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Medial Meniscus tear
I have a Medial Meniscus tear from doing jumping jacks, confirmed by MRI. The doctor suggested surgery. I decided to wait and see. I am slowly beginning to walk for about 30 mts a day ata brisk pace. Afraid to do any squats even without waits. Am I done for life with strong lifts? I enjoyed lifting and miss it dearly. I…
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Strong Lifts for Weight Loss???
I am not sure if this question has been asked before. I am looking at losing close to 80 lbs. After having gotten off track, I am back trying to lose weight. I definitely am interested in lifting. Should I focus initially on cardio alone for weight loss or lifting heavy will still help me shed weight. I read posts where…
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Adding Weights
So I have been doing SL for about 7 weeks now. I am progressing although very slowly as far as weights go. Do you all increase weights every week? I have stalled a couple of weeks on the same weight and increased it the third week. Should I be pushing myself more? Anyways, currently this is the best I can do. Squats: 90…
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Is this enough?
I am looking to lose about 85-90 lbs. I am currently exercising 60 to 90 mts a day with 2 days Zumba, elliptical steady state for 60 mts or just walking in my hilly neighborhood for 60 mts if weather permits on the rest of the days including the days I do SL. I am just starting out with SL, so my weights are still 45 on…
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Warmup sets
Do you warm up for each exercise? i.e. 2 sets of low weight or no weight each for Squats, bench press and Pendlay Rows or just start with a couple of warm up sets for squat in the beginning and move along?
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What is your initial lifting weight??
To all newbies who have started Stronglifts, how heavy are you lifting and what warmup did you do? I attempted Workout A last night. 2 sets of warmups without weights for squats. Squats: 15 lbs Bench Press: 15 lbs Deadlifts: 22 lbs Felt like a wimp: :embarassed:
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Did you know?
I didn't. They were getting frosties from Wendy's for the department. I declined but just out of curiosity looked up it's nutritional info. In 1 small chocolate frosty shake 580 Calories 13 g Fat 104 carbs 8.0 g Saturated Fat 11.0 g Protein I am so glad I passed on that frosty. Source:…
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Calories in Barnes and Noble Cafe - Red Velvet Cupcake?
Anyone know how much. MFP has 320 calories, but I found another at 140 for a mini cupcake.
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About Zumba
So I have been taking these Zumba classes at my Gym for about 6 weeks twice per week. I still don't get the moves. I am not worried so much about coordination - I still go left when they go right and vice versa, I am just curious how long did it take you to master the moves especially synchronizing the arm, the hip and the…
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How to get slim/toned quick?
My nephew is getting married in the second week of May. I will be meeting many of my relatives who have not seen me in ages. So obviously want to look the best I can. I have been eating right and exercising from Nov 30th and have been losing at the rate of 1.5 lbs per week. Given I need to lose about 80 lbs I was hoping to…
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Shelly in Ripped in 30
Is she the same one from the FIRM workout tapes. there used to be someone who looked like her on Abs of Steel video tape. I think her name was shelly too.
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NROLW question
So I have about 80 lbs to lose and have been exercising for about 6 weeks now. After reading all the posts about lifting heavy, I am thinking of doing the NROLW. Is this too early to start? I do plan on doing additional Cardio of 45 mts for at least 6 times a week along with one of Jillian Michael's tape(Ripped in 30, 6…
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Unique NSV
Unique because I dont think I have read about it on these forums before. I have been pretty serious about logging in and exercising since Nov 30th. My wake up call came when all of a sudden I started getting painful boils on my stomach sometimes 2 or 3 at a time. I also started noticing intertrigo developing in the folds…
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Weightlifting Apps
I was wondering if there was an app out there to use in a Gym to do the lifts precisely. I see a lot of demos and schedules online like the Jamie Eason Live fit or in Books like New rules of Weightlifting for Women but to start out how do you remember these routines and reps?
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Another shoe question
The other thread about shoe prompted this question that I have. I am not a runner (may start some time down the road). I walk on the treadmill, use the elliptical, do exerise videos and take fitness classes like Zumba. I also plan on lifting weights shortly. I am looking to buy a new pair of shoes. which one should I get?…
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When they say lift heavy....
does it mean with free weights or lifting on machines count? also does it have to be a gym. I am currently using 3-5 lb weights with my exercise tapes. if I up it to 10 lbs and gradually increase is that heavy enough to begin with? What about how often and can it be split into upper and lower body workouts?
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Question about floppy bellies and spanx
I have read on this topic here on MFP that for those of us with floppy bellies and chests, it helps to wear compression undergarments like spanx while working out (especially doing jumps etc). Does it also mean you are better off wearing it all through the day. Do you wear them all day to aid in sagging skin and or promote…
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? regarding 30DS workout
So I started the 30DS last week and have taken 2 days off already. Yesterday was day 5 for me. Although it has gotten better, I still cannot do all of the jumping jacks or the Jump rope moves. I currently just move around till I can pick up. I certainly don't do the strength training with correct posture for example during…
