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Sitting rising test. I can't. Can you?
I am fitter and stronger than I've ever been but I still can't do this pigging thing https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oQIbffQj2xM Is there any truth in this being a good test of "fitness"
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My deadlift sucked
Seriously could not get form right Haven't deadlifted for a few weeks (gym refurb has limited floor space and gym has been swamped) ...my form was pretty good before ...a session with trainer and wham, I turned into some baby elephant noob with no seeming conscious control of where my body was going For an entire set How…
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Up 5lbs since wednesday
That's a fluctuation record
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How many aches and pains do you ignore in order to work out?
I seem to be lurching from one isolated niggle to the next. Bilateral elbow tendonitis resolved to single elbow needing support But now my ankle is on day 2 of a dull ache and is a little swollen and tender, but I want to go to gym more than it hurts (no specific injury but clearly something is amiss) Where do you draw the…
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Those who go back to cutting (from maintenance or from bulk) ...come chat
I understand CICO and some of the science. Don't go there please. I am interested in the personal, anecdotal psychological issues behind returning to a cut I know me. I know how I act and react in 80% of situations. I have decades of history of yo-yo dieting and each effective method of achieving CICO to defecit and weight…
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Anybody long term successful after following any prescriptive diet The "something" diet
You know all those diets that come along with new, generally rule based ways of hitting your calorie goal (generally without counting) but they always have a name like "The x diet" and generally a tag line Hands up if you've hit goal and maintained for at least a year following one of those Which one and why did it work…
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That's new ...knee wobble when walking no pain?
So 2 weeks of gym, lots of walking while on holiday (5-10 mile walks daily and swimming) Gym with trainer on Tuesday...squats at 60kg, then 40kg to work on depth ...5 sets, plus lunge jumps with weights plus interval training on treadmill (1 min inclines at 15/10%) ..major backside and mainly thigh DOMS for 2 days, still…
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I just bought protein powder and made protein fluff because of you
And
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Reducing muscle while eating at maintenance and continuing lifting
Possible? Or is cardio and cutting the only way?
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Itchy, prickly skin
That's a new one And arrrrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh for pete's sake :s
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What's the latest on HRM?
only useful for steady state cardio due to the heartbeat to oxygen uptake conversion giving calorie burn estimates But they are so ubiquitous now ...and so many 24 hr wearables that seem pointless on the face of it So has this been revised / updated? Anybody seen anything that isn't marketing spiel that updates the basic…
