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    Partners gym Progress Dissatisfaction

    @nextstep Suggest he find an actual program and run it.
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    A seasoned old timer needs help!

    @hoangseo Can you shave travel time and distance by training at home?
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    Risk v reward

    @ttcmacro IDK if heavy barbell backsquats and deadlift are a good risk/reward, but you should def include squat and hinge grinds of some sort. How heavy you go is a function of your goals.
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    What Metrics Do You Care About and Why?

    @namaoza Resting HR, Blood pressure, body fat% (informally/subjectively measured), pain free knees, lower back, neck, decent muscle mass/maintained bodyweight. I work a physical job, so its way more important to me how I feel on the job than at the gym.
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    Gym guy (60s) yells at me (27 F) in gym

    @rockerfox This right here. What happened to working in with someone on a piece of equipment? You have to take a break between sets anyway. So glad I train at home now.
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    Anyone successfully dealt w/patellar bursitis or knee pain while kneeling down?

    @timex4g0d A few years back, had a great deal of pain in my right knee that matched symptoms of patellar tendonitis, and a diagnosed torn meniscus in my left. Both responded very well to isometric leg extension. Execute the hold with knee at least 90⁰ bent, 4 sets of 8-15 seconds as hard as...
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    Drawing up a 3 day full body routine for myself, would appreciate suggestions

    @godisworking101 Plan looks frenetic to me and agree with other comment that its too much per day. Set/rep structure isn't bad, a progression would be good. Stock answer: "Generally all my basic programs are constructed around primary push, pull, hinge, squat with accessory exercises as...
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    Deadlift alternative - avoid back pain

    @bandan Isometric deadlift executed from the lowest point. Ramp up slowly, hold for 30 seconds minimum, breathing throughout. Try to exert about 50-70%, work up to a max effort if pain free.
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    TIL that 220 - age is pure fiction

    @sabby54 Sure, I'm 56 and my max HR is about 185, maybe a touch higher. I never indexed it with a monitor until I was about 48. If I were training a buddy or anyone who's fitness status was unknown to me, for HIIT with an HR monitor, 220-age would be my initial target. "How's your RPE at X...
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    Podcast Summary: Why Dr. Mike Israetel Changed His Mind on Fat Loss Strategies, Fasting & Blood Sugar

    @adutmj His observations re range of motion can be observed when training isometrics as well. It is almost useless to train at shorter muscle length, and added benefit can be had training with the muscle somewhat stretched even over a longish length. Is better generally to think in terms of...
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    Anyone here bulking in their late 30's/40's? How did it go?

    @onepassionate1 If "X" is maintenance, and we add 20% surplus in fat, let's say for argument's sake that 1/3 of those calories get stored as bf. If we add 20% surplus in carbs, every single glucose storage site needs to be topped off, resting energy expenditure will increase as much as 20%...
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    TIL that 220 - age is pure fiction

    @sabby54 Its reasonably accurate for estimation based on lightly active or sedentary population. The better health you are in, the less relevant it becomes. Individually the only way to know is by testing. As with a 1RM test, there are risks involved with some subjects.
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    Podcast Summary: Why Dr. Mike Israetel Changed His Mind on Fat Loss Strategies, Fasting & Blood Sugar

    @yhdks I don't follow the guy, but yeah, most of his revised thinking seems to just align more with general current thinking...by many. When was the last year anyone recommended 7 meals a day? There are a lot of influencers out there preaching from narrow POV, I guess he is/was one? IDK. A lot...
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    1yr update, now about 3 years of steady progress now 41F/5'1/110-113lbs

    @chozenwun Absolutely crushing it, great work!
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    Anyone here bulking in their late 30's/40's? How did it go?

    @montexss Through my 40s I simply used a slow bulk approach, no real target gain, just eating a mild surplus and using a pretty aggressive moderate volume hypertrophy approach. Early 50s this is what worked for me - Use a reverse Matador approach in combination with a low volume/high intensity...
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    Dumbbell or other exercises to strengthen wrists? F 35

    @jambalaya16 Wraps, wraps, wraps and for fitness there is no need to hit hard, work on speed out, speed back. Wrists and hands were not evolved to punch with.
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    Struggling with eating … too many sweets

    @messagesoflove I eat cookies and icecream often, but I portion control the hell out of it. Small dish, savor the spoonful. Cookies? - 2 on a napkin, enjoy it. Ulrimately you have to want something else more or you need to desensitize yourself to this stuff. A bit is a treat, a big load of it...
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    What products work for you? Any suggestions

    @impactb13 Creatine and Ashwagandha root
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    Workout Routine Help

    @jhanice Very welcome, glad it helped out!
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