Love weight lifting, hate the drive to the local Megagym (or any gym). Reasonably cheap weight lifting equipment abounds, but space is a problem. I have a couple of options available, and I could use some help.
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posted by Punkey
on Jun 17, 2011 -
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YANMD: Recently I've been experiencing terrible leg soreness/fatigue when riding my bike. It starts almost immediately, and lasts through the whole ride (longest stretch is about 3 or 4 miles through the city). I'm looking for suggestions for lessening or preventing it, so that I can continue to ride around town.
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posted by swingbraid
on Jun 15, 2011 -
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I'm looking for a low-maintenance treadmill I won't break within a few years that I can run, jog, and walk on at home at varying inclinations and speeds. Difficultyfilter: Must offer in-home delivery and professional assembly and be able to hold hardcover books up to ~800 pages in thickness, if such a thing exists.
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posted by Unicorn on the cob
on Jun 12, 2011 -
8 answers
I'm trying to transition to being a morning workout person so that my evenings are a little more free, but I don't know what to eat for breakfast that'll work with this routine. Any suggestions?
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posted by Kosh
on Jun 7, 2011 -
29 answers
In regard to the Tabata exercise method, i.e., eight cycles of 20 seconds of super-intense exercise and 10 seconds of rest, would there be any benefit (or harm) in either a. skipping the 10 second breaks, so you'd be doing four minutes straight of (actual) super-intense exercise, or b. doing more than eight cycles, so you might be exercising for six or eight minutes (including the breaks)? Thanks much.
posted by whitebird
on Jun 3, 2011 -
19 answers
Tips for generating personal consistency? You're going to fall out of the saddle in life, and you're going to have to get back on. How do you make that getting-back-on process easier? Example problems inside.
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posted by Cool Papa Bell
on Jun 1, 2011 -
14 answers
Overweight and out of shape, looking for something that's an intense full body workout that isn't injury prone
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posted by mbird
on May 26, 2011 -
42 answers
Need help setting and measuring new fitness goals, but don't want to train for a marathon or similar long race. Any other ideas?
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posted by the foreground
on May 18, 2011 -
11 answers
About a month ago, I ran across this
online image gallery intended to motivate the gallery's owner to stick to his/her fitness routine. I'd like more images like these, please!
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posted by gakiko
on May 13, 2011 -
7 answers
There are plenty of charts that show calories burned from running. But is figuring calories burned lifting weights this simple?
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posted by CollectiveMind
on May 10, 2011 -
12 answers
I'm looking for a electronically accessible copy of the following
"The Great Fitness Health Kick"
Reader's Digest, July 1984
The quoting source is URL http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id314.htm
posted by shortbooks
on May 4, 2011 -
0 answers
How do I convert an existing GPS track to an estimate of calories burned?
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posted by mvd
on May 3, 2011 -
3 answers
I'm looking for personal trainer & weight loss coach recommendations in the Seattle area. Help me, please!
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posted by azuresunday
on Apr 30, 2011 -
3 answers
I'd like to train for a front lever, but I'm too weak to get my hips up even in tuck (back rounded, knees to chin), even if I try to jump into it. What other exercises can I do to develop a tuck front lever? (I do have access to a weight room, and I'm working on straps rather than rings, if that makes any difference.)
posted by d. z. wang
on Apr 27, 2011 -
5 answers
Why aren't I losing weight anymore, despite meticulously tracking my calorie intake and exercising?
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posted by rachaelfaith
on Apr 19, 2011 -
69 answers
I am not even pregnant yet, and I feel like my husband is already concerned about the state of my body after pregnancy.
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 16, 2011 -
57 answers
How much do "micro intervals" help with strength training? What can I do to maximize my limited time to lift weights?
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posted by lettuchi
on Apr 7, 2011 -
6 answers
I want to build endurance for early morning practices. Is it counterproductive to work out the night before?
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posted by verbyournouns
on Apr 4, 2011 -
4 answers
I just finished a 10 mile race, now I want to train for a 10K race in 6 weeks. What kind of training program should I follow? How can I best make the transition to the shorter distance without losing any of the hard-won fitness I earned while training for the 10-miler?
posted by banananutrament
on Apr 3, 2011 -
7 answers
I'm attending a wedding in 3 months (late June) for which I have been asked by the bride to wear a specific short dress. It's actually very cute - black, sparkly - and is flattering on me in every way except that, well, it's short. And I have fat, pale legs. I'll be wearing nude high heels, but besides that, how can I make my lump gams appear nicer? Quick-fix exercises? Spray tans? Tights/stockings are not an option.
posted by anonymous
on Apr 3, 2011 -
33 answers
Alternative exercises on an elliptical? What else can I do with this thing, besides run on it, to spice things up?
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posted by Cool Papa Bell
on Mar 28, 2011 -
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I've recently started working out regularly, have been happily motivated and enjoying myself, and have run into a major snag:
ovulation makes me so tired that I don't want to move at all. Please help me figure out how to maintain my exercise routine when my body doesn't want to cooperate!
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posted by VioletU
on Mar 14, 2011 -
21 answers
Anyone know where I can get an audio file of someone counting, audible stopwatch? (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc)
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posted by cm0007
on Mar 11, 2011 -
3 answers
I want an online or android fitness site/app that can keep a list of available equipment/preferences and then design strength training routines for each specified day. This seems like a pretty obvious thing for sites like fitday etc. to do, so it must be out there, but I can't find it.
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posted by If only I had a penguin...
on Mar 2, 2011 -
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I'm 22, male, 184 centimeters (~6ft), 70kg (161 pounds), 11% body fat (as judged by one of those imprecise electrical gadgets), and, until recently, fairly sedentary. I'm now running three times a week and plan to start lifting weights another three days a week. For the past two weeks I've been assiduously tracking everything I eat with
this software (
note: I'm not at all interested in "caloric restriction") and a gram-precise food scale. I'm trying to become generally fit - increase cardiovascular endurance, gain muscle, start fencing again. With all that in mind, how do I decide on nutritional targets?
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posted by elektrotechnicus
on Feb 26, 2011 -
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Thanks to a
previous post I've been able to get back to the gym and get a great workout going. Now I have a snag. I hurt my rotator cuff years ago (due to a poor benchpress technique or lack thereof). I do the advised exercises for it but regardless, I am unable to lift above my head without injury (and the doc advised against it). Eventually surgery may help. Shoulder presses prior to injury would really bulk up my shoulders but because of this injury I cannot do them anymore. I do dumbbell front and side raises which help but is there any other exercises that might bulk/round the shoulder? I am not going for extremely heavy weights. Just enough to continue to challenge the muscle. Any thoughts?
posted by snap_dragon
on Feb 25, 2011 -
7 answers
My boyfriend burst a blood vessel in his eye while doing an inverted weightlifting exercise today. Is this something to worry about?
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posted by you're a kitty!
on Feb 24, 2011 -
14 answers
Help source photographs and ideas for the design of a maximally creative schoolyard play space for grades K-8.
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posted by tidecat
on Feb 24, 2011 -
6 answers
I have a chance to start an after-school program for teens in my rural community. I have no experience designing this sort of program. Help!
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posted by luckynerd
on Feb 23, 2011 -
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After a lifetime of indifferent body maintenance I am engaging in a fitness regimen of sorts. One day in and I am extremely sore. What am I in for? What should I do?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 23, 2011 -
19 answers
I am trying to get back into a regular exercise habit, but I seem to always have things that I have to do right after work. How do I, as a habitual snooze-button-hitter, become a morning exercise person?
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posted by zoetrope
on Feb 21, 2011 -
43 answers
