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Women 40s and Beyond: Tell me about your successful recomp
Open to other perspectives (younger and/or male) but really interested in women experiencing middle-age specific challenges like that pesky, stubborn belly fat that's soooo hard to get rid of yet so easy acquire. My specific questions: what's your weight lifting routine? did you/have you increased weights during your…
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Anyone use Cindy Crawford's exercise videos from the 90s?
I came across these the other night online, and remembered doing them in my early 20s. Don't remember the results I may have had because I was young and thin at the time :smiley: I have an exercise routine now but I'm always looking to potentially add/do something different to spice it up. The leg work looks like primarily…
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Fat loss blunders
I'm sure this is already floating around here on the boards somewhere. But if you haven't seen it, it's really helpful: https://www.bodybuilding.com/content/fat-loss-blunders-8-reasons-youre-not-losing-body-fat.html
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Supersets
What's the goal: strength building or fat-burning? Or something else. I did 3 sets of these following a workout video for upper body. I used the weight I would normally use during my lifting sessions and wow--too much. On one exercise I couldn't do all of the reps. So I should aim for all of the reps at a lower weight,…
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Friend on plan with too few calories
My friend needs to lose about 60lbs. She joined a program lead by a leading medical center in our area that offers meal and exercise plan, counseling, etc. They did body scans, and determined that her BMR is 1600 (she has 127lbs of lean muscle). In order to preserve this, they're recommending weight lifting and cardio no…
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Motivation
Going to a conference in two weeks, and I want to buy some new clothes to wear...in a slightly smaller size. This is definitely keeping me motivated!
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No scale at my gym
I work at a college, and the gym membership is really affordable so I signed up a few weeks ago. We also have this amazing indoor track that I now use to do my cardio program a couple of times a week (I lift weights at home). Anyhow, it's been several weeks since I weighed, and I've been well behaved so I thought why not.…
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Question re: progress getting back into shape
I'm 45. I was fit and thin my whole life, but over the past few years I've been inconsistent with diet and exercise due to higher stress job, life, etc. And I've gained about 15lbs. So at the beginning of June I decided to get back into shape. I do Couch to 5K 3 times a week and lift weights. I've increased rounds (started…
