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Can’t shift weight
Hi. I started a diet and exercise regime on 25 September this year (almost 7 weeks ago). When I started I was 19 stone exactly and I am 39 year old male, I didn’t exercise at all and I eat a lot, particularly late at night! Since starting my regime I have dramatically cut my calories and exercise 4-5 times per week either…
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HIIT before or after steady state cardio?
I am currently doing 45 minutes steady cardio on my bike and then straight after doing 10 minutes HIIT with a skipping rope. I am doing this pretty much every day! Am I doing this in the correct order? What are the pros and cons of both? Thanks
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Is it possible to trim down in 3 months?
Hi, does anybody know of the Olympic gymnast called Louis Smith who won silver at London 2012? Well my question relates to him. Being a gymnast the man was incredibly fit and toned with minimal body fat but after the London games he really let himself go and put on loads of weight which was well publicised in newspapers…
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Burning bodyfat and maintaining muscle
Hi, I know there literally hundreds of articles on the Internet regarding this topic and they all contradict each other in some way, so I thought I would see what you guys have to say on the subject. I have already lost around 60 lbs and I know quite a lot of that weight loss has been muscle loss! I have been cutting my…
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Has anybody heard of this chest excercise before?
Before I get started i just want to mention that I have been messing around with different exercises to work my chest as when I do bench presses and fly's (both with dumbells and resistance band) I absolutely cannot feel my pecs working whatsoever! So this is what I have started doing. Afetr attaching resistance band to my…
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Can't feel my chest/pecs working when doing chest presses!
Hi, I have added some resistance training to my fitness regime as I was getting bored just doing cardio. I have been using dumb bells and in the last week or so I got myself an extra strong resistance band. The thing is whenever I do chest presses (with dumbells or resistance band) I just can't really feel it in my chest!…
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How do I burn ONLY fat and not muscle?
Hi, after 6 months of pretty intense cardio and diet I have lost 56 lbs, now I want to focus on building/maintaining my upper body muscles and burn only fat. I am still doing a lot of cardio work (5-6 hours per week) but have now incorporated some strength training into my fitness regime. So basically my question is, is…
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How often should I be strength training?
Hi, over the last 7 months I have lost 4 stone and reduced my body fat from 33% to 20% and I have achieved this through purely dieting and excercising (only cardio). However now I am turning my attention to strength training with the goal of reducing my body fat by a few more percent and also building/maintaining the…
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How often should I be strength training?
Hi, over the last 7 months I have lost 4 stone and reduced my body fat from 33% to 20% and I have achieved this through purely dieting and excercising (only cardio). However now I am turning my attention to strength training with the goal of reducing my body fat by a few more percent and also building/maintaining the…
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How much skin do I pinch when using body fat calipers?
In other words, how much gap should there be between my thumb and index finger when pinching my skin to use skin fold calipers. I have heard the phrase "pinch an inch" lots of times but is this true for body fat caliper testing. The reason I ask is because I can take several readings at the same body area and depending on…
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Protein intake to "tone up"
Hi, I have a general question about how much protein I should be eating. Over the last 6 months I have lost around 55 lbs and currently weigh in at 210lbs and being 6ft 2inches with a large body frame I'm thinking I am not far off my favoured weight. The only problem is that although I have lost a lot of fat during my…
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Do you burn more fat through exercise than just dieting?
Hi, I have heard it said before that you burn more fat per calorie through exercising than just dieting alone. In other words, if I have a daily calorie deficit of say 500 calories made up entirely of diet (no exercise), or on the other hand I have a daily calorie deficit of 500 calories made up purely of exercise, which…
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The more I eat the more weight I lose!
Hi, I have lost 42 lbs since August through a combination of diet and exercise which I am clearly very happy about! But I have noticed a slight trend. If I go a whole week where I am eating very well and exercising every day I won't see any change in my weight, but as soon as I have a few days off exercising and I up my…
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Dieting and exercising for 18 months and not lost weight!
Ok so before I go any further I just want to point out that this is not for me it is for my mum. I feel very bad for my mum because she has been so dedicated to losing weight, she has done all the right things like eating well and exercising but after 18 months she has not lost any weight at all and I really want to help…
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Does it really matter what I eat, carbs, fats etc?
What I mean by this is do I really need to be cutting carbs, fat etc or can I just plod along as long as I'm in a calorie deficit? I am 30 year old male, 6ft 2 inches and currently weigh 220 lbs (I was 260lbs). You see the thing is that when I first started the diet and exercise I simply just wanted to lose some pounds and…
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How many calories should I be consuming!
Hi, I'm very confused. I am 30 year old male, 6ft 2inches and 245 lbs (I have already lost a stone), but my weight loss seems to have stalled! I exercise every day a combination of 45 minutes cycling and 10 mins HIIT jumping rope (so I imagine I'm probably burning near the 400 cals mark) and I'm trying not to exceed 2000…
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Eating back calories and NET calories help!
Hi, so I know I have made a few posts in the last couple of days but that is because I am learning alot from you guys! So here is another question for you. Do I need to eat back some of my burned calories in order to get a NET daily calorie intake? Here are my stats, Male 30 years old 6ft 2 inches 245 lbs Apparently my BMR…
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Do you lose water weight before "fat" weight?
Just a quick question, when you start dieting and exercising do you lose water weight followed by "fat" weight. The reason I ask is because I have lost 16 lbs in 7 weeks following a strict diet and exercise regime, but alot of people have told me that the vast majority of that weight is water weight. So what now? can I…
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Am I being impatient?
So I am having my first real shot at shedding some weight and have so far lost 14 lbs. For the last 7 weeks I have been eating healthy and exercising almost every day, my exercises usually consist of a fairly intense 40 minute bike ride followed some HIIT jump rope for around 10 minutes. I am eating around the 2000 - 2200…
