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what is the minimum space for a power rack
I cleaned out my basement and made some space in my HVAC room. I have the following dimensions to work with. Ceiling height 85 inches. Width:102 inches (there's a few more feet of space beyond that but you'd have duck underneath an air handler and on the other side is the water heater and boiler.. depth 80ish inches (wall…
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Looking for a new program
TL;DR whats the best workout for someone who can workout 2-3 times per week that combines strength/cardio/weight loss Longer story: I’m in my late 40s, overweight but down from max about 30 pounds give or take. After the initial weight loss a few years ago I've stagnated up and down in a 10 pound range. I fell like for…
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Cardio + strength 2 times a week plan?
TL;DR what is a good work out plan that allows for decent strength gains and improves cardiovascular fitness that is 2 days a week (even if workouts take 1.5 to even 2 hours each session). I'm a mid 40s dude who has been overweight his whole life. About 5 years ago I had a wake up call and dropped 30 pounds from 230 over…
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Low carb ready to drink alternatives to Soylent?
When I'm busy at work I'll use Soylent as a meal replacement. It's 400 calories so usually that plus a protein bar gives me a decent meal when I don't have time to get/prepare food. Is there a keto type alternative to Soylent that's got about 400ish calories and ready to drink (no powders). I'm doing intermittent fasting…
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Weight loss plus strength training OR Weight loss and then strength training
For most of the last 7 months I've been doing stronglifts and intermittent fasting. For the last 3 weeks I've been doing IF only and paused SL (It's Ramadan so I'm fasting for some of the days although not truly IF). I noted that with IF/SL I'm losing about 0.4-0.5 pounds per week. Without SL I'm losing closer to a pound a…
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Stronglifts with lagging bench press
I'm currently doing stronglifts to build strength and at the same time doing 16/8 IF for weight loss since about Sept. I've been successful thus far averaging about a 1lb/week weight loss while advancing weights on SL. In Sept I was 215 and now I'm down to 202. (Im 5'8). I've been taking progress photos and can definitely…
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Resistance bands for strength training
TL;DR what's a good 3 day a week workout with resistance bands for building strength. I was on Stronglifts 5x5 for about 10 months after starting from scratch and made a bunch of progress until December. My job gets busy in the winter so i fell behind for Dec. Then in Jan I got pretty sick and stopped working out for a…
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3 days a week balanced cardio and weights
The title is my tl:dr question. Ideally I’d like to do c25k with some added weight training with some barbell exercises. Here’s the longer story: I’m in my early 40s 5’8 and around 200 pounds now. I’d like to get closer to 180 or so but more muscular. I was 230 and I lost 30 pounds. About a year ago I started Stronglifts…
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3x5 + cardio vs. 5x5 for Stronglifts
I'm in my early 40s, my BMI is around 30 (5'8 205). I'm down around 30 pounds from my max weight and then I plateaued (lost using diet and some cardio). I still have some weight to lose obviously. After plateauing I started with my own concocted weight training/cardio regiment (dumbbells and machines) for 3 months which…
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Stronglifts questions
I started Stronglifts about 2.5 months ago and have been making progress. I've lost zero weight. However, I've lost inches (I haven't measured but I can tell on my clothes). People around me notice that I'm looking better as well. A few questions: 1. Warm up sets?: Is there a good reference for warm up sets? According to…
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question on strength standards
I've been doing Stronglifts for about 6 weeks and making some gains. I've seen a lot of strength standards on the internet. When trying to size up my progress how do you take into account being overweight. Should I look at what my ideal bodyweight is and target those numbers or focus on my actual weight on the scale? I…
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Feedback on my workout and question about heart rates and strength training
On this round of my weight loss journey (Oct '17) I've gotten to a point where I'd lost about 35 pounds and I'd gained about 10 back and then now lost a few (4-5 pounds) so overall down 30. Still easily 20 pounds away from goal. BMI is at 30 now. Initially I was doing cardio but then fell off the wagon with exercise. I…
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6 weeks into weight training questions...
I started weight training about 6 weeks ago. (I posted a question about it here. Basically I've lost like 25-30 pounds and plateaued). I've lost no weight, but my body looks and feels different. I'm definitely stronger and my weights are increasing. I'm doing a full body workout about 2-3 times a week I have a few…
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Is it worth it to weight train only 2 days a week?
I've been off and on with exercise and weight loss. I've managed to lose some weight mostly by diet changes with some intermittent amounts of exercise. I'm trying to get back in to weight training since when I was younger I found it effective to get in shape. I have a wacky work schedule so I figure the best I can do…
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Charge HR and calorie adjustment
I currently have an FB force (the one that was recalled). I was going to send it in and use my refund to get a charge hr. Does the HR measurement affect the calorie adjustment in mfp or is it just based on steps?
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Samsung S health Pedometer help
I had been using a fitbit until I lost it last week and cannot find it. I recently got a samsung Galaxy S4 which has a built in pedometer. Calorically it appears to only track the additional calories from steps and does not add calories from BMR just sitting around. For example: on my fitbit on a day when I walked 8850…
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Margin of error between calories and real weight loss
I've been doing MFP since the start of the year and as you can see from my signature it's been working. One thing I've noticed is that I have not been eating back my exercise calories (but still netting at 1200+ so I don't go below by BMR) and yet I am still losing about 1 pound a week. (I am set to lose a pound a week on…
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Polar upgrade?
I have the FT7 and I love it. I ended up buying the Flowlink to upload to the polar website. Is there a way to upgrade/trade in just the watch to the FT80? I want some of the advanced features (vo2max, star training, and weight training along with continuous heart rate recording) but I don't need to buy the whole kit since…
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Trying to understand the fitbit calorie adjustment
This year I'm trying to take weight loss seriously so I joined this and got a fitbit. At first I was just watching what I eat but yesterday I started exercising again. The other thing I started doing is adding in the negative calorie adjustment for fitbit. (I almost always exceed my food calories with fitbit activity but I…
