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Problem with HRM transmitter
Today in the middle of my workout my Polar FT4 suddenly stopped showing my heart rate, was showing it as 00. And it displayed the messages "Check your transmitter". I took it off, looked at it, everything looked normal, then I reattached it, no result. Then 5 min later I went on the treadmill and found that my transmitter…
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Weight training and yoga
What is better - first do 30 min weight training and then an hour of yoga, or first yoga and then weight training?
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Food in different countries?
Just spent 3 weeks in Russia and was happy to see that i did not gain any weight. I ate all the good foods on the cruise, at breakfast would take a second or third croisssant, in addition, in addition cold cuts or eggs; had wine and dessert with both lunch and dinner and had cookies in between meals with coffee. Stayin at…
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skipping rope
Anybody here does rope skipping? This seems to be a good exercise for when I cannot go to the gym. It was not easy to start. The last time I did rope-skipping as a little girl was about 40 years ago. So it took me weeks of trying before I could skip the rope for 5 minutes. But that is 45 calories at my weight! So today I…
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Mexican Cheese Requeson (?) - calories?
Hi I recently started buying Requeson (not sure if I am spelling it right) at the Mi Pueblo grocery store. It looks like very dry kind of cottage cheese, or something bretween that and quesa fresca. It is delicious. It tastes like the Russian tvorog cheese. I think it is preetty low fat, but I don't know for sure. They…
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calorie counts for different types of workout
I go to this class which is called "Boxing and kickboxing". I wanted to log the calories. So I went to the exercise tab and typed "kickboxing" - it found " judo, karate, kickboxing and smth else" and counted 685 calories for me. Which is quite a lot. Then I decided to look up "boxing" and selected "punching the bag" since…
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Hi I am new
I love to work out, but it is difficult for me to control my calorie intake. I love good food. And wine. In the past, I was able to lose weight by skipping dinner for a month or two. But in the last 6 months I put on 10 pounds. I hope this site will help me.
