I put on about 5 pounds of muscle in the last year/6 months and would like to take some fat off. I think this would…
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What Have You Politely Turned Away?
Tis the season for sweets, candies, cookies, breads, muffins, buffets, dips and drinks. I remember last year I was on such a good roll before christmas, then just lost is over the holiday. This year I am taking a more proactive damage control stance. Just because it is christmas week, doesn't give a green light to indulge.…
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Dinner Ideas
Dinner/Meal 5 is the hardest meal of the day for me to get my grasp on. And I believe it is the thing that is holding me back from seeing more inches lost. By the time I get home from work and the gym it is close to 7pm or 8pm. I have little to no energy to cook something and I am already really hungry. What are some…
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How to Recover from Over Training?
I have come to the conclusion that I am over trained. Not only in the gym, but in life in general as well. I have started a new job, commute 1 hour each way, hit the gym for 1-1.5 hours five days a week, teach aerobics classes twice a week, own a house, do the groceries, prep my food, pack my lunch, keep up with the…
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Supplements: BCAAs and More
Curious as to what many people take for supplements? I personally take Optimum Nutrition Opti-Women multi vitamin, 1200 mg fish oil, Super B-Complex and BCAA (branch chain amino acids. I just started taking BCAA capsules today. The instructions say 2-6 a day, between meal and before and after workouts. Anyone else take the…
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Personal Training Certification
I am looking into getthing my personal training certification. For all the cpts out there, who is your certification through and why did you choose that? I am considering American College of Sports Medicine. Thanks!
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Your Top 10 Foods
When you are adding food to your diary, click "All Meals" and "Most Recent". What are the top 10 foods listed? Mine are: 1. Coffee Mate French Vanilla Creamer 2. 100% Natural Peanut Butter 3. Banana 4. Chicken breast 5. Baby Spinach 6. 1% Cottage Cheese 7. Large Egg 8. Coffee 9. 1/2 and 1/2 10. Chocolate Shakeology Not too…
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Tabata Exercises
Looking for some inspriation from my MFPers. I am teaching a Tabata class twice a week. We do generally 4 sets of tabata in the 45 minute period. (For those that don't know Tabata, you do one exercise for 20 seconds at max effort, rest for 10 seconds, repeat for a total of 8 rounds, 4 minutes total). I am looking for some…
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Fish Oil Supplement
I have been hearing a lot about fish oil supplements and curious who takes them and what brand, type and doses you take. also what benefits have you seen in taking it. I bought Nature made, 1200mg Fish Oil Liquid Softgel. There were so many different options!!! Hoping for some joint pain relief!
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Deck of Cards Workout
I am doing this with some friends later today. Give it a try some day to change things up. Get a regular ol' deck of playing cards and keep the jokers in. Pick four exercises and assign one to each suit. Today I am doing heart = clean and press, diamond = sumo deadlift high pull, spade = medicine ball slams, club = sit up.…
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Sweat in Your Sleep???
I am posting this in fitness, because I think the two are related. But does anyone sweat in the sleep? I wake up between 2-4 nights a week 100% drenched in sweat, the sheets are even wet (gross I know, but that is what this place is for). I have fan going, kick the covers off, light weight blanket, doesn't matter. I am…
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Any 'Add-On' Method Aerobics Instructors?
I am beginning to take over the kickboxing class at the gym. It is a super popular class, utilizing free standing heavy bags. The current instructor uses the add-on method, it isn't a pre-choreographed class. She feeds off the class a lot and is kind of go with the flow. Everyone loves it because it is different every…
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Body Fat Monitor
how accurate are the handheld bf monitors? I was thinking of getting one, but a buddy of mine said they weren't very accurate. Thoughts from those that use them... Thanks!
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Looking For Total Body DVD
I am looking to up my strength training for the current every once in a while to a steady 2 days a week. Anyone have a good total body DVD? I love my p90x, but looking for one total body. Here are a dew of my criteria: Uses free weights Over 30 minutes long Both upper and lower body Easily could do the workout at both home…
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Is a 'perfect' body worth it?
I posted a topic earlier today about my struggles with the last few pounds. Part of me knew it all along, but I think I know what I need to do. Being that I am close to my goal, not a lot of weight to lose, never been that small in my adult life, not 'naturally' thin, etc....I need to be close to perfect in my eating. That…
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Advice from BodyBuggers
So here is the deal... I got a bodybugg right after thanksgiving and have worn it every day since, give or take a few. I burn around 1800-2000 on a day I don't exercise or move much at all. On a workout day I get up to 2600 calories burned and I have seen 3000+ calories burned a few days that I am moving all day and get a…
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Throw Out the Scale???
As someone with those last 5-10 pounds to lose, I have seen and read a lot of tips and one of them is "Throw out the scale!" I suppose the idea behind it is that you don't get caught up on the number and just listen to your body. You eat when you are hungry and don't when you're not. Focus on getting lean and toned, not…
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Happy Medium Between Gravy and Veggies???
Looking for dinner ideas for my house. It is just my boyfriend and I. He is a meat, potato and gravy guy, and I am a grilled chicken and salad girl. In an attempt to eat the same thing for dinner, I am looking for ideas. What do you eat for dinner at your house, that is healthy, but everyone enjoys??? We do some meat and…
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Egg Whites
For those that eat egg whites and also eat relatively clean, do you buy the carton or do you crack an egg and just take out the white? I don't like the idea of my eggs coming from a box :-)
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Shakeology Cleanse - 1/3/11
Doing a 3 day Shakeology cleanse, starting tomorrow. Anyone else doing one too or want to join in? Or any cleanse for that matter. 3 shakes, 3 pieces of fruit, salad with 4oz protein for dinner and lots of water. Can't wait to shed this water and goo from the holidays.
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Max HR During Insanity
To all your "Insane" people out there where HRM: What is your max heartrate during a given Insanity workout? I feel like mine is super hight, but want to compare. Today I did Cardio Power and Resistance and peaked at 190. That is pretty typical for an insanity workout. My average was 155 (including about 5-10 minute after…
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How Do You Like Your Protein?
How do you all get your extra protein in to your day? What shake do you drink? What do you mix it with? Looking for some ideas. Thanks!
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Calling All BodyBuggers!
So I am new to my BodyBugg. Today is Day 3 and I am still getting used to it and the information it gives me. I am curious how others use the data verses the guidelines MFP gives you. I have found my burn ranges a lot depending on my day, activity, workout, etc. Day 1 was 3000, Day 2 was 2300. Do you adjust your daily…
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Non-Fitness Boyfriend
Anyone else out there have a spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend that is not on the same page when it comes to fitness, diet and overall wellness???? That is the case at my house. Most people who know me associate me with fitness and working out. I love it, that is what I do when I am mad, sad or to pick my day up. My life 80%…
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Sick After Running 10k???
Does anyone else out there get sick after running a long(er) distance? I was/have been running pretty regularly 2-3 times a week between 3-6 miles at a time. Everyone once and a while, when I do a long run 5-7 miles, I will finish then have some serious stomach cramps and such for hours afterward. This happened last week…
