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Getting sick of the gym
Anyone else getting to the point where the gym has become a bind? how hard is it to put weights back when your done, do you not feel even slightly bad hogging the squat rack for a hour with your pleb head friends who spend the time looking at your phones then doing sets badly, no one cares if you can't bench a big weight…
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Stronglifts question
I started stronglifts in january and apart from squats have been doing okay, however after getting out of the gym(too much queueing messing up my order) and starting a new job i now work long hours four days a week and my days off tend to be like tues,wed and sun off I am wondering the best way to fit this into the…
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Are fat people deluded and sad
Do we live in a world where excuses rule, what is wrong with saying i like eating lots of food and don't care what others think
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Is my routine working?
Would like some opinions on my progress as i have hit the 6 month period on my routine, would you say my progression is good or poor chest press 50kg now 65kg dips was 5 max now 5x11 fly 70kg now 90kg shoulder press 25kg now 30kg lat pulldown 60kg now 77kg chin ups was 0 now 9 row/rear deltoid was 45kg now 62kg bicep curl…
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When i leave the house
Some days i turn left others i go right, how do i enter this on MFP, does turning left with the sun in my face(south) burn more calories than right? it is a five minute walk to the station either way so not sure what to do, left is uphill all the way whereas right is downhill then a sharp uphill, also on tuesday i had to…
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Injury help
Have any of you guys had de quervain's tendonitis i have had it for 3 months and it is getting me down, the doctor said rest but this didn't work, tried ice anti inflam tablets and splint and no joy
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Just bent over
I have recently had to tie my shoe laces and have bent over at least a 130 degree angle, has anybody else bent over this far before and how have they calculated the calories burnt? i am scared of not counting this into my daily TDEE, i ate a cake to make back my calories but the wife seems to think that everyday activities…
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Can someone explain
Recently had a 9 day break in which i drank much alcohol and ate much more than normal, put on 7lbs which i was fine with however after only 4 days back to normal i have lost all that 7lbs, 7lbs in 4 days seems a crazy amount, is this water retention then loss? why do we retain water when drinking alcohol and eating…
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Seated incline bicep curls
I have noticed doing this exercise(machine) that my forearm fatigues quite quickly especially after doing lat pulldown,chins and rows, my left arm can't even get passed parallel after my first set which is at a lower weight than i was doing before i started the pull routine Should i just use an even lower weight or choose…
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The correct order of my weight routine
I have started doing a push pull routine at the gym in this order pull - lat pulldown, chins,row, bicep curls push - chest press, dips, fly, tricep i have noticed though that after doing the first two sets of the pull and push workout it kills the last two exercises, for instance when i get to the biceps i have to lift at…
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Am i wasting my time in the gym doing weights?
I am comfortable losing weight and am down to 13 stone(6 2" tall) but last time i lost weight i got down to just over 12 stone but looked really thin so have been doing some weights, for a number of reasons i only use the following machines chest press,bicep curl,shoulder press,tricep,pulldown and fly I workout mon wed fri…
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Hairy bikers recipes
Just got their diet book and made southern style jambalayla, according to the book each portion should be 341 calories and i made 1 and a half portions for myself. Started to put the ingredients in and half way through calories was up to 700? i am guessing that the meal would be close to a 1000 calories, trying to work out…
