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So the past few days I was continuously in a horrible mood, snapping at people for no reason and craving sugary crap.. And in the past I would've ended up eating said crap, then feel sorry for myself, and go out for more crap. Completely disrupting all my progress. But not this time! I recognised what was happening, scheduled a refeed day, and basically consumed a ridiculous amount of spaghetti, meat and tomato sauce. And even though I feel like I'm going to be stuffed for the next week - I can already think clearly again and will continue my regular eating/training schedule tomorrow. Woot!

Say you've made 2 majestic bodyweight circuits that work your whole body, and you do one of these every other day (circuit 1, rest, circuit 2, rest, etc.) How many weeks until you'd create new circuits? I like to switch up my routine but don't want to do it too often.

Interesting read, thanks for sharing! I look forward to the rest of the series. I did die a little inside every time this came up: "aren’t necessarily gender differences, but rather can be primarily explained by differences in body composition" Just because generally the difference in body composition/muscle distribution is caused by gender. I get the point they're trying to make, but as a girl in a male dominated sport that phrasing hurts a little.

Paleo: awesome. I don't follow it very strict anymore because I simply function better on a bit more carbs, but it taught me a lot about what kinds of food are good for you in general. I feel stronger, have more energy, skin has (mostly) cleared up, etc. IF is not my friend. I've tried the 8 hour eating window thing and 24h fasts, my body doesn't like either. I'm not as strong and my mind is not as sharp until I've eaten in the morning.. Plus I lose my period very quickly. To be fair it may have something to do with my training style = is almost every day and generally high heart rate. Now I only fast for longer periods of time when I'm traveling far, because I'd rather eat nothing than airplane food or mc donald's haha.

I don't really get cramping, but just generally become this weak, insecure, sluggish, complaining mess (sometimes for a full week). I've tried pushing through and doing my regular workouts, however this almost always backfires. If I feel extremely crappy, all I do is get out the door and walk for an hour (no matter what weather). This actually makes me feel better and keeps me on track moving wise, making it easier to return to my regular workout schedule once I'm back to normal. If I feel only moderately crappy, I start my regular workout and after 5-10 minutes assess how I feel. If it's not better, I stop and go out for that hour long walk. If I push myself to complete my regular routine anyways, at some point I'll just end up crying and eating ice cream. Lol. Hope this helps you next time

Thanks guys! I'll start with Strong Lifts once a week and go from there. Rest days are crucial - that's when your body re-builds the muscle your tore down. As a beginner, it is strongly recommended you take a day off to allow the body to recover. More advanced lifters might exercise every day focusing on different body parts, but save that for later. I'm more of a pen and paper kinda person too.. Best get another notebook! I like the pushing further on last set. Specially starting out I reckon it'll help me find my limit a bit quicker. And ya for the first few times I won't be stupid and push myself to spend 2 hours on a bicycle the day after lifting.

My cleanser is already sort of a gel and hardly foams, but doesn't come near creamy lotion.. Plus to be fair it's the cheapest one I could find haha. Already have to go into town today, I'll look for a better one. Thanks!

Love this idea! Making my own rules but stealing the sticker thing from you!

I used to have an almost all year long breakout on my forehead, sort of in between my eyebrows. While cutting out dairy and then soy helped a lot, no amount of clean eating seemed to do the job completely. So I started washing my face with a simple cleanser every morning and evening, followed by day/night creme. Skin has never looked better. However, my body does not like cold/winter.. Even now that I use lukewarm water to rinse, I have a couple spots where my skin is so dry it's turned kinda rashy (like my eyelid, which is annoying). Overnight vaseline/petroleum jelly doesn't work. Any other ideas?

So there's way too many different kinds of information on this for me to process, hence I thought I'd make a topic for more specific advice. I'm an athlete (racing motorcycles semi pro), however 2014 was an awful year for me fitness wise (glandular fever followed by a hard fall, broke my collarbone, got operated and developed a blood clot in the main returning vein of my arm), rendering me basically unable to work out from April until November. I then found out I couldn't perform a single push up anymore. Eek! For the past two months, with the exception of 10 days around Christmas/NYE, I've worked out 5-6 days a week and it's been awesome. At the moment this would be my regular weekly schedule: Mon/Wed/Fri = body weight circuit style training (+ 30-45 min of low heart rate cardio in the afternoon if I feel like it) Tue/Thurs = 1.5-2.5 hours of cycling, HR not above 155 Saturday = run incl. interval sprints Sunday is my set rest day, sometimes I add Thursday if I feel like my body needs it. Now I want to start lifting once a week. At first I'll replace one of my body weight days and see how it goes. Ideally I want to gradually shift my training to 3-4 days of strength training (combined body weight and lifting) in the morning + 1.5-2.5h cycling in the afternoon, and 1 session of interval sprints. My goal isn't to look awesome (though not an unwanted byproduct) or build a lot of muscle. I want to get stronger, prioritizing my core, then legs, then arms. My question(s): where do I begin? what lifts do I start with, how do I write down/keep track of my progress, how important will a day of rest be after lifting the first few times, etc. (I will probably think of more)

My tendency to get lost in every single new idea/train of thought I have. But I recently created an OCD worthy schedule for just about everything, and my new mantra is "suffer the pain of discipline, or suffer the pain of regret." - which really helps.

Heya! I got it last July when I was diagnosed with glandular fever, to help me not sit still too much. Still use it from time to time just to track my average steps a day. It works very well, way more accurate than I thought it would be! However I always take it off during exercise. If you're looking for something to track your runs, I'd recommend a heart rate monitor. Get one with GPS if you have the funds, or a simple one that just does heart rate and combine with a GPS tracking app for your phone if you want to measure distance/speed. In my experience this is the best way to track your progress, and you'll be able to use it for other sports too!

Does anyone have experience with coming back from this virus? It has been about 6-7 weeks since my diagnosis and last workout (apart from walking.. lots and lots of walking). Looking back I've been struggling with it since mid April, however because I'm somewhat of a stubborn idiot I kept on going.. Until I basically collapsed and was forced to see a doctor. I decided to go with full on rest because I race motorcycles, and it's too expensive to show up already knowing I won't be able to finish a race strong. Rather skip a few rounds and come back with a healthy albeit (slightly? *fingers crossed*) weak body. The last 10 days or so I've been feeling good/normal without any setback days, so I decided to do a simple bodyweight strength workout 2 days ago (one I used to do upon waking up. for fun.) - before today I thought my body could only be this sore after crashing and tumbling down the asphalt. Which is a little demoralizing. Other than that I feel great. Have you ever had this virus? How long did it take you to get back to normal/working out again? And after that, how long until you regained your strength? Can I expect a lot/easy progression the first few weeks or rather the opposite? How did you build up your workouts? (I would normally do 3-4 hours a day but obviously I can't go straight back to that) I know glandular fever is different in almost everyone. But I has so many questions. Please, humour me. (my mom asked us to help move a large couch)

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