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back on it!
Hi, ive been off the SL programme for almost a month- had a chest infection I just couldn't shake! Murder! Im going to get back to it this week! Thank goodness,going stir crazy! Should I start on my 'next workout' weight and let the programme de load me as I fail, or should I just take say 10% off all lifts and start from…
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Study: men/women - when to eat - before/after exercising
Hello, Did anyone catch the programme on BBC2 the other day 'trust me i'm a doctor'? One of the conclusions of a (fairly small) study that was completed was that to lose body fat, men should exercise before eating, and women should exercise after eating. The figures it came to were: Men: Men who exercised before eating…
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wobbly weights!
Merry Christmas everyone! Just got up to 60kg on my squats this eve (5, 5, 5, 4, 4. Think that's 132lb). Anyone else have trouble with the bar being dead wobbly on small shoulders? (im only 5"1' and about 150lb) With the weight at 60kg and a low bar my arms aren't that good at stabilizing it and as the Oly bar is so long…
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Boo!
Nattering to my Body Pump instructor tonight and she said that i should be careful with doing SL as i will end up with bulky muscles. Im aiming for strong muscles that burn calories! And a muscle is a muscle at the end of the day - im not in to this 'toning' theory/opinion that many folk have! (i do BP 1x per week and SL…
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walking. . . can't handle the pace!
Hi, I've been training for a while now- I'm doing the west highland way at the end of the month. It's a 96mile walk over 5days. So i started small and my longest walk (without rucksack) has been 14miles, and with rucksack similar to what I'll be carrying (prob 14kg ) just over 9miles. And it still kills me! Granted I'm…
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many extra steps!
Hello, Ive had a look at past threads in the forum too.... but my 'random steps' seem to be a little different! For instance today i left work and got in the car with the counter at 3103.... i kept my beady eye on it the whole way home - about a ten min drive. roundabouts, lights, gearchanges, all ok! Got to the bottom of…
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stuck at my weight forever I think! (long)
Maybe I'm just greedy... I'm pretty short so to lose 0.5lb a week on mfp I've to net 1400calories/ day. I do a fair bit of exercise also! Most days. My weight pretty much hovers around 147lb . I've been on and off mfp for a long time, but my diet stays the same and exercise the same sports on average. I've been trying to…
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weight training routine options
Hello, Just looking for some opinions on the pros and cons of weight training options. I'm a bit short of time for adding extra exercise to my normal week. I've got a routine here, say it's a shoulder and back day with 12exercises total on it. 6 of the exercises are compound or major muscle exercises and say 6 are for…
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keep hurting myself during sports!
I'm beginning to think theres something wrong with me! :-( Id. keep ending up hurting myself pretty badly doing sports. For instance, last night during volleyball ( just taken it up again last week) I did a ( how dare I ) 3inch jump off the floor. felt a ball snack off my calf , landed and realised there was in fact no…
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tshirts....
I noticed this evening that i am literally the only lady at any of the classes i go to (body pump/insanity etc) that wears a t-shirt! Everyone else wears a 'sports top' type thing. close fitting, out of the Lycra type material. Why is this - what makes them so good compared to t-shirts? see if I can be convinced for when i…
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Cracking knee
Hello, After battering in with lots of exercise over the last month or so, whenever I do the kenpo workout dvd (karate/boxercise type workout) any front kicks with my left leg makes my knee audibly crack. Oddly, it doesn't hurt at all! Just really disconcerting! I've not hurt that knee in the past - dislocated the other…
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why so hard?. . .
So, I'm doing millions of exercise just now ( every day really) - Cardio, strength, plyo.. . And yet when I run up a flight of stairs Im still out of breath when I get to the top! As in a normal house flight! It's not normal!
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P90x - how many rounds?
Just wondering how many rounds of p90x ( or hybrids) did you complete and with what results? ( like bf %, fat weight loss or pull up ability) I won't be 'ripped' in 90days as I've started with too high body fat! Just wondering what kind of results folk get after a while! Lynsey
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substitute for plyo - p90x
Hello, I've recently started the p90x workout! It's quite good fun! Tonight I did the Plymometrics workout. I was quite aware that my neighbours may not have liked it as much as I did! So I had to be a bit more lightfooted and possibly couldn't put my max in to it! I normally do an insanity workout at my local sports…
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Blueberry protein powder recipe please
Hello, I've got a blueberry protein powder that I'm not keen on the taste of at all! Does anyone have any ideas for a recipe I could incorporate it in to? - I was thinking a flapjack but that's all I could come up with! Thanks, Lynsey.
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different diets
Hi, I used to think that diet wise calories in vs calories expended resulted in weight loss/ gain. However in looking at the forum, it seems that folk love different diets ie high fat low carb, or high protein, or balanced etc etc. And people seem to be saying that with the same calorie count changing to a certain macro…
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pull ups
Hello, I was wondering if I could get some advice. I'm doing the p 90x workout but need help with pull ups! Would it be better to get the type of resistance band ( with the handles) to pull down towards me for training, or the flat ' giant elastic band ' type band to put my foot in the loop to do an assisted type pull up?…
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a thought about body type/make up...
I was having a wee think last night- say your watching the Olympics or athletics etc. The sprinters all have a specific body shape, marathon runners different again, and swimmers generally look like 'swimmers' for example! (not sure this explanation is going very well!) But are they that shape because of the specific…
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abject pain!
I don't tend to post much but thought I would share my experience of today! I was in the little gym at work after my shift (Saturday night! I should get out more!) doing my usual hour of cardio on different Machines when I found myself all alone... So curiosity got the better of my and Popped on that vibrating plate…
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P90x 'alterations'!
Hello, I was wondering if i could have some advice please? I'm going to start the P90x routine - yipee! Things i already do: squash (at least once a week), body pump once a week and usually a short swimming session once too. I thought of two different ways to organise this - as i don't want to miss out on the 'good fun'…
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Putting on weight! And that's not my aim!!! (long winded)
Hi all, I'm sure everyones heard it all before.... but im not losing weight! I'm actually putting it on! I am giving it time - thats me been doing loads of exeercise and keepng check on what i eat since Middle of jan. I did stop doing the food tracker - most of my food is home made so it was taking an awful long tine to…
