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Scared to go back to the gym
I haven't been to the gym since the start of December. There, I've said it. Now I'm worried about having to go back and seeing the same people I have for the past couple of years, except now I'm visibly out of shape and I know I'll have to start again from scratch. I know that I shouldn't be worried about it, and I know…
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Too embarrased to go swimming
I used to love going swimming when I was a kid to the point where I joined a junior lifesaving club for about 4 years, just to have another excuse to go swimming. But I haven't been in a pool (or the sea) for over five years. I'm just a waxed matress squeezed into a shopping bag. I keep psyching myself up to go and have…
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Last song on your playlist
...when you're working out. Is it something for warming down, or to give you a push? At the moment mine is Chocolate. "Mumblemumble car smells like chocolate".
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Scuba Diving?
Does anyone here do it? How much is it going to take out of me? The instructors argue that where we are is one of the toughest places to dive (East coast of Scotland) because of the strong currents and water temperature.
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Chunky with hair, or slim and bald?
For the last couple of years I've been losing my hair :cry: Just wondering who else has had to deal with it, and what they did about it. And is it really a big deal to go bald?! As far as I'm concerned; if I lose the weight I don't care if I'm left looking like a cueball. :grumble:
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Make sandwich/kick in shins...
It seems like every day there's a thread about whether or not you would do the person above you, and I thought we should mix it up a little bit (this has nothing to do with people below me usually responding with 'no'!) So. To the person above you, would you: Make them a sandwich, or kick them in the shins?
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McDonald's burgers are free of horsemeat
Good news everyone! You can tuck into those Big Macs again! Kind of speaks volumes that one of the safest places to get your beef at the moment is a fast food chain... (for those who might not know what I'm talking about; there's a big scandal at the moment in Europe regarding horsemeat being found in beef products)
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Music for that last km
Has anyone got a particular playlist that they listen to when they exercise, and do they have any particular song that they put near the end of the list to push them on?
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Best thing about your home town/city?
Here it's the miles of countryside in three directions, or you can just walk along the coast for hours in silence.
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Any Brits?
Add me! We can talk about fun things like Christmas Morrison's adverts, the Queen, and why it's dangerous to wear a football shirt in Glasgow.
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Highest heart rate during cardio?
Just wondering what people find themselves sitting at during a cardio workout? I usually find myself around the high 170's during an hour session, or high 180's-low 190's during a sprint (HRM during last minutes of w/o). I thought that this was quite high because my resting heart rate is 68, but my doctor (a runner) says…
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Maximum calorie intake for a meal?
I'm new and still getting to grips with balancing my meals throughout the day. I just bought a HRM and I've noticed that I can burn off a thousand calories during cardio workouts in a day - but obviously this puts me in a predicament because that's a big deficit I'm building up. My question is, what's the single biggest…
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Need some abdomen workouts
I usually do cardio but when I'm lifting weights I try to go for a full body workout, but my abdomen always gets ignored for the most part. I'll do a few sets of sit ups, crunches and some leg raises but I'm sure there's more I could be doing. It just feels that everything else is getting stronger apart from this big lump!…
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Can't think of any reasons to be motivated
I feel like I'm on a tightrope at the moment when it comes to motivation and exercising. When I start it I'm fine, but it's actually getting up and beginning that's the problem. I used to have no problems being motivated and going to the gym when I was a teenager, but now for some reason I just can't think of anything! I'm…
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Hi everyone
Just thought I'd pop in here and say "hey", and if anyone has any cardio tips for me please don't hesitate to post them. I'm 25, just quit smoking about three weeks ago, 6 foot tall and weigh just over 17 stone. I don't drink alcohol unless it's someone's birthday, and even then we're only talking about 3 bottles of beer.…
