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What's Next?
In the middle of stage 4 and may skip stage 6, so getting close to the end of NROL4W. Thinking about either for abs, supercharged, or for life, not sure which way to go. I'm 50, lower back has been sore and at times strained with 4 women. 4 women also weak in the area of core. I have not seen huge changes so far but have…
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Dealing with injuries
Strained right hamstring, right quad, right lower back. Doing lidocaine, foam rolling, rested from running for 2 weeks, havent run since. must have hurt lower back dead lifting, although I did not notice a problem at the time. Last night did exercises that isolated each side of the body, so it became evident. Is there…
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Conquering Fear, Strong Arming Attitude
I sometimes feel slight trepidation right before the workout. Like, am I going to be able to do this? I hope my grip holds, that really is a lot of weight and I have no partner etc etc. It's like there's an emotional state to be conquered, along with all the mental mind games I play with myself about calories and logging…
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Impact of Menopause on Fitness (for research nerds like me!)
http://www.ismni.org/jmni/pdf/38/02MALTAIS.pdf Found this article. Been researching around on what to do about body changes I've seen come with menopause. There's a chart in the article that graphically outlines the loss of strength cascade - convincing! Unless youre a medical professional (I am not) a lot of the chemistry…
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What can be done about the dreaded BATWING?!
Hi folks - looked a bit for a thread on this but didn't find one. So I've been in menopause for two years and have noticed my upper arms look like my grandmother's. I've list about half the weight I want, about 19 lb to go. This year focused on building strength by lifting heavy weights, so I'm already working out. My…
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Do you eat back your cardio cals?
I've been eating back cardio but nothing from weight training. Would like to get everyone's experience with this - what works? Put myself on a 1200 goal per day, which forces me to exercise, since without the extra eat-backs, I wouldn't make it. So what do you do with this? What works best?
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Scale went gradually kaput....grrrrrr
So I'm weighing once a week, logging, exercising my balanced card-weight training-abs-occasional yoga workouts, 6 days a week. And the numbers are obliging, dropping 1-2 lb a week, I'm feeling good. too good it turns out. All of a sudden the scale goes out of whack, starts giving me all kinds of up and down numbers to the…
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Heyyyy.....back on mfp, looking for ideas!
Hi everybody, giving mfp another try this year. I've lost 13 lb since last year, goal is another 20-22. After only a .5 lb loss last week, and 6 days of working out plus dedication to the 1200 calorie daily goal, I'm feeling a bit disappointed. I guess I have to remember we are changing our lives not going on a diet. But…
