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HIIT questions
Background (feel free to skip): I have been strength training for a year or so and absolutely love it. I started because I pinched a nerve in my back after putting my camelbak in the back seat of my car. My Chiropractor told me to start compound strength training; squats, deadlifts etc. I fell in love with powerlifting and…
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Routine critique wanted
Hello everyone, I am a novice lifter, I have a history of SI joint injury and have recently started lifting. My chiropractor, instead of recommending that I come in once or twice a week for the next few years, actually recommended that I do functional strength training to correct muscle imbalances and then come in once a…
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Props
Hey everyone, I am currently 224, down from 245 (238 since I started tracking). I was walking my dogs with my wife the other day and saw3 a large man jogging, looking very exhausted and a little embarrassed. I didn't do anything but feel like I should have given him a thumbs up of approval. Have you been exercising and had…
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Seeking advice on how to give advice
Hello everyone, I work in a manufacturing environment and am fortunate enough to have a gym available to me at work. It has treadmills, an elliptical, bike, freeweights, kettlebells, and a few nautilus machines. Of course since it is January, the NYR's are in full effect. I was talking to one of my coworkers the other day…
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Habit formed in KCMO
Hello all, Today marks day 21 of MFP and my exercise plan... According to modern psychology, that is a habit. I'm feeling better, stronger and happier now than I have in a long time. I have tried this before, but always quit because "cheat days" got to be more and more frequent. My wife started with me and has been great;…
