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i got off my butt! Yay! (finally!)
So i reviews the wonderful summaries here, and went to my gym, went into the open gym floor and hunted around until i found the weight lifting section...full of, of course, very pleased with themselves young men. Bless 'em. :) Even found a couple barbell racks in the back corner, so i got thru my first workout. (ow!) i'm…
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i lost my mojo. :(
A while ago i posted that i had been doing a lot of reading on the SL 5x5 program and was working my way to trying it, and then had gotten a very disheartening reply from my gym when i asked about a trainer to help me with form (i basically got the "You'll look like a man and no one will ever love you" reply... which ok…
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A little dishearted by my gym...
i have been reading up on the stronglifts program, reading the messages here, watching the videos etc and have decided it looks like something i want to try, but i'm still a little nervous about correct form and the like. So i emailed my gym and asked if any fo the trainers are familiar with the stronglift program and if…
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How do you eat this much? And am i doing this right?
so i am 34, 5'4, hovering around 137-140 pounds. From fitnessfrog (right?) my TDEE is 1900, cut rate is 1615. My BMR is 1385. Ideally, i'd really like to be about 120, as that was a much more comfortable place for me, tho i'm still sorting out how realistic that is, i guess. But right now i'm just trying to sort out what…
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What is a massage equivalent to?
Hi everyone, i'm new here. i'm a massage therapist, i do 2 - 4 massages every work day, it's exhausting and physical and hard work... but it's not like you know, a cardio workout or whatever. When i'm trying to sort out my daily activity... how do i account for that, any ideas? 1 hour massage = 30 minutes of yoga? 1 hour…
