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question for lifters
When you started how did you learn proper technique? Trial-n-error, book, personal trainer, etc?
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not yet a success...
SW: 180+lbs CW: 153-156lbs H: 5ft 7in Age: 32 going 33. I don’t consider myself a successful story (yet), however I’d like to chip in. Last spring I ended up with plantar fasciitis because I was overweight (180+lbs, I am 5ft7) and doing some martial arts barefooted. Result was that the doctor told me to avoid sport for a…
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nightmarish episodes
What is the worse diet/fitness related “nightmarish thing” you have ever seen that does not involve you? I have two episodes involving the same kid. This kid at my son’s karate school, about 8 years old, is extremely obese; he probably weighted 200 pounds and was short. One of the nicest kids I have ever met in my life.…
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Starving mode
We all know the Calorie in/Calorie out mantra, which is a good guideline for dieting. However most of all fall prey of the so-called starving mode, which is counterintuitive. When asked about starving mode – mind I am not a trainer/nutritionist – this is how I explain that it actually makes sense. Suppose we have a nice…
