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Bad stomach cramps
For the last 3 weeks I am having real bad stomach cramps. I exercise a lot & my diet is pretty clean with plenty of veg, fruit, water. When I wake up in the morning I feel fine, then I have something like weetabix, honey and milk - about an hour later my stomach is really sore as if its real bad indigestion. It eases up as…
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1800 cals in 24 hours
right guys I wore my Garmin 405cx HRM for 24 hours to get my accurate cals burned- it was a rest day for me in terms of exercise. It calcluated that I burned only 1800 cals in total. I am Male 5ft 6 and weigh 165lbs. MFP has calcluated I need 1550 cals per day (without exercise) to lose 1lb per week. Im wondering should I…
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Daily calories burned using a HRM?
Has anyone tried to measure their daily calories burned using a HRM? I have a Garmin 405cx (with chest strap)that tells me cals burned for workouts - could I wear it for 24 hours to calculate my daily burn? anyone know how accurate that would be?
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Dips and pull-ups?
can anyone do these? I am useless at them and can only do both assisted. I thought I was quite strong!!!
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Plateau'd - advice needed
Hi I seem to have hit a bit of a plateau with my weight loss. I started 6 weeks ago weighing 175lbs, I am 5ft 7 36year old Male. I initially entered my activity level as sedentary (cos I sit at a desk most of the day) - so I went for 1200 cals a week for the first few weeks and lost a few lb's. However I do train quite a…
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Running above Max Heartrate?
I went road running tonight for the first time wearing my new Garmin GPS watch. I havent ran in a while altho I would class myself as quite fit. I ran 4.5 mile and decent enough pace and finished the run in about 35mins. When I got home I uploaded the data from the watch to compare against my other workouts (weights,…
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Cheat days and the benefits
I've been on a plateau for about 3 weeks after losing 8lbs quite quickly - I'm male 5ft 6" and was stuck at 166-167lbs. Ive only about another 10lbs to lose. I eat well and exercise very hard (weights twice a week, 1 x HIIT cross training session, 2 x Insanity cardio session and a competitive football game on saturdays -…
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Why no calories "awarded" for weight training?
Hi! Why does the plan not award any calories for a strength workout? (the way it does for cardiio) Surely this is burning calories, in fact many would argue that Weight training burns the most calories! I aim to lose 9 pounds and do cardio and do weight training (high intensity).
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P90X - some advise please
I have been reading about the P90X system and no doubt that it looks very very good for losing weight and toning up. I am seriously thinking of buying it. The worry I have is I've noticed it is a 6 x 1hour per day routine for 90 days which will clash with my football training/games - I wouldnt have the time for all of…
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1200 Calories, BMR, BMI, Weight loss
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/ I am a 36year old male who wants to lose a stone (I want to go from 175lbs to 160lbs losing 2lbs a week). Ive lost 2lb in the first week by eating 1200-1500 calories a day and exercising quite a lot (weight training and cardio) so I was on target. i have now read that this…
