I'm curious about something and hope somebody might have an answer for me. I have a digital scale that gives all sorts of data. According to it, my skeletal muscle is below average yet my muscle mass …
According to my scale, my skeletal muscle mass is low. However, my overall muscle mass is high. This doesn't make any sense to me. How much cardiac and smooth muscle could I possibly have to offset my…
I'm currently taking a class through The Mountaineers on alpine scrambling which is, basically, in-between hiking and mountaineering. (Planning to take mountaineering in the future, too.) Does anybody…
I'm hitting a bit of a wall with my exercise routines due to extreme muscle soreness which is often DOMS but not always. I started back to exercising in August 2011 and the only time I have not been s…
OK, I've been at this since around Thanksgiving and things are not going and I am lowering my calories. Long story as short as possible. I started here at MFP last August. I was already down about45# …
I'm thinking of doing the Seattle to Portland event next summer which is 200 miles over 2 days, with a planned stop half-way for the night. While I enjoy cycling, I really don't do it all that often d…
I just ordered both the New Rules of Weightlifting for Women and The Female Body Breakthrough. Similar plans, both created by a Cosgrove. Either will be super-challenging for me at my present level of…
NSV #1: OK, last week I put several pairs of jeans in the donation pile that were too big and were looking really sloppy on me. So I pulled out a pair that had been too tight to wear. Wow, the too-tig…
I'm not a big meat eater. I find it really hard to just eat a piece of meat without hiding it in a casserole, between bread, etc. However, I'm a Type 2 Diabetic and really have to watch my carb intake…
I've been reading here that cardio does not build muscle. I don't understand why it wouldn't. I get bored easily so I do a variety of exercises. I do C25k (although it will probably take me several mo…