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Southeast Texas/Southwest Louisiana
im branching out; trying to sell a 2000 ford mustang gt convertible in this area and wanted to put the word out! If anyone is interested drop me a line and ill give you the details. My fiance is a pipe fitter and this car just isnt practical anymore.
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World's strongest man
anybody else watch this and get the urge to deadlift their car? My train of thought: these guys are 300lbs, lifting a van. Im 118lbs....and i drive a toyota celica. Its on a 1/3 scale, right? or, as i told my fiance, "they're only lifting 592lbs more than me. give me some time. Ill get there!"
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feeling ten feet tall
i just set a new PR; deadlifted 200lbs for 3 reps! Gonna post pics as soon as i get my computer fixed. That was the goal i set for next month, now i have to set a new one!
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yoga
okay, since adding 6 lbs of muscle, ive lost flexability. I do some yoga but the beginner yoga that most dvds have is getting dull. Does anyone know of any advanced yoga dvds? I would love to learn hand/head stands and such, but most dvds stop with crane as the be all end all pose. Thanks so much!
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Running and pain
alrighty, i love to run. I ran hurdles/sprints/relays in high school and recently rediscovered my love for it. That being said, i have lateral distoid meniscus (poorly formed/now totally destroyed cartilage in both knees). My fiance noticed during a 5k on sunday that i started to compensate for knee pain by jacking up my…
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Self tanner
alrighty, it hit 76degrees tuesday and i broke out my (pink,white and gray camo) bikini. Houston, we have a problem. this winter, i got pale. Pasty. Almost transparent. In the right light, i look like those geckos you hold to the light and can see their tiny lizard organs. Supercute on them, not on me. Since we're still…
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Runners!
what is your best 5k time? half marathon? full marathon?
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Muscle ups!
i had my fiance rig up some rings in out back yard last week so i could change my workout up a bit and attempt muscle ups. Since last sunday, i have managed to do every crazy flailing move EXCEPT a muscle up, haha! My fiance told me if i front/back flip onto a tree root or slip off the top of my climbing rope again id have…
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Olive garden italian cream soda
if you love olive gardens cream sodas but dont love the 200 calorie price tag, i can help! olive gardens sodas are 3 things: flavored coffee syrup (the same kind that makes your starbucks latte 500 calories), club soda, and half and half (some use whipping cream). most grocery stores have 2 or 3 flavors of a sugar/calorie…
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Calling all Personal Trainers/Nutritionists!
Where/when did you get certified? What courses/places would you reccomend? With your certification, do you work out of a gym or have your own business? For someone who wants to become certified as a PT, what reccomendations do you have?
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Riddle me this......
okay, my fiance and i have been together for 6 years, engaged for one. Why is it, every time someone finds out about the pending wedding, they ask when we're having kids.....BUT THEN get PERSONALLY offended when i say i dont want kids. It's like i said,"i hate all children because of your demon spawn." instead of,"right…
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You little weirdo.
what's something you do that you get called weird/strange/"off" for? me? Well, im always cold. My temperature is always a balmy 99.6degrees, and yet i shiver if it's below 76 outside. Layers of clothing dont help. So....i do high knees or jumping jacks to get warm. In line at the theater, in a parking lot, even in the…
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Pardon me while i LOL
i just stepped outside to check the mail before i did cardio, and a man from down the street was riding his lawnmower down the road. Im in my workout gear, so he pulls up and says, "you work out a lot, huh? I see you jogging all the time." i notice two 5lb dumbells in his lap. "yes'sir, 6 days a week." he puffs his chest…
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Sub for GHD situps?
i dont have access to a gym, and was wondering what a good sub for them would be? The few times ive done them i noticed more range of motion than i can achieve with other ab moves and the ankle to floor touch variety helps the tightness in my upper back. Thanks yall
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Formatting an external Hard drive
I'm trying to format a 2 TB external hard drive to FAT32 format so it will work on my fiance's PS3. Has anyone done this on XP manually before, and if so, about how long did it take on Windows XP? I just want to make sure it's not taking longer than it should :)
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Cardio v. weightlifting
i got a hrm for xmas and was shocked to learn that i burn more calories lifting weights than doing hiit, even though my heart rate was 201 bpm consistently with cardio. I dont care why its like this (hell, i prefer weights) but it got me curious. Those of you with hrms, which burns more calories for you? also, woooowww is…
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Feeling super down today.
:( It's just been one of those days where i'm SO close to my goal, but then i look back in my notebooks and realize i'm EXACTLY as "close" as i was 5 months ago. I'm getting lost, i've absolutely run myself into the ground trying to figure out how to reach my fitness goal (add a few inches of muscle, then cut to get to a…
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NSV my mom got in my pants!
no, really! I have pj pants that i wear all the time that are like...a large in kids and about 9 years old. My mom, nukebhs83, said something like,"i'll wear some of those one day." so i handed her some of my baggy Small pj pants and told her to try them. They fit for the most part! Yaaaay mom!
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2 left feet zumba
okay, im watching a zumba commercial and they say everyone can do it. Id love it for a recovery day, but im the most left footed, no coordination, cant dance person alive (i did the lawnmower/sprinkler combo at prom). What im asking,for us dance challenged folks, is there even a point to getting zumba?
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YES, i do want cheese with this whine.
i say "whine" but im really concerned. For about a week now, any time i eat or drink anything; even tiny amounts, i cant inhale deeply. I drank 11oz of protein shake over an hour and began walking my dogs and got dizzy and my heart began pounding, not fast but so hard it hurt. I felt like i needed to yawn but couldnt and…
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Who's that ONE person.....
....that you always dread seeing around the holidays? Don't lie to me-you know there's one in every family (some of us are lucky enough to have two or three) . :) Mine? My grandma on my dad's side. She's famous for telling me things like "those heels make you look like a tramp" and "you know, you could ALMOST be pretty if…
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Men's work jeans
hey guys, what brand of jeans do you recommend that are not super expensive and will survive heavy construction work? My fiance JUST bought jeans and there are already holes being worn into them. Thanks!
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Holiday food
what are your fave holiday nibbles? Mine are:moms rocky road fudge and sausage balls, my dads "leftover thanksgiving turkey gumbo", my aunts pecan pie, and my father in laws smoked veggie kabobs :) those are holiday exclusives, so i make sure to get a bit.
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Protein pancakes? What protein do you use?
i made pancakes with body fortress vanilla whey protein powder and a boxed pancake mix today. They turned out okay, but i couldnt dissolve the protein without overmixing the batter. Is there a certain brand/method to mix the giant lumps of protein in?
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Question regarding weight lifting
im organizing old workout/food journals and am looking over the amount of weight i began lifting compared to now. It got me curious; with these basic lifts, where did you start and where are you now (and how long did it take)? bicep curls: 10lbs 3 years ago, 40lbs now. shoulder press; 15 lbs 2 years ago, 50 now. bench…
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Some support
I have sat on this for two days now, and just can't get it out of my head. I posted a topic a few days ago and it blew up into 6 pages of people insulting me. So i want to point this out: 1. I was not BRAGGING about pushups i do/miles i walk. I COULD NOT stand up at my high school graduation because i was TOO WEAK. I have…
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Are there still people like this?
okay, with shows like pit boss and pitbulls and parolees, not to mention the canine bite stats, are there really still people that are afraid of any bully type dog? (including but not limited to cane corsos, presa canarios, bull terriors, bull mastiffs, staffordshire terriers, black mouth currs, american bulldogs, and…
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Wth?
ive been cycling carbs for 2 weeks, just to try something new. Last week was all cardio, and by this monday i had maintained 107.6lbs for a week. This week i did hiit also, but added my strength training back in. Got on the scale today, 109.6. I was all, "well, there goes THAT weight maintenence record! Haha!" (i am almost…
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Awh, that's not nice.
I posted a topic (quite some time ago) about watching crossfit games on tv and wanting to do a handstand pushup. I got a LOT of replies, "Oh, those are too hard-you shoudl try something easier!" "Why not just do regular pushups, those are easier" "that could be dangerous! don't hurt yourself trying to do something you…
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People doing Insanity....
im on round 6 now, and ive been treating every workout like a fit test;writing how many reps i do for 3 rounds (getting up to 30 more reps in 2 weeks is AWESOME to know about). I was wondering if anyone else did this? If so, how are you doing? If not, what are your fit tests like?
