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Whole Body workout vs Separate days?
Hey so I'm fairly new to lifting, and am currently trying to figure out what would be the best approach. At the moment, I'm going every second day (so alternating between 3 and 4 days a week) and doing a full body workout with 15 min cardio warmup (elliptical) benchpress lat pulldowns bicep curls and tricep dips squats hip…
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To maintain? Or keep trying to lose?
Hi everyone, I'm currently trying to figure out what will be the best course of action for my body. I'm 5'7 and about 135-140lbs, at (everywhere gives me different results, but somewhere aroundddd) 23-24%bf (used to be SO MUCH LOWER, but I've slipped :/ ) My main goal is to break back into the teens for bf% (and stay…
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Advice Please?
Hi Everyone, sorry to bother anyone with (stupid?) questions, but I just really want to make sure I'm getting this right. I'm upping my calorie goal from the 1280 that MFP has me on, because I don't think it's sustainable for me, and sustainability's what it's all about, right? :) . Quick rundown: 19 y/o female, 5'7 and…
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Ridiculously hungry?!?!
Hi all, I'm mostly posting to vent I guess right now...I'm SO HUNGRY today, and I don't know why or what to do! I haven't made it to the gym today because it's been terrible weather and my motivation is dead, and I'm still sore from gymming hard every day this week...I've been so good this week, but today I am just…
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Students in Aus?
Hey everyone, I've just moved to Sydney (from Boston) for uni, and I'm totally lost on ideas for CHEAP, easy, healthy meal ideas in Australia...help?! haha it's hard enough navigating moving to a new city alone age 18, without trying to figure out what to eat too...so far I've been bad - cereal most meals. I feel like this…
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Calories when new to lifting?
Hi everyone, I'd really like some advice on what I should be eating, to go about starting a lifting program. At the moment, I'm 5'7 and about 135 lbs, so in terms of weight, I'm only looking to drop 5-10 lbs max, if anything at all. But, I'm not happy with how I look so I'd really like to gain muscle without gaining any…
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Too much fruit?!
So, I've decided the area I really need to improve on is increasing my protein intake, and after analyzing my diet, I've realized that the biggest reason my protein intake is as low as it is, is because I am such a fruit addict! Most days I'll get about half (if not more) of my calories just from fruit...I never saw this…
