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Calling all Women Lifters
Any women out there who love to pump iron? Would love to get a thread going on your favorite sets, trouble areas, lifting supplements, preferred equipment, etc. Lets start with this... What is the most creative/challenging exercise you do? I do a lateral plank - where one arm and one leg is holding me up and my body is…
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The Gifts of Imperfection
I am reading a book by the same title as this post. The author is researcher and storyteller Brene Brown. It's exceptional for those who struggle with shame, perfectionism, and other dark emotions - which can all impact our motivation. She writes about the power of vulnerability (I can just imagine all the people reading…
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Intimidated by the gym?
For those who are intimidated by going to the gym, I wrote a blog entry with some advice: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/guardup/view/removing-intimidation-from-the-gym-75869 Hope this helps you create the environment you need to keep going!
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Advice on working up to "Real" Pushups
I just posted a blog entry about working up to doing "real" pushups for anyone interested: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/guardup/view/building-up-to-the-push-up-75856 Hope this helps!
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Weight Lifting "Planning" and Listening to Your Body
I've had a number of requests to share my weight lifting plan... so I wrote a blog entry in response: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/guardup (if you like it, please vote or leave a note) The sum of it is that I don't plan my lifting routine. I assess how my body is feeling and decide then what to do. It occurred to me…
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Calorie Burn for Unusual Activities
I took up Fire Breathing last year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F69ebJCQ9I The calorie burn is probably on par with Yoga in that it requires long, steady breathing and a held pose. Was super surprised to find out that riding my motorcycle for an hour and a half burned 600 calories! (according to Body Bug) Granted, I…
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Attn: BodyBugg, BodyMedia and other Calorie Tracker Users
This is for those of you who use an electronic Calorie Tracker like BodyBugg or BodyMedia: I have stepped up my training regimen and noticed over the past 2 weeks that my BMR has gone up 200 points. So if I do nothing all day, I am now burning just over 2000 calories instead of just over 1800. I do expect a higher BMR when…
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Shame Tactics
Here is an excellent article about the problem with Shame Tactics often used by high profile (or even local amateur) fitness, sports and other types of coaches/instructors: http://www.amplifyingperformance.com/blog/the-SHAME-factor.html There are people who think that these coaches use "Tough Love". I don't think "tough…
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Rest Day - YUCK!
Ok... so I am a gym junkie. I LOVE my daily workout. I lift weights for about 1.5 - 2 hours a day (up to 2.5 hours on a weekend day if the weather is crappy). I also walk for my cardio (4mph min. for 5 miles min). I generally lift 4-5 days a week and walk 3-4. Which means I sometimes do both walking and lifting on the same…
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Yummy and Cheap Holiday Treats
I'd love to get a thread going on holiday treats that are cheap to cheat with. Here is my FAVORITE: Trader Joe's Sipping Chocolate & 3/4 cup Skim Milk Nutrition: 149 Calories, SIX grams of Fiber, EIGHT grams of Protein, 25% of your Calcium, 15% of your Iron, ONE gram of fat and NO Cholesterol. This isn't just the most…
