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working out first thing in the morning before breakfast
This is purely for practical reasons. I've figured out the most convenient time to work out is probably 6:30am before I drag the kids out of bed for school. I work mon-fri 9-5 and I'm a single mum so have to do all the parenting things like feeding them and helping with homework by myself. I could workout in the evenings…
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Hi :)
I'm back after various issues derailed my life for a bit. I'm now living and working in sunny Bournemouth (it actually is sunny today, unlike yesterday) and I'm ordering a power cage this week ***excited*** Setting up a home gym. I already have the barbell and plates. The power cage I'm getting has a pull-up bar on it.…
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Looking for fooditarian friends
Hi, I'm a fooditarian, and this means I eat food through an organ in my face called the "mouth" - this involves eating other organisms, because this is the only way I can get energy. My friends don't understand this and sometimes they can be quite judgey about it.... Like my friend who's a hydrangea bush, well she's not a…
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change one word of a book title to bacon
inspired by the bacon movie thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1334590-change-one-word-in-movie-title-to-bacon Hitchhiker's Guide to the Bacon The Bacon at the end of the universe Life, the Bacon and Everything So long and thanks for all the Bacon Mostly Bacon
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Cl- ion: Everyone says I'm negative - looking for positive friends.
I'm a chlorine ion and everyone keeps on saying I'm negative. I try really hard to be positive, but I just can't exist with only 6 electrons in my outer shell. Maybe I need some positive friends.
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does the whole internet run on negativity or something??!!
yes, in fact it does electrons have a negative charge electricity is a flow of electrons computers run on electricity and the internet is made of computers................... so the entire internet runs on negativity. so there. ***awaits gifs and science nerds who want to point out what role protons have in this whole…
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man gets stuck in a giant...
statue of a vagina: http://metro.co.uk/2014/06/22/student-gets-stuck-inside-giant-stone-vagina-4771752/#item-attachment_4771828 (NSFW warning depends on geographic location. In Europe, this is art. In some other places, it's NSFW) he climbed inside for a dare and got stuck and it took the fireman a long time to rescue him.
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Anyone know black magic spells to get rid of spammers?
Anyone?
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Eating for your hair type
This is a new diet, you match your food according to your hair type. You need to determine your hair colour, and you follow the recommendations below. Because everyone knows that your hair roots go all the way down to your digestive system. And the diet works even better if you also take pills containing extract of unicorn…
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Grammar rules you like to break
I like to creatively split infinitives
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An Inch is NOT just an Inch
Seeing as a unit of something is NOT just a unit of exactly the same thing.............. are your inches awesome inches or derpy inches? Or some other kind of inches? I'm 61 inches tall and they're all awesome inches. :drinker: how about you? (okay 60 and three quarters inches really :grumble: but they're still awesome)
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getting back on track
well due to a crazy work schedule and various life events getting in the way, I've not done much lifting lately. so today I started again, at the weights I did on my last deload (because I'm out of practice) and will be working up in small increments back to my previous working weights. I'm also tracking my calories,…
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greek yoghurt price comparison
In Carrefour, there are 3 different versions of this 1, labaneh.... the Al-Marai low fat one has the best macros. 400 fils for 200g (2BD for 1kg) 2. greek yoghurt .... fage one is over 3 dinars for 1kg 3. fromage blanc....this is the french word for labeneh/greek yoghurt (I checked with a friend who's Algerian, becuase I…
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The Pros and Cons of the Paleo diet
pros - you get lots of exercise hunting food - you get lots of exercise walking around the countryside gathering food - meat cooked on an open fire tastes great - it's really, really healthy - you won't get fat because you can't eat without catching your food first - sitting around a campfire with your neanderthal/Homo…
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Should I stop eating fruit?
Hi, I'm a chimpanzee, and I keep on hearing humans say how fruit is really bad for them, because of all the nasty evil fructose. I'm concerned because I eat loads of fruit, and humans are our closest living evolutionary cousins, so if the fructose fruit is bad for humans, then surely it's bad or us too?? Should I ask the…
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Insults that failed; ones that sound like insults but aren't
There are a lot of MFP topics about bad things people called you, ways you were humiliated, and even a lot about veiled insults. These threads can get depressing, firstly because there are some really cruel people out there and it makes me sad that people have to put up with them, and secondly because some people take…
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deadlifts - dizzy/lightheaded and pacing between reps
I've had this problem, i.e. dizzy/lightheaded after doing deadlifts.... well anyway yesterday's workout I went to answer a text message mid set, and walking seemed to make the dizziness a lot less severe, so I paced up and down between each rep for the rest of the set and bam! problem solved!! so does that still count as 1…
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training on 2 consecutive days?
How bad is it doing training on 2 consecutive days in the week, but still having enough rest during the week? My work schedule is hectic on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, while wed- sat I have much more time. So maybe doing Wed, Thurs and Sat for my 3 workouts a weeks is the best way to fit all the training in. I generally…
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bench press form question
on the later reps in the bench press, there's this tendency I seem to have whereby my shoulders twist a bit so my right shoulder isn't on the bench, and if feels like my right arm is struggling more than my left. although I'm not sure if this is due to my right arm being weaker or my left arm being weaker so my right arm…
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Negative people...
....need to lose some of their electrons, and stop going round picking up electrons. It can't be at all healthy going around negatively charged all the time like a thundercloud.
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My Plan
okay my life's been a bit hectic over the last month or so and I've not managed to do regular workouts and need to give myself a kick up the rear end. Also, thinking about what's going to be best for progress, I've come up with a plan, which is basically stronglifts 5x5 still, just that I'm starting a new spreadsheet and…
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feeling dizzy/lightheaded from squats and deadlifts
is there a remedy for this? because I'm getting this a lot and today it was that bad by the 3rd set of squats I had to put the barbell down after the 3rd rep then lie on the floor for a while, before completing the set :/ also it's between every single rep with deadlifts. I've read in a few places that this is normal with…
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The Shaming of Food
A great article by Leigh Peele, on Tom Venuto's Burn the Fat blog: http://www.burnthefatblog.com/archives/2013/08/the-shaming-of-food.php
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dodgy form on squats
okay today on squats at 140lb I managed 5, 4, 3, 2, and then didn't do the 5th set because a) feeling dizzy when I stand up and b) kind of did something to my knee, not an injury more like a "something is not quite right with your form and you knee took the strain" - I think my knees are caving in a bit. This is my 2nd…
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when to deload, when to try again, what to do about DLs
Okay... OHPs first.... well today was my 3rd attempt at 57.5lb. i made 55352. I don't know what happened on set 3 and 5, because my arms just refused to move the bar upwards. i may possibly have not eaten enough prior to the workout, so I'm inclined to think I should have another go at this weight before deloading. I…
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Science humour
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help!! Plateau!!
was feeling nostalgic for some Nirvana http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T154TYKRBo
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physics nerds post your workouts here
squat: 636N 4 sets of 3, 1 set of 2.5 bench: 352N 5x5 row: 341N 5x5 I like Newtons, they give me nice big numbers :flowerforyou: (to convert from lb to Newtons, if you're on earth, divide by 2.2 then x10. From kg to Newtons, if you're on earth, just x10. If you're not on earth, google what the gravity is on whatever planet…
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OHP I'm sorry I ever swore about you
As much as I might say I hate the OHP, being my weakest lift and struggling with correct form due to crappy shoulder mobility... .... I've recently noticed (as has my husband) that my delts are now really amazing :drinker: they've always been a muscle I've been less than happy about, as I have naturally big traps which…
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adjusting to changing my work etc schedule
well due to new clients, another new job, the school holidays, my husband going to another country for 3 weeks and probably other stuff I've forgotten about, my daily schedule has completely changed and i'm not settled in a new routine yet. I'm not very good at this kind of thing, although I should be fine when I'm back in…
