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Ankle/foot injury - where do I get my cardio!
3 to 4 months out with a bad injury and I'm devastated! I can still do some weights but nothing that puts weight on my foot so deadlifts and squats are out. It's cardio that's the real problem though. No running/cycling/cross trainer/swimming/row machine I can either sit with my feet up eating chocolates feeling sorry for…
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Newbie gains
What's the science behind them? I'm led to believe that you can even get newbie gains on a calorie deficit! The reason I ask is because although I have lifted for quite a while, an injury has prevented me from doing any deadlifts or squats. So essentially I'm new to this aren't I? So I've been lifting quite heavy for a…
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Government might send you to slimming classes
Interesting development in UK, with the Government exploring the idea of paying to send overweight people to slimming classes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27586149 "The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) wants overweight people sent to slimming classes with the aim of a 3% weight loss. NICE said…
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Nutritional timescale
So say my requirements are for example: 2000 calories a day 100g Protein 30g fibre etc I subscribe to the calories in = calories out point of view, so if I have set my macros correctly then I lose my lb per week If I work over a 2 day timescale then Day 1: 1500 calories 30g protein 10g fibre Day 2: 2500 calories 70g…
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The 2 sides to MFP
I was praising MFP to a friend the other day, explaining how good it was and how useful I had found it (He had noticed that I had lost weight and asked me about it), especially the support from everyone on these forums. He is very overweight and so self concious that he is reluctant to go to the gym, or even to weight…
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A long break!
It's been a while! A year I think since I was on here - injuries and laziness I guess Now I'm back though and mean business! I really liked the sense of community on here and it helped me focus so hopefully it will work again.
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Gym machines
Ok I'm sure there will be many who pour scorn on the machines in favour of free weights and I wouldn't dare argue; however there are times - training alone for example, where the machines are invaluable I've just started using the Smiths machine for my bench press and it's been brilliant for my bad shoulder We've also got…
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Stopping the slide into middle aged spread
Ok so not one of the fantastic transformations that I usually see on here; instead it's just a slight change from 'About to let oursleves go' to 'It's not too late to make the effort' 2006, a year after we got married. Happy and content and so we started to relax and not worry so much about being fit. We could so easily…
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Winter
It's fast apprpaching here. This means: It's harder to make the effort to go out to the gym Going for a cycle on a beautiful summer's day is great. Not so much on a wet, cold winter's evening! Massive incentive to get that 'Beach body' in the spring and summer. It's covered up most of the winter! Thin, flimsy summer…
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Hard work, blood, sweat & tears .... for what!??
I've been training for a while now so I'm a decent weight with a decent amount of muscle and have a good fitness level, so I'm fairly happy My plan was to go to maintenance calories whilst keeping my exercise routine which is: 3 days per week of an hour hard cycling. Tough, leg burning difficult! 3 days per week of hard…
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Radio psychic
On a radio phone-in show I heard the psychic say to the female caller, "I am getting a strong feeling that you or someone close to you is on a diet or thinking of going on one" "Oh my God!" She says "I've just started a diet quite recently!" Psychic smugly replies "Ah yes, I thought so" Wow! What are the odds! It's…
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The American Agenda???
I've just got back from a 2 week vacation in Florida and here's a few differences I noticed from here in UK. (Please ignore my disgraceful eating habits whilst I was away and concentrate on my main point!) I ordered a burger and was told to pick 2 sides. I only wanted one so just asked for fries - waitress ariived and said…
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Water
I have religeously followed the advice to drink minumum 8 glasses per day. Then slipped back to my old habit of drinking only when thirsty - 3 or 4 glasses. Here are my findings: When I force myself to drink when not thirsday I feel bloated and uncomfortable. I drink water when exercising - an absolute must for me How much…
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Calorie Burn Competition
Well the last few weeks I have burnt an average of about 6000 calories per week. I'm pretty sure that only Tour De France winner Bradley Wiggins matched that sort of feat! But do your best and let's see your weekly calorie burn stats. Here's mine: Age: 47 Activities: Football, cycling, weights, spinning Calories burnt per…
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Is 'skinny' different in USA?
Because in UK skinny was always regarded as an insult in the same way that fat is "She's skinny" was said in the same tone as "She's fat!" Certainly wasnt seen as a compliment - however since joining MFP I have seen 'skinny' as being something to aspire to "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels" that type of thing. Often…
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Abs with weights
All the abs exercises I've seen just involve your own body weight. Is that the optimum way to build abs? I thought you needed ever increasing resistance, so is there a better way with weights? Any advice on abs exercises appreciated thanks
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Gym time
Some people at my gym seem to be there all the time, they're there when I arrive and still there when I leave! So help me out please and give me your time at the gym to see if I'm in the 'normal' range or a lazy git! Me: Weights 3 times per week Warm up/warm down = 10 minutes Lifting = 70 minutes Cardio 3 times per week 45…
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Advantages of being overweight
Ok so we all know there are countless advantages to being around about the right weight, but I think there are advantages to being a bit overweight too. Add some more but please don't turn this into an excuse to poke fun at fat/skinny people. Nor is this a pro-obesity thing, of course we all want to be at a healthy weight!…
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Polar Heart Rate monitors
Just to let you know that Halfords have got a sale on at the moment on Polar Heart Rate monitors FT4 is only £49.99 http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchCmd?srch=polar&department=165508|Sat+Nav+&+GPS&action=search&storeId=10001&catalogId=10151&langId=-1
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Maths HRM question - only read if you like figures!
Some members on here have said this and I was wondering if it's true as it has quite a big impact on calories consumed. When you exercise, your HRM will give you a reading for the work you have done - let's say 700 calories for an hour cycling. To get the true figure you need to take off the calories you would burn if you…
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Diet, exercise and .....
There have been times where I've eaten loads, and eaten rubbish! All the wrong things and lots of it! I put on a few pounds, but only an extra 15 lbs or so. But I SHOULD have been enormous, why wasn't I? Well I still exercised a fair bit, played football a couple of times a week and went on my bike once or twice. But as we…
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Injuries
Nothing demotivates me more than coping with an injury! I've strained something in my elbow/forearm so that's it for biceps/triceps for a while! I feel like pushing through the pain but I guess that's not advisable Makes me want to pack it all in! What weight training injuries have you had and how do you cope!?
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Heart rate monitors
I've been wondering..... My HRM records my calories burned based on my heart rate going up - when I run or cycle or do weights, my heart rate rises according to my level of intensity. Therefore: Heart rate increase = calorie burn increase So my question is, when your heart rate rises because of other factors... Fear…
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Your extra calories!
I've reached my target weight after what for me was a very strict, very hard diet, refusing chocolate, energy drinks, potatoes, chips, sweets - the usuals. So now I'm done with my diet and my family were expecting me to no longer refuse (My 10 year old lad particularly). unfortunately there's going to be hardly any…
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Carb Cycling
The holy grail - build muscle without adding any fat I've read about carb cycling, has anybody tried it for muscle growth? Keep the protein the same and have low, medium and high carb days
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Now the hard part
Ok I've reached my target weight of 150lbs. I just had 15 lbs to lose and it's taken me just over 2 months. Very hard but at the same time, very simple and very straight forward so I thought I would share what has made this so simple this time. Nothing controversial here - you're probably all doing most of it already 1)…
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Now the hard part!
Ok I've reached my target weight of 150lbs. I just had 15 lbs to lose and it's taken me just over 2 months. Very hard but at the same time, very simple and very straight forward so I thought I would share what has made this so simple this time. Nothing controversial here - you're probably all doing most of it already 1)…
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Spreadsheets
There must be others as sad as me! I have spreadsheets for: Weights routines Weight chart Fat chart BMI & TDEE Protein per calories for favourite food Logging my HRM Cycling routes/calories burnt What have you guys got spreadsheets for?
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The magic diet pill
Would you welcome the introduction of a cheap, no side effects, wonder-pill that let's you eat what you want without puting on weight, or would you kinda resent it? Currently you are rewarded for working your butt off down the gym, being super disciplined about what you eat, and making huge sacrifices, by being fit and…
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Where is the science!
Our bodies are a science so weight loss should be too; however we see the same old arguments on here every day that we did 20 years ago and it's not right! Why are we still guessing about things when we should be given indisputable facts! The following are debated every day SO PLEASE DON'T ANSWER THEM; we need to be told…
