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My struggle as BeachBody Coach
I've been looking around the BB forums and just about hit my limit with the amount of poor information being spread in the name of "helping". It's really why I'm going to bow out of actively trying to coach....so bear with me, long post coming up, and no this isn't coming from not hardly making money it comes with…
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Every Friday in Cincinnati -- INSANITY LIVE!!!
Have a standing class now in Cincinnati Mall!! Every Friday at 6pm we've got INSANITY LIVE!!!! It's only $5 for the class and you do NOT have to be a member of the gym Bee Fit Health Club (host gym) to participate!! Hope to see everyone there!! It's 45 minutes of fat burning, sweat drenching action! Modifications for every…
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Vivoactive Users
Hey folks, just got this vivoactive last week and am training using the HR monitor with it for a sub 2 half marathon using zone training (well, really just seeing what my HR does at different paces). I'm using the MiCoach app at level 4 Half-Marathon training and moved my pace zones to accommodate a sub 2, rather than just…
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Just bought a bike!
Since I'm doing my first Triathlon in 3 weeks I decided I should probably buy a bike and start riding a little. It's a 6 mile kayak, 5.5 mile run, 18 mile bike. I don't have a huge budget, so after some research, I did end up with the GMC Denali 700c 22.5" inch. Yes, it's wal-mart, no I don't care. I'm getting decent (for…
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Kayakers??
Okay....so I signed up for a Triathlon that is on June 7th that consists of 1.) Kayaking 6 miles, 2.) Running 5.5 miles, 3.) Biking 18 miles. Don't laugh, but I've never Kayaked before......ever....thankfully the Kayaking is down-stream. So my question is...how reasonable is it to do the Kayaking in about 75-90 minutes?…
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80/20 Running and Threshold runs
Quick question: How many "threshold" runs should I be doing during an 80/20 type plan?? I'm looking at my current half marathon plan, and so far, I really enjoy it. I don't feel burned out and when I'm done with my runs I feel more invigorated rather than beat. However, it seems that with the exception of a couple fartlek…
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Half-Marathon plan seems a little.......short on the long runs??
I'm training to run for a sub 2 half-marathon and using the miCoach app. Currently maintaining an 8:15-8:30 pace on my "hard" runs, 9:25-10:30 on the "medium" and less than 10:30 on the "easy". My intervals are about 5:30-6:00 pace. The longest run they have you do (each is a timed run, not distance) is 1:25. Now, my…
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HR Zone and running -- What's going on?
I'm trying to get my half marathon time under 2 hours. I missed it by 70 seconds last year, so I'm targeting the same half marathon in August. On the recommendation of a few people, I bought the 80/20 book and am trying to figure it out....so here's a few day's results, and I'm just confused. I'm trying to use the Zone HR…
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Training for a sub 2 hour half-marathon
I've only run about 25 miles since my marathon last September....I had surgery in October, and did Insanity MAX 30 and 21 Day Fix Extreme during the winter (starting in January). I kept telling myself that I wouldn't be a runner this year, I bought Body Beast and said I was going to do that....but now that the weather is…
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Just making sure I got this right
So, log food on MFP, don't log cardio on MFP when you are wearing FitBit, log Strength on MFP and delete what FitBit provides? It's all confusing to me.
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Insanity MAX 30 Results!
Here's my Insanity MAX 30 results....and I'm not all that happy about the pictures, and the inches lost vs BF% lost just doesn't add up to me. I dunno, my diet was good, especially month 2, and I just expected better. Arms went up, everything went down, so I guess that's a success. I don't care so much about the weight as…
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Insanity LIVE March 20th and 21st
Hey everyone, I'm excited to bring Insanity out of the homes and into the gyms starting on March 20th, 2015! The class is a test class to be held on the 20th and 21st to get a good feel for how people respond and will only be $5 per session during this test period! The class will be located at the Bee Fit Health Club in…
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Body BEAST -- begins in 4 weeks
I'm finishing up Insanity MAX 30 this month (just 3 more weeks after today), and am doing a complete 180 and hitting the weights for the first time....well...ever. I've always been a cardio guy, but it's time to switch it up! Muscle is the ultimate fat burner and I think my body is just tapped from cardio and body weight…
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21 Day Fix Nutrition
This is going to sound like an ad for my test group on March 1st, but it isn't. My fiance is doing the container eating system just to try it out before the group starts, and we are both SHOCKED at the amount of food you can eat! While I'm not doing it, I seriously can't complain, because I eat what she cooks and this…
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Protein Intake
I think I already know the answer to this, but I'm going to ask to get opinion. Today we made some chili that had dark red kidney beans in it etc....anyway, long story short, it had about 83g of protein in 1.5 cups of it. That put me in the realms of about 163g of protein today. I'm 5'9, and about 173lbs, lean body mass of…
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Lower back and ab work
I'm trying to decide if I've got a slight anterior pelvic tilt. When I did my stuff through the NASM all the examples were pretty exaggerated. The reason I'm trying to decide is because whenever I do ab work laying on the ground my lower back comes so far off the ground it's like my spine is trying to come through the…
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Fit Club coming in Greenhills Ohio!
Hey everyone! I'm in talks with the rec commission to create a fitness club in Greenhills Ohio just south of I-275 Forest Park area! They think it's a great idea and are really behind the idea! Basically we just get together and workout, some days will be easier than others, like a Combat class for beginners and an…
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Starting MAX 30 Monday
I'm documenting the whole thing on video. If you're down to join me and commiserate add me and lets have some fun!!
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December 29th! The Insanity begins....again!
As most people know, the new Insanity MAX 30 is out and invaded the masses! I'm in a group starting December 29th to try and do this! Winner of the "best transformation" gets $100 in this group! Who wants to join me? I've done MAX Sweat and Tabata Power and those things are CRAZY! It's pretty humbling, Shaun T makes the…
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Full time personal trainer?
Okay, so I just passed my NASM-CPT certification (on Saturday) and am looking for a job at the moment. I'm not going to kid myself and think I'll land some full time job making $40,000 a year right away. As a beginner in this field, what do others suggest as a way to start the journey to becoming a fitness professional and…
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Zombies Run! First Mission Review (for runners)
Okay, so I ran today with the app Zombies Run! on my Droid Bionic. It just came out for android, been on iPhone for a few months now. It's $7.99, but this just seemed to good to pass up. It starts out with about a 3 minute intro...you can use this time to stretch/warm-up/slow jog...whatever. Then you get into the story and…
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FREE Group workout in the Cincinnati/Dayton/NKY area
I'm thinking of setting up some weekly or bi-weekly group workouts. They would be free to the public and be beginners workouts, which if successful would lead me to do more advanced workouts as well. I'm still looking for locations and things like that, but if I get this thing going, would anyone be interested?? It would…
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NASM question
So I'm running into certain things during my studies for the NASM that are giving me a severe lack of confidence. I'm just wondering what others experiences may have been. When going through the text, and doing flash cards that are self created or otherwise, I can give you the term if you give me the definition, but I…
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Les Mills Combat and program intensity
I was just wondering what everyone thought of the intensity of the program? I graduated Insanity, and then this week graduated Asylum Vol 1. Anyone else find this workout to be good, but not really as intense as everyone seems to make it? I just finished the Combat 60 dvd, and while it's a good workout, I'm kind of left…
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NASM CPT E-Teach, June 2nd
I took advantage of their payment plan and the memorial day discount and enrolled. I'm a bit nervous about everything, I've been in engineering and television since I graduated high school in 1997. Thankfully I've got an in at a gym, shadowing one of the best trainers in the area a few times a week if I want to...so…
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Calories in a Strawberry
For whatever reason I'm having hard time finding the answer....the stuff in the database is just odd. The best I can find is that for 4 strawberries (whole), it's about 150 calories....that sound about right? I blend 4 strawberries, 1/2 banana and 1 scoop of vanilla whey protein for one hell of a delicious shake. I'm just…
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Calories burned, aerobic vs anaerobic
Quick question here, I'm kind of confused on something. I just finished up Asylum last week and moved on to Les Mills Combat. I'm finding that I'm burning just as many calories on my HR monitor (close anyway) during Combat as Asylum, or Insanity, but I don't feel like I'm dying. I'm getting my HR up there, but my AVG is…
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Insanity Asylum before/after Pic
Well, I'm INCREDIBLY dissappointed in the pictures for this. I DROPPED from 178 to 168.4, and I LOST inches around my waist from 34 to 31.5, AND I LOST 2.5% body fat. The pictures however, say I'm FATTER than I was! There is absolutely no comparison what so ever! The only picture I'm going to post is the only one that…
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Newest Insanity Asylum Graduate!
Well today I finished the Insanity Asylum Volume 1 program. It was 30 days of absolute pure hell, but I made it through, and had some pretty decent results!! I originally did a video, but need to do it over, as I recorded myself doing the fit test, and referred to it, and all you can see in the video is a giant torso and…
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RIP Ultimate Warrior
"One day every man's heart beats its final beat, his lungs breathe their final breath, and if what that man did in his life makes the blood pulse through the body of others, it makes them believe deeper in something larger than life, then his essence, his spirit, will be immortalized by the storytellers, by the loyalty, by…
