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Beginner lifting quipment
Hi everyone, I want to start doing a 5 x 5 lifting routine. I'm super intimidated by the weight area at the gym so I'd like to do the first few weeks by myself at home so I know what I'm doing first. Toward this end, I want to buy a barbell to use for the first few weeks. Do I need an Olympic barbell, or is any barbell…
goal adjustment
I've lost over 10 pounds so far (yay!) and MFP recalculated my daily calorie goals, dropping them by 60 calories per day. My question is this: I'm still losing relatively quickly, about 1.5 kilos per week for 4 weeks now. I know 60 calories isn't really much, but would it make sense for me to wait until my weight loss…
benefits of cardio in combination w/lifting
Is there any benefit in terms of toning/body composition once weight has been lost to cardio when already doing heavy lifting? Or am I just wasting my time with it and shouldn't bother on the days I'm not lifting?
advice on my lifting exercises
Hi everybody. So I'm in week 3 of using MFP seriously, and so far so good. I'm doing cardio 3 days a week and weight training 6 days a week. I have a question about weight training though -- in terms of exercising I really don't know what I'm doing, I'm just trying to keep moving. I've split my weight training into two…
Hunger?
So I'm getting started again in earnest... Today I stuck to MFP's calorie recommendation, and I'm about to go to sleep...but I'm hungry, my stomach is growling slightly. I'm wondering if this means I should be eating another 100-200 calories? I'm breastfeeding an older baby and already added that as a 'negative food" to…

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