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Water retention and sauna?
No, I'm not trying to promote something unhealthy. I was just wondering if you can counter water retention by sitting in a sauna and drinking masses of water afterwards. Where I live it's currently unbelievably hot. 15 minutes outside and a short car ride twice resulted in a loss of 400 grams on the scale. Of course I…
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Get heartrate up without jumping/running
So I'm doing Bodyrock (mostly 50/10 intervals) as there's relatively little jumping around, and I do love the variation. I have some foot problems that don't allow me to jump around. Still, on some days there are high knees, mountain climbers, jumping jacks, etc that I cannot do. Alternatively rowing machine, crosstrainer…
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Ladies: Water retention during period?
Not quite sure where to put this. Food doesn't quite seem to be appropriate... I'm taking the pill (Yasmin) and take a break every 2-4 strips. Never looked closely at what's really happening with my body then, but my old mechanical scale (now scraped) would show 3 completely different weights on three attempts anyway.…
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Lordosis and abs exercises
Hello, I'm currently doing bodyrock.tv and a few other things I find online. My abs are pretty much the weakest muscles I have while I see some improvements elsewhere. Any advise for doing abs workouts with a lordosis (pelvis not tilted forward, hip muscles flexible)? My lower back doesn't touch the floor and the upper…
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how to log these buns?
Argh! Hardly anything I can buy here has nutritional information (it's a less developed country). Usually I find a way around it by guessing what's inside and how much. Tomorrow we want to make burgers and I have no idea how to log the buns (the only buns we found, actually). The ingredient list only reads, in this order:…
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hurting back from workout.
Does anyone else recognize this? Whenever I work out (talking bodyweight exercise and somewhat heavier lifting here) the muscles at my back, between the shoulder blades start to get tense and hurt. Yes, I have a crappy desk and chair at the office, which is probably the culprit to start with, but it's getting really…
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Kettlebell swings and big legs
So yea, I spent a lot of time trying to master the kettlebell swing technique and realized why it's not quite working: my inner thighs are quite big and it's impossible to get the bell through near my groin and le it swing further towards the back. Even if I was at the lower end of the BMI this would still be the case -…
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How much is too much?
Hi all, I'm wondering how much working out is too much. I'm doing Bodyrock workouts at the moment mixed in with some things I make up myself and kettlebell workouts. This gives me a net workout time (without breaks) of about 35-40 minutes plus warmup and stretching. I try to do about two days with higher weights* and lower…
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Bodyrock - lost on their website
Hiya all, is still someone doing bodyrock workouts? I just started a bit over a week ago and I'm almost through with the Killer Fat Burn Workout. I'm looking for something else to do now. I'm completely lost on their websites as all links seem to lead to nowhere. I am looking for the following: I prefer Lisa-Marie or…
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would a heart rate monitor work?
HI all, I'm looking into buying a heart rate monitor and wonder if it would work in my case or if it would only be annoying: My Hmax is at around 205 and my normal workout rate at around 175-185 without feeling dizzy. Normal cardio machines constantly complain about my heart rate, and the beeping simply annoys me. Yes, I'm…
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Am I eating too little?
Hi all, I'm 169cm and my weight is about 74kg, office worker, high brainpower job, 40ish. I've been on this weight for quite a while and would love to lose a bit. The main reason I started out here is to find out more about my eating habits. I have the feeling I'm eating too little, though I'm not hungry and don't feel…
