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On a day when you're doing cardio AND lifting...
Which do you do first? The strength training or the cardio?
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Would you find it weird if I complimented your form?
I was doing some squats this morning, and was taking it easy since lately the IT band of my right leg has been feeling a little painful and really tight. A guy went up to the squat rack next to mine and shredded like no other. I was trying not to stare but his form was pretty much perfect. I was trying to emulate it. Would…
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Quick Question about Barbells
At my gym there's two squat racks, two bench presses, one angled bench press and two overhead bench presses. I was just curious, what's the gym etiquette for taking a barbell to do deadlifts in? I've seen a lot of posts saying that taking a barbell from the squat rack is really annoying to some people. Well, when I go in…
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Triple Sow Cow
This made me laugh way more than it should have. I love stuff like this.
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A little help? Still confused about macro %
So sometimes I'll read something and understand it straight away, and then I'll read it again and it just confuses the heck outta me. Can someone help me out? I'm 25, 5'1, 126lbs right now. I'm super active, and listed it as such for MFP and to calculate TDEE. I workout 5 days a week. Sometimes 6. (mostly strength…
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Tendonitis
I have a problem with always getting tendonitis in my wrists. This makes it very difficult to do any arm work or heck, even back work (since you have to lift up the barbells) since any kind of pulling, pushing or weight on my hands causes pain. I was just wondering if anyone else suffers from problems like this, and what…
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So I borrowed fiance's 3DS...
And got Paper Mario, Mario and Luigi Dream team, Pokemon X, Harvest Moon: A New Beginning, and Luigi's Mansion. I didn't get them all at once, they kind of accumulated without me playing due to not having much time. But I'll be having lots of free time this week, which game should I play first?
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My little journey through Subway being "fake" food
A girl liked an article on my Facebook page about Subway. Having just read a post about it at some point the other day, I walk into this pretty skeptical-like. The article is called "Is Subway Real Food?" Check it out: http://foodbabe.com/2012/06/12/is-subway-real-food/ The author believes what hundreds of other people on…
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Baby steps..NSV?
Well, this isn't too much of a success story, I guess, but I finally forced myself to ride my bicycle more, and even to the gym. At first I hated it (REALLY hated it), and the ol keester was NOT too happy with me.. But after a couple weeks I've found that its my preferred mode of transportation. I love feeling the wind…
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Best Blender for Green Smoothies?
I mentioned in another thread awhile ago that I had been looking for a different blender for the green smoothies I make in order to make a smoother product. I was wondering what types of blenders or juicers do you use? What are the pros and cons? I looked at Amazon reviews for various models, and even though a number of…
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Protein Powder? Lactose Intolerance
Does anyone have any suggestions for a non-dairy protein powder? As stated in the title, I am lactose intolerant. I literally know nothing about protein powder in general, only that the more common and popular ones have dairy.
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Advice on re-starting execise routine
Hello there! So I stopped going to the gym a couple months ago because I hurt my back at my job. It took about 2.5 weeks to heal, but then I just became lazy and didn't go. I used the cold weather as an excuse. So tomorrow morning I'm going to go back to the gym, and I'm not really sure how to.....start things up. When I…
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In-laws, Do You Get Along With Them?
For me, it remains to be seen.
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How do you eat less?
Hey all, So I've kinda been up and down in my weight these last few months (most likely water weight) and one thing that always becomes a hurdle for me is portion control. What have those who have successfully lost weight done in order to minimize the amount of food they eat but still feel full? That's another thing I've…
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Food that tastes better the next day
For me, definitely is spaghetti, and macaroni. My friend loves cold pizza, buuuut that's not really for me. In your opinion, what food tastes even better the next day?
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Too Fat to Wear Leggings
So I want you guys to weigh in on this. I saw a conversation in which a person stated "NO ONE SHOULD EVER WEAR FLESH COLORED LEGGINGS BY THEMSELVES EVER." To some extent I agree with this. Wearing leggings by themselves in general seems a little tacky. They look super stylish with a long shirt, or a skirt or shorts though.…
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Dear Burger King..
Bring back chicken fries! I know they've been gone awhile but man, I just suddenly had a craving for them! Do you have any favorite food that has been otherwise discontinued, be it a fast food item, candy, drink, etc?
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Calling all Vegans....and whoever else is interested :)
I think you'll get a kick outta this guy on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/VeganBlackMetalChef/videos I myself am not vegan, but in the Youtube channel I'm subscribed to, TasteMade, there's a segment called "Raw. Vegan. Not Gross." They had a Halloween special vid yesterday, and this man showed up to make vegan…
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Ridiculously Awesome Workout Shirts
Hey all! I unintentionally uncovered one of the most amazing online shops for workout apparel. Check this out! http://www.etsy.com/shop/ActivateApparel?page=1 The workout shirts have some of the most hilarious and awesome messages on them, I thought you guys would get a kick out of it. So far my favorite is the shirt with…
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How Do Nudists Survive the Winter?
Just curious. lol
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Drink Aloe Vera....wait wut?
On Youtube one of the channels that I'm subscribed to is called TasteMade. They supply quite a few little unique "how-to" recipes and give some background information in said videos while explaining what to do. A new video came up from their "Thirsty For.." section of their channel. Aloe Vera. At first I was like, what?…
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Gym Etiquette
Say you want to do a workout routine with free weights ---say doing a circuit twice --- and there apparently is a high demand for some specific ones. Is it better to collect all the weights you want to do for you routine, complete the routine, and put them all back, or take one at a time, and increase the chance that…
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Weight lifting with Tendonitis
I get tendonitis in my wrists pretty frequently, which I think probably stemmed from my former desk job with its not so ergonomic desk and stuff. It gets painful so much so that when I do pushups I have to ball my hands into fists in order to do them. I'm just wondering if anyone else suffers from the same problem, and…
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Question about Increased Water Intake
Lately I've been slowly decreasing my intake of soda and trying to drink more water. As it stood I was probably overall drinking less than 3 glasses of water everyday, in addition to eating very high sodium foods. My question is, with increased water intake, do you just have to live with having to go to the bathroom every…
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Dinner Side Suggestions
I'm making a shrimp pasta for me and plain shrimp and rice for my fiance. What would be some good vegetables to add to make it a more rounded meal?
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I tried.....so hard....to fight it.....
.........ggaerRARRRRRAWWWWWWWWWWWW THESE MOSQUITO BITES, SO ITCHY!!!!
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Comfortable ear buds
So I've had 3 pairs of earbuds ever, for when I exercise. The white ones that came with my ipod always fall out when I'm exercising, these black ones I have hurt my ears after awhile, and these new ones I thought I'd try out, also fall out of my ears. Those particular ones are the kind that wrap around the ear. I was…
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2 People are spying on you....VIEW NOW
One thing I hate about MFP are those stupid spam ads. Sigh.
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What's In Your Pockets at All Times?
Chapstick Phone Driver's License and Debit Card (I'm horrible with carrying wallets and purses) What's in yours?
