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Indoor cycling is a right pain in the *$$
Literally - I have one of those rear wheel clamps that you set your road bike into and cycle indoors in those cold winter weeks. But because you don't tend to rise out of the seat or take the pressure off the saddle like you would when freewheeling outdoors at times, your *kitten* is constantly pressed on the saddle and…
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What do you compound weight lifters do for the calves?
Just curious. The claim is often made that a compound routine covers all muscle groups but surely calves get missed out? Me with bodyweight? I get the other half to sit astride my pelvis while I hold onto a counter top or other hip-height stable object and do sets of Donkey Calf Raises!; but maybe that's TMI!
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Another reason why Yoga may be legitimate strength training
In the open forums you get yoga is good for strength training, not good for strength training and so on. I was reading in "Overcoming Gravity" by Steven Low that, as one stretches a muscle to its full open limit and a little further as we do in Yoga sessions, the brain tells the muscle limters to prevent further stretching…
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Lose the fat first?
Serious question - I am 5 feet 3 inches and weigh 162lbs. I think I should be around 140 and that is with some muscle development overall. I practise yoga at an intermediate level and also Back/Bicep, Chest/Tricep, Legs calisthenic split routines twice a week. I swim for cardio, also some cycling to work when I can; around…
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breaking up a full routine on the same day
If I do a full body strength workout three times a week but have to split my workout to see to other commitments, would I lose any effect doing this. It would go: Upper body - then go off and come back around two hours later and finish with Lower body, but all on the same day. Or is that going to be the same effect as a…
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What is Lean Body Mass exactly?
I just want a consensus on what folks calculate to be Lean Body Mass so I can estimate my protein needs more accurately and the answers may help anyone else who may be cloudy on this. Most "ideal weight" charts say my ideal weight is 140lbs (within a range) so I take 25% off this figure because some of that ideal weight is…
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Correct Protein level for MFP
Serious question - if the Protein quota for pretty much everyone on MFP is too low then why don't the MFP control group just go in there and adjust the default macros? I am eating at 0.8g/1lb LBM and even I have to switch my Carbs down 5% to get my Proteins up 5% to reach a figure just above my target protein intake and…
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Didn't like the peanuts
I didn' like the Chilli-coated Peanuts I had this morning - only got through 50g of a 100g bag - so because I didn't like them do I have to still enter them on my Food Diary? Seems a shame to let all those calories go to waste. ;-) j/k edit:spellig
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Remaining calm in a crisis (or not in this case)
So, two days ago a car drove through our front wall. The police were called and insurance details exchanged. The complication was that a second car had shunted into the car causing it to spin through our wall; so liability could lie with either the car driver who drove through our wall, or the second driver who caused the…
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An assessment of my workout plan please
I know I have asked around these questions before and have held some poor attitudes in the past around the use of weights and such, but I am tired of pratting around now and I'm ready to take myself and the advice I hope to get here a lot more seriously. Bottom line is, I am putting in a whole load of effort but getting…
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Quick question: SL 5x5 - warm up?
Just a quick question - in Strong Lifts 5x5, where are the warm-up sets for each exercise? Surely you don't just load up a bar with what you can manage for 5 reps and go straight in? Are there 50%, 75% warm up sets before the big 5 or what?
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Kettlebell session - how many calories please?
I've seen lots of different calorie burn estimates on the 'net. Just looking for a typical calorie burn for logging on MFP. My typical session comprises all the basic swings, clean and presses and also Turkish Get-Ups, and some calisthenics in between KB sets like burpeess, mountain climbers, skating, rope jumps to keep…
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deleting foods from your food drop-downs
Is it possible to remove foods from your drop-down list on your Food Diary? I have foods in there I am unlikely to use again and would prefer to have foods I use regularly on my drop-down list.
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Bodyweight question: Diamond Push-ups
A bodyweight strength training question: When progressing to the Diamond Push-up, your forearms are angled towards each other and your elbows are winging out to the sides so they are quite exposed to extreme outward pressure in the down phase of the movement and even more so when pushing back up. I question it's safety…
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Comparing kettlebells and dumbbells
I'm sitting here nursing an acute pain in my lumbar region, having jarred my back over the weekend getting one kettlebell swing wrong. First off - I'm not having a go at kettlebells or warning peoplke that they are dangerous blah blah - I swung in bad form and I set myself up for the back sprain. It was in the last ten…