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Lifting Heavy
For a 32 year old female 5 lbs away from her goal weight. I have been lifting weights for a while but always thought more reps/lighter weight = tone. Of course now I am learning the opposite so I want to push myself more. How does one decide their "heavy" starting weight. I read on a thread where you basically go with a…
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Sugar in homemade smoothies?!?
I just added sugar to my food diary and whoa my fruit smoothie I make at home has 33 g of sugar in it!!! 1 c fage greek yogurt 1 c of almond milk a handful of frozen fruit 1 banana ice I know banana's have sugar in them but I'm not going to stop eating banana's due to their sugar content, they are still good for you and…
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Interval training? What do you do?
Hi everyone, I'm going to try to change things up a bit and really push myself with some interval running on the treadmill. I am thinking of 15 min at a higher intensity than the 30 min intervals I was doing before. I don't think my previous intervals were intense enough and man 30 min on a treadmill is boring. What are…
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percentage of success with early morning exercise?
I keep thinking about doing this and I just can't bring myself to get up early. So I'm thinking about it again. Thinking I could try to jog outside for 15 min in the morning. Anyone have any secrets on how the hell you motivate yourself to get up early?
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30 Day Shred + another cardio workout in the same day?
Does anyone compound the 30DS workouts with another type of workout on the same day? I do the workout and then walk my dog for about 30 at a fast pace, but I barely have anything left in the tank after Jillian has her way with me. I just worry that 30DS along is not enough of a calorie burn? I've just stepped up my…
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30 day shred - hand weights?
I just bought the 30 day shred DVD and plan on starting it tonight. I saw on some of the youtube videos Jillian is using little hand weights. Does anyone know how heavy they are? Do you all use them too?
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Yoga DVD
I am trying to get into Yoga and I am a little intimidated by the actual classes as is my fiance. I can't for the life of me find one close by that doesn't make the room 90 degrees or more. I wanted to find a DVD that offers more of a workout than a spiritual style of yoga. Any suggestions? I have 15 years of ballet in my…
