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Strength Training, fatigue and recovery
About 2 1/2 weeks into Stronglifts 5X5. It's going great but I have a question for those that do a lot of strength training. In the actual workouts themselves. It doesn't always seems that strenuous. I've sometimes pushed reps to 8 or added weight and still not gotten to failure, especially with squats. Others seem like…
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Stronglifts 5X5 update
I can't find my previous thread so I'm starting a new one. About a week ago, I was in the 2nd week and the resistance levels were very mixed. Still are! The squats are fairly easy ever with the increasing weight. Might be because my legs are in good shape from running, biking etc. The bench and the deadlift seem about…
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Questions on Stonglifts 5x5
I began this program this week. The strength training I was doing before was what ever I made up and I decided to try this based upon a thread here as well as the fact that I wasn't really seeing progress with what I was doing. After 2 workouts my questions are: -I seems to get done very quickly. I did a 5 minute run for…
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Easy to use Build and Cut plan
So after reading on another thread a reference to Build and Cut Cycling, I think I'd like to find out more. I am in a somewhat mediocre place right now where I reduced calories and increased exercise and have seem some good progress but now it's very slow. I am very fit and have lowered body fat to just over 20% from the…
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Bike Recomendation
So, as the weather get's warmer here in the Northeast, I'm thinking about mixing biking into my regimen. I've never really biked a lot and I'm thinking of it for longer distance steady state cardio, like say, an hour or more,and occaisionally for HIIT. We've got some great parks with wilderness trails around that'd be…
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Counting Oil In Cooking
I have from time to time seen threads about counting oil used in cooking. Sometimes it seems very complicated. I wrote this to help. Add in the oil used, how to be accurate etc. ? It really depends on whether you are using a recipe from the list or making it up as you go. If you are making it up, look up every element and…
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Sugar! New research. Must read!
http://news.yahoo.com/sugar-regulated-toxin-researchers-180605186.html Interesting article! REcommedation that it should be regulated like alcohol or other toxic substances.
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Calorie Burn and HRM
Today I did a 5 mile hike wearing my new HRM that I had only used in the gym to date. It was a fairly up and down course and most of the time my HRM showed between 100 and 115 with occaisional upward numbers from 120 to a high end of 133. 75% of my max is 120. At the end, I checked the review and it said 857 calories. I…
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Hello Everyone
Hi! I am new to myfitnespal. I am a soon to be 60 year old (I think there been a mistake!) man. I have a goal to lose 20 lbs in 10 weeks and improve my overall health and energy level with diet and exercise. I live in the Philadelphia area and am the chef/ owner of a corporate catering company. Married with 3 children and…
