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Soda Alternatives
I was hoping that a few people out there will have a few suggestions. I have never been big on water at work. I drink it in the gym and when working outside, but during the day it does nothing for me. And flavored water, lemonade or the drops does not get me there either. My normal default at work is soda. I do not do…
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Weight Lifting and Heart Rate Monitor
I have been looking at introducing a Heart Rate Monitor (Probably a Polar) to my exercise routine, which consists of a half hour of cardio, followed by an hour to an hour and a half of weights. This question is for current HRM users. Have you found that the monitor does you any good? Do you feel like you get more bang for…
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Weight - Losing or Gaining - What is my Goal???
Well, I am down a little over twenty pounds. I feel good. And I have to admit I am getting some confidence in my own appearance at the gym. (Not that I am huge.) Now I feel like I am starting to hit the hard part. Not because it is harder than what I have been doing, but because it does not have a clear path. In my mind I…
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Dancing - Exercise or not
Now I got into a debate with a friend the other day. Dancing is it really exercise? Now I argue it is and that I should count it. Now I am not talking about the type people do cleaning house or getting ready, I am talking about dancing around the house with my daughter. She loves to be danced with. So 10, 20, 30 minutes I…
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Best exercise for burning handlebars???
OK, I am what they call a slow gainer, 180 lbs wet, and boney in my teens, twenties and thirties. Abs were always easy, and I did nothing for them, then I went through my 30s, now in my 40 I jumped up to 243 (over 5 or 6 years), I am down to 225, and think that I am aiming for 215 to 210. (I am not looking to go back to…
