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Swimming shampoo as only shampoo?
Hello all! I am just beginning to swim, aiming for being in the pool 3 days per week. It just so happens that I also only wash my poor already dry hair 3-4 days a week. So, the shampoo that I use post swim may be the only one I use. Is anyone else using only a swimming shampoo that works for them well as their only…
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Strengthening upper body in the pool
Hello all! I am a beginner swimmer (started taking lessons 3 months ago, and have increased from twice a week to three times a week recently). I am alternating between freestyle and backstroke during my workout for about 30 min, and then practicing components of breaststroke (I'm having trouble with that....) for 5-10…
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Charge HR calorie burn UNDER estimation?
Have any of you had any suspicion that your fitbit's were underestimating calorie burn? I wear a Charge HR almost all the time (except of course swimming, in which case I use their website estimator), and I lost weight really fast and got to my goal weight using their calorie estimates. Twice this week I seriously binged…
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Hip Hop abs
Hi everyone. I suffer from chronic pain, and I am trying to build muscle through movement as opposed to isolated strength exercises since this seems to be a more tolerable way to do it for me, pain wise for whatever reason. I think the elliptical (with resistance) and swimming will be good long term, but wanted to add…
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Cheat day help please!
Ok...first post :) I keep reading that it's good to have a cheat day, and thought this might help me since I tend to eat everything for a long while when I get too strict. So, I told myself I will have a cheat day once a week. Well.......I just logged my food and am 875 calories over my calorie goal. A cheat day like that…
