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Burning the most calories
I ride my bike about 3 times a week, doing about 25 miles. Typically I will go all out as fast as I can with my heart rate at max. I have been doing it for many years, so I am comfortable with it.. In the last week, I tried working within my heart rate zones, meaning I stayed in the hard, cardio and fat burn zones, and…
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When to take Creatine?
So I had a question about creatine. I typically lift for about an hour, then go do cardio for a while afterwards. I am wondering if I should be taking creatine between lifting and cardio, or after my complete workout.
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What's after 5x5
Hello, I have been doing the Stronglift's 5x5 program for the last 4 months now. I also do dips and leg raises. I think it has definitely improved my strength and fitness. I have gone from squatting 115 pounds to 315 pounds. I am getting a little bored with the routine and I would like to change it up some, maybe focus on…
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Knee problems
I am sure this is not the best forum for this, but thought I would ask anyway. A few weeks ago, I started doing some leg presses, nothing to heavy, around 180 pounds or so. My knee started having some issues later that night so I immediately stopped. I have still been doing elliptical and other cardio, just avoiding lower…
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Stopped dropping pounds
I have been on a pretty steady trend of dropping at a good rate. For the last 10 days or so, I have been stuck at the same weight, About the same time, I started taking a pre-workout supplement called 1.m.r Vortex. I also switched my Whey protein from GNC Anabolic Whey to O.N. Gold Whey. I am thinking the Vortex could be…
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Mfp calorie count
Just curious about calorie count. My daily goal is set at 1400 by mfp. With my fitbit attached and sometimes very sedentary days, my goal can go down below 1170 calories. Is this correct? Seems very low.
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Calories and starvation
When I entered my info, I am told my goal is 2,060 calories. If I eat under 1300, I am told that I am in starvation mode. What I have found over several weeks is, If I eat between 1100 and 1300, I will loose weight. Between 1300 and 1450, I will maintain my weight and anything over that will cause me to gain weight. It…
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Hello
Hello, I started on a mission to loose weight the day after Thanksgiving. At that time, I weighed in at 275. I started with the Advocare 24 day challenge and was able to loose about 25 pounds on this. After that was complete I took a couple days off before starting up again. I am now just trying to eat much healthier and…
