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Question for you deadlifters
So, I'm finally strong enough to throw 45's on there (yay!) but for some reason I'm now having trouble transitioning into the second rep. My question is, do you reset your form/body position/breathing after each rep or do you just tap the floor and go again. I find that if I don't reset myself my hips shoot straight up…
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22lb discrepency? Issue w/ Taylor brand scale anyone?
I recently purchased a Taylor brand scale/ body fat for $39.99 at target. When I weighed myself, it read 138 lbs which shocked me because it was way less than I was expecting. Skeptical, I stopped into my gym and used their old school sliding bar scale which gave me 159 and their electronic scale which gave 160. I'm…
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Ladies-What do you wear during a tri?
So I'm super excited to do my first tri in August but a recent gigantic car problem but the stops on my "gear" budget. This means no tri suit which is what I was planning on wearing. I'm wondering if anyone has experience doing tri's w/o a full suit. I'm most concerned about what to wear for the swin that will still let me…
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Deadlifting- Hex bar or olympic
I am brand new to deadlifting but I have experience with weights and I am comfortable with compounds like squats etc. I am in the processing of learning how to do DL's properly and I am having trouble getting the "flow" right. My legs are super long compared to my torso so I hit an awkward section right as I get the bar…
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Ladies doing NROL4W
I'm working through NrOL4W right now and I really love the program except for how he starts you doing 15 reps. I have experienece weight lifting so I am comfortable with the lifts and just get annoyed with doing weights light enough to get 15 reps out. My question is, have any of you skipped right into heavy weights at 8…
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misleading/ annoying food labels
I was making buckwheat pancakes tonight and as I went to log, I noticed that the serving size listed in the nutrition facts, 1/3 cup dry mix, did not match with the recepie given on the chart on the back using 3/4 cup for the smallest batch. I found this super irritating because you have to go through the math and figure…
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Use for egg yolks?
So i'm fourtunate enough to get fresh eggs from a friend who has chickens and they are a big part of my diet. That said, I usually just eat the whites to keep tabs on calories and cholesterol. I feel really wasteful when I throw away the yolks so I'm wondering if anyone has ideas about how to store and reuse them? Can you…
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NSV-Single Digits
Such an exciting day today. At my heaviest I wore size 15 juniors/ size 14 womens, that was back in early high school. I got down to a 12 for the rest of high school and throughout college. Well today (at 23 yrs), I stopped into my favorite store where I thought I knew excatly what size to buy. I reached for a 12 but…
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my first real NSV
I am having a super stressful day because I have a physiology exam on wednesday and I'm feeling totally overwhelmed. But, instead of stress munching like I would have 35 days ago, I am writing this on my way to the gym. Time to sweat out some stress and frustration!
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What do you put on pancakes?
I love love love buckwheat pancakes and I used make them once a week on Sundays. Since I started MFP ~35 days ago, I haven't had them but I'd like to make them tomorrow. The pancakes themselves are pretty clean ( 140 kcal, whole grain, 1g of sugar 3g of fiber) but I'm trying to figure out what to put on top of them. As…
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Saying no as a dinner guest
I just came back from a dinner party where I totally killed my calorie goal and needless to say, I don't feel that great about it. I ate fine with the meal because (thank goodness) they had some delicous veggies so I passed on the cream ladden chicken dish but then dessert came. I didn't really want/need dessert but every…
