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Exercising with chronic illness
I have been sick on and off for about 3 months now. Doctors are still working on figuring out what is wrong with me, but suspect some sort of autoimmune disorder. It causes extreme exhaustion and various pain, which means I can't exercise when I'm having a bad day (or bad month...). They do recommend exercise whenever…
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NSV!
This is a small thing, but yesterday I had a co-worker ask what my workout program is because she wants to have arms like mine! It was very exciting, I'm been doing strength training for about 5 months and I'm glad to know it's starting to show visible results. I've been able to feel the changes as they're happening but…
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Strength training/HIIT on opposite days?
I have been strength training for a few months (using bodyweight exercises from the "You are your own gym" program). I have been thinking of adding some high intensity interval training twice a week. The plan I am looking at has things like mountain climbers, jumping jacks, etc. My question is, will this impair my muscles…
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Hope for a flatter stomach?
A little background here: For the longest time, I was very underweight. This was just the way I naturally was as a teenager. And I mean very underweight, 5' 4" and 90 pounds. I had bones sticking out all over the place and got teased for it all the time. Anyway, once I hit my 30's and got a desk job (and after 3 kids) I…
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Strength training weight gain=good?
I've been doing body weight exercises for 3-4 months now, as I wanted to try to "recomp". I am skinny-fat right now and would like to be fit. The exercises have been working great, I started out with pretty much no muscle so even a little bit helps. I have gained 3-4 pounds since starting this, and my measurements are the…
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measuring accuracy?
So lots of people suggest using measurements rather than the scale to check progress, especially if you're weight training. I have been measuring about once a week for the past month, and my measurements seem to fluctuate just like the scale. I'm trying to be as careful as possible to measure the same every time, but I'm…
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Strength training: working hard enough?
I've been working on strength training for about a month. For now I'm just doing bodyweight exercises, as I'm a total wimp and those are hard enough for me. I had no real muscle to speak of, now I think I am actually getting some muscle. Anyway, at first, when I would work out, my muscles would be really, really sore and…
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Recomping, strength training advice
Hello, I just joined MFP about 2 months ago with the goal of losing 5 pounds. After reading some of the posts here, I think maybe what I really need to do is recomp/maintain. I'm 5' 4" and right now about 117 pounds. I have a VERY small frame and really not much muscle at all, so even at this weight I have a few fat rolls…
