Male. Mid 30s. 15kg over ideal weight. Planning to come back to normal range in 6 months. Get leaner and gain muscle. Can some of you fitness gurus share some plans or insights? I’m thinking of joining a gym and pay for personal trainer. Not sure if it is worth it. #fitness #gym
Question for women who workout: Lately I am noticing a lot of women wear ultra thin yoga pants and it seems like nude or as if they don’t have anything underneath. Or in most cases women wear thong underneath, which you can clearly make out visually. While as a man I enjoy the view at my gym . What...Read more
I have a very weird body as a man. fat from face , chest and stomach and small shoulders. Tried to lose weight and eat a bit healthy and now I look so weird with no shoulders and a big head. I do strength training too and shoulder exercises but its not showing changes. Wondering if I should go toa f...Read more
I find it one of the least physically intense sport. Is that true?
Why do I always see only women doing Hip Thrust workout at my gym ? I personally just to the traditional big muscle group training.
I am thinking of starting to walk everyday in the evening for an hour. Please recommend walking shoes, also would be great if you can share how those shoes helped you along with the link to the shoe page, Thanks :)
31F , recently had a baby and also gained close to 10 kg during covid. No time for the gym because of a full time job and 6 months old. I was active throughout my 20s(up till 26), lift heavy, regular dance/yoga over the weekends. I want to go back to the same physique, but it almost looks impossi...Read more
I forgot my Beats when I went to the gym and BRO HOW DO PEOPLE COME TO THE GYM WITHOUT HEADPHONES. I feel like I'm listening to Kidz Bop 😭. Like I heard 3 Ke$ha songs. What year am I in, 2011?! Plus hearing everyone's grunts was just making me laugh my whole workout. There was nothing about the gym...Read more
I started gym (group fitness) recently. Last week when I did deadlifts (35 lbs plate on each side), I got some pain in the trapezius around my neck. It went away after a day. 2 days ago, I did it again (25 lbs plate on each side), and this time I got some pain in the center back at spine and now pa...Read more
I am a relatively healthy female in 40s . I walk 10 miles a week. eat relatively healthy such as early dinner, less desserts , lots of greens and salads etc. how can i loose 5 lbs without a lot of workouts ? #fitness #diet #nutrition I just want to get back to my normal weight so that i don't ...Read more
Currently, I can do one 1 rep @ 315lbs. How do I get to 5 reps? From a diet standpoint, should I include more carbs, and beets juice ? In a vegetarian btw and mostly vegan
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1. BDSM (bench, deads, squats, military press). Don't use the machines, be like Arnold and BECOME the machine! Machines are just wasted squat rack space. 2. Lift heavy. The nerds already figured out that mo weight = mo muscle. Don't fix what's not broken. Anything more than 6 reps is cardio, anythin...Read more
How long did it take for your belly to shrink back? Just curious Hats off the postpartum mommies who come to the gym ! The feat is huge!
I spent last couple of years going deep in health and fitness science and really learning what is scientifically proven or at least substantiated to work and what isn’t. I also applied all of it on myself and everything worked as expected. I am in best shape of my life right now and defenitely top p...Read more
I saw some studies that say whey protein isolate contributes to hair loss, while whey protein concentrate improves hair. Any thoughts on this? https://www.news-medical.net/news/20100408/Whey-Protein-Isolate-damages-and-accelerates-hair-loss.aspx
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