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Bodybuilding newbie needs advice
One of my "out there" NY resolutions was to enter a bodybuilding competition. Not this year, but the next. This year I want to dedicate to conditioning my body. A little about myself: 29 y.o. Asian female, 158 cm (5'2"), about 48 kgs (105 lbs). BF=25%. I just met a NABBA figure competitor who does PT and nutrition. So,…
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Runners, a question for you!
Just to get it out of the way, I hate running, but I want to love it. I have no problem with high impact aerobic exercises, I can happily jump around for an hour or two, but running gets me. I started off doing 10 mins on a treadmill at a moderate pace (10 km/hr) as a warm up, but lately I decided to build this time up and…
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Losing body fat but lean mass as well, please help!
So, 4 weeks ago I started with 29.46% of body fat, which put me at 15.21kg of body fat and 36.41kg lean mass. Today I am at 28.59% body fat, Body Fat = 14.54kg; Lean mass = 36.31kg. I lost 0.67kg of fat, but 0.10kg of lean mass as well :grumble: Does anyone have any suggestions for how to increase the rate of fat loss…
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HRM shows higher calories than MFP. Why????
I'm concerned. I purchased Polar FT7 a week ago and started using its calorie count when I add my exercise to the diary, the stuff that I do is mostly cardio, but some weights incorporating cardio as well. I input my cardio as high impact, but even then MFP numbers are always lower than my HRM, same goes for weights…
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Looking for more friends!!!
A bit about myself - 5'2" female, I'm within my healthy weight range, but my body fat % is too high. So my main goal is to reduce body fat, however, I'd be lying if I said that I didn't want a slight decrease in numbers on my scales. I joined MFP 2 weeks ago, my diary is open and I would love to have more friends for…
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Daily water intake
I hear it all the time that I need to drink at least 8 glasses of water a day... I struggle with this - on a good day I get about 3 glasses' worth down, but only because I drink one 750 ml bottle while I work out. My question is: does it have to be water? I live in New Zealand, it's early spring here and still a bit cool,…
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Radical Fitness Programmes
My gym offers Radical Fitness group exercises, I wonder if anyone knows how I could find how many calories I burn during classes (e.g. Power cardio). I know that it depends on how much weight you carry and the heart rate you get to and the length of the workout. I found a website recently which worked out how many calories…
