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Hampton pad for hip thrust.....help please!
Hi all! I'm hoping that someone can provide me with a suggestion. I bought an Airex pad to help with my hip thrusts and while it certainly takes away the actual pain of the barbell over my hips, it's extremely awkward and cumbersome to the point that I believe it is affecting my form. I was comparing the following 3…
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Bread Machine Recipes
Hi all! I just got a bread machine and I was so super excited to start making healthy, nutritious whole wheat bread at home until I used the whole wheat recipe that came with the machine and realized that the bread is very calorically dense with a nutritional profile that I'm not really happy with. I was hoping that one of…
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Switching Focus-When Did You Know It Was Time?
Hey all! My question today is for anyone that has made the transition from a cut to recomp. At what point did you decide to make the transition and what were your deciding factors in making the decision. Here is where I'm at: Yesterday was the 3 year anniversary of when I started losing. I've lost 71lbs and over 55" inches…
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Happy Birthday Canada!
To all my fellow Canadians....Happy Canada Day!
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Hydration Pack
Good morning all! I was wondering if anyone has any tips on where to find the back style (backpack for lack of better word?) hydration packs for a reasonable price? I'm in Canada and MEC and The Running Room tend to have ones that are well over $100 and I was really hoping not to spend that much. I do have a waist belt…
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How Being Overweight Can Make You Fatigued and Inactive
This was linked on Bret Contreras' page and I thought I would share. It's a fantastic read. http://bretcontreras.com/how-being-overweight-can-make-you-fatigued-and-inactive/
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Healthy Sugar Free Cauliflower Birthday Cake
Just kidding! Although I am having a bit of a bad mommy complex because this years cake only had one layer of sugar cookie covered in icing rather than two layers each covered in icing, before the rainbow bit cake also covered in icing and candy melts Do I go to cake heaven or cake hell? Please note: my daughter decorated…
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Invasion of the Bro's
I just realized that it has been some time since this has occurred. Is there a way that we can summon them? Lure them into our lovely land of MFP. Things have been somewhat boring....you know, full of all the regular derp. Plus I like to drool over their muscles. And also like to decode their posts. I am a groupie. I would…
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Would Anyone LikeTo Eat My Cookie?
I just made the most delicious homemade chocolate chip pecan cookies. *runs away to eat more cookies*
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I Don't Want To Get Too Big
Another stellar article worth reading from A Workout Routine. http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/i-dont-want-to-get-too-big/
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Help! I'm addicted to bodybuilders!
It's true. The shame. It never works.....but all those mountainy pillows of bulging muscle and the abs.....oh God.....the abs. After each one I say NO MORE VEGAS! THAT'S IT! THEY ARE BAD FOR YOU! But then it happens again. Poor me :sad:
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Troubleshooting
Hey all! I'm hoping that I can draw on some of the expertise of the members of this group! Last night I successfully completed the final step in becoming a personal trainer and I couldn't be happier. Overall I scored very well on both the written and practical components of the exams however when I was doing my practical…
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The Strangest Place You've Ever Had.....
DOMS! I bet you all were thinking something completely different, weren't you?? :wink: Actually, so was I, but that's a topic for another time.... Anyway....I hit some pretty sweet PR's for my hip thrusts and low and behold I have some pretty awesome DOMS in the mid region...technical term being "VAG DOMS". Where is the…
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Plan to Improve
Hey all! Came across this on bb.com today and found it to be a good read....thought I would share! http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/plan-to-improve-the-keys-to-effective-goal-setting.html?mcid=facetraining
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Big Heatlhy Butts
See....us big booty babes are not just all good looks.....we got some brains too :wink: :bigsmile: http://www.cosmopolitan.com/celebrity/news/big-healthy-butts?src=spr_FBPAGE&spr_id=1440_28609875
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Everything Works!
My apologies if someone already shared this but this is another great article by Jay....definitely worth the read! http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/everything-works/
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Help needed from Moms (or Dads!) of tween/teenage girls!
Hi All! I am a mom to a wonderful 9 1/2 (going on 19!) year old daughter. She has recently discovered that she has gotten armpit hair and is absolutely devastated! Of course I have given her the pep talk.....that is completely normal and happens to all girls and blah blah blah but she is still so upset. She feels like…
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Outside Knee Pain while Running.......insight please!
Good day all! I have been seriously running for probably around 5 months. Did my first 5k race (Color me Rad, so more of a fun race) on July 6 and loved it so I started a 10k training program right after. Today was my last run of the program (YAY!) but last week and this week I have started to have knee pain. I don't…
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Glute Ham Raise without machine-suggestions please!
Hey all! So in efforts to have a seriously sexy backside, I would like to add the good ole GHR to one of my lower body days. Problem? I workout at home and don't have the machine. I also don't have a workout partner that could hold my ankles. I do have a bench (incline/decline/flat) with the leg attachment....this is a…
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Why Am I Not Losing Weight?
Thought the lovely members of ETP would like this one :drinker: http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/why-am-i-not-losing-weight/
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Hypergymnasia
So I came across the below article today. Gave it a read and found myself nodding along to many of the authors comments, especially since I see these images on a near daily basis, as I'm sure many of you do as well. http://reembody.me/2013/09/10/the-6-most-shockingly-irresponsible-fitspiration-photos/ The author mentions…
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How Bad Do You Want It?
Something happened to me this morning. Something profound.....a lightbulb moment if you will. Two years ago today I changed my lifestyle and it just so happened that today was the day I was going to run 10km for the first time. The longest I had ran before today was 9km and I was able to run 7k straight. Today my goal was…
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Carrot Cake Please?!!!!!
Hey all! I'm looking for a recipe for an amazing carrot cake recipe! I'm not the greatest baker around so something that is somewhat simple would work best, but with that being said, if it's truly amazing I will give it a go regardless of skill level! Thank you in advance! Oh, BTW.....this doesn't have to be a "clean"…
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Wait, what? There is more than one way to progress?!
So over time I have noticed that different types of weight training (especially when we're talking about women) get ripped apart....as though there is only one "right" way to train. It's just simply not true. The fact is that as long as you are PROGRESSING you are on the right track. There are many different types of…
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Hip Hinge....great video
Hey all! I came across this article on the importance of the hip hinge when deadlifting and I find the information invaluable....thought some of you might benefit from it too! Getting this down properly can also help with the squat.…
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Great Squat Video
Hey all! I just watched this and I think it's one of the best how-to videos that I have ever watched and thought that some of you might find some value in it as well! Enjoy :smile: http://www.girlsgonestrong.com/secrets-to-mastering-the-squat-part-3/
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iPad vs Tablet
Hey all! So I'm looking to purchase either an iPad or a tablet however I'm not horribly "techie" and I'm having difficulty making the decision. My company just launched our new platform and our system is compatible with both however I have heard that with the iPad the screens can't be scrolled up and down although I'm not…
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Are you overtraining?
I have noticed the term "overtraining" being used quite frequently lately. I just came across this article and found it to be a good read with sound information. http://mollygalbraith.com/2013/05/weekly-reader-question-11-am-i-overtraining/
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Glute Ham Raises without machine
Hey all! So in efforts to have a seriously sexy backside, I would like to add the good ole GHR to one of my lower body days. Problem? I workout at home and don't have the machine. I also don't have a workout partner that could hold my ankles. I do have a bench (incline/decline/flat) with the leg attachment....this is a…
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Theories please!
Hello all! So I'm looking for some theories.....some explanation.....on this whole newbie gains thing. I have done a lot of reading on it, so I think I'm somewhat knowledgeable about the concept. Here is where I am looking for some theories though...... 1. How "fat" does one have to be to capitalize on the whole muscle to…
