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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…
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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…
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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?
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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…
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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…
