No real advice on monitor other than perhaps just a FitBit? No experience.


But regarding your heartrate - that's all about conditioning. So is recovery rate. But I believe recovery rate means more than the actual heart rate.

RE: elliptical vs running - in one you are using effectively only the lower body chain in the other you are using a combination upper and lower so comparing the two isn't terribly fair....muscle group sizes and exertion efforts etc.

Is there anything wrong with something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/YAMAY-Fitness...-2-spons&psc=1

?

What are the main features a more expensive watch would offer?

I am nearing the end of a diet. I've been eating a fairly significant calorific deficit, and as a result, I've lost weight quite quickly.

I have a few questions around moving from a deficit to maintenance. I will carry on using MFP, as I don't want to balloon up in weight afterwards.

I have been using MFP to track calories in and out. I have no idea what my maintenance calories are. To add to the deficit, I decided to class myself as sedentary. This may not be true - I average 100,000 steps per week, for example.

1) Should I change my setting from sedentary to a more active target? Another approach may be to keep the current setting, and after eating at estimated maintenance for a couple of weeks, adjust my target based on results.

2) Should I suddenly increase calories from my deficit target to maintenance, or should I taper the increase?

I've been targeting 1,620 calories a day. I've been under this every day for 3 months, with the exception of one day at a wedding. On days when I've done significant cardio, I've increased the target. I've generally used 50% of the app's estimated calorie spend as my increase. Sometimes I will have a more accurate estimate (e.g. the rowing machine's computer estimate), which I'll use.

3) Is this a sensible approach to cardio? Again, the best approach may be to carry on with this whilst I'm on maintenance, and see if I still lose weight.

4) I haven't adjusted my target for lifting, as I have no idea how many calories it burns. Is there a way of getting a reasonable estimate e.g. using my heart rate monitor?

I don’t think +14000 steps per day is sedentary.

Looking around, I found this:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/e...lorie-level/p1

I will try gradual increase combined with estimating from past history.

partygirl: It's not what you're looking for, but you might be interested in the app welltory

Can someone give me a biomechanical explanation of why I can bench more barefoot than I can with lifting shoes (I wear Rogue do wins)?

Probably because you dont tuck your feet and therefore are flat footed so when you push through your heels for leg drive your feet in the Rogues are sliding forward instead of pushing down.

Your foot positioning probably sucks, or you have some weird biomechanical issue.

Do you have access to benches of different height? This will affect your leg positioning as well as the lifting shoes. Also you shouldn't be driving through your heel, if you're doing what NukeLOL mentioned, don't.

Probably most likely bolded. Maybe if I get motivated I'll post some vids. I don't know that it something I'm really worried about fixing. 95% of my lifting is at home so barefoot is not really an issue. It's also not a huge difference. I was more curious than anything else.

What is expected for most people? No difference or better with lifting shoes?

Hello, I don't post here but I remembered this forum cause I have two questions

I've always being kind of active (mostly cardio and dumbells) but I'm new to barbell (a few months)

Few years ago I was diagnosed with a heart condition (bicuspid valve) and cardiologist told me that isn´t recomended I do some heavy weights , that it can worsen my condition (I have a leakage and dilated aortic) and there is not problem with cardio and also He said I could need valve replacement between 2-15 years from now, independent if I do lifting or not

He said i could do no more than 20 pounds, but I pretend not to go more than bodyweight (Yes I'm stubborn, I mean I could do only cardio but without weights is kind of boring)

so my questions:

is there a good program with high reps (range 12-15)?
anyone knows someone or have this condition and how it goes with lifting?

Find a cardiologist who lifts and work with them on what it may be okay to do. Even if someone has a similar condition I imagine it could vary from person to person and this doesn't seem like a spot for random advice on the internet.

Out of curiosity, what is your strategy for bolded?

Ask the GP. Ask the current cardiologist. Call around. I mean, they don't have to lift I guess but at least where you can be confident that the recommendation not to lift isn't complete BS, which OP obviously assumes as he wants to ignore the advice.

Call around is my favorite. I can just imagine this guy calling cardiologists offices "Hi, I'd like to schedule an appointment with Dr. Smith, but before I do, I need to know one thing: does he even lift."


I agree with this. Getting a second opinion is a good idea. The idea that the cardiologist needs to lift himself is a bit silly. I would also ask current doc and second opinion doc to explain to you why exactly lifting is bad but cardio is OK. It does seem a little odd. The explanation will also help you have a far better grasp of what you should and should not do.

It also seems a little weird that a BW pullup is OK but a 30 lb dumbell row is not because it exceeds the 20 lb limit.

If you're going to get a second opinion, I think another good place to look would be to find a sports medicine specialist. Not the orthopedic kind. These folks have normally done training in family medicine (or something similar that is pretty general) and then additional training in sports related problems. So they would have a reasonably good handle on both heart conditions and lifting. If nothing else, they could take the cardiologist's warning and translate it into actual exercises you can and cannot do.

Yeah. I don't mean to actually say "do you even lift, bro?" . But it would still probably work. The bottom line is to find someone who you can trust if they literally say you can't lift. Or (more likely) monitor the medical side of things while allowing you to proceed with resistance training.

No one should be answering this question. While 20lbs is lol, the heart isn't to be messed with.

It might be worth registering at barbellmedicine dot com Forums and asking them. They're MDs and can probably give better advice in navigating how to talk to doctors.

I don't know, man.

-get a second opinion
-see a sports medicine specialist
-consider checking out barbell medicine for advice

Above are all good answers and exactly what he needs to hear. Granted, they're probably not what he was looking for. However, they are still useful answers.

Yes, definitely I will get a second opinion, It's not I think my actual cardiologist advice is complete BS, it's more like I think He wasn't very clear (or I didn't ask enough), and I have the same doubts: why cardio, why 20 pounds, what about 30? pull ups are ok? and some others. I just trying to gather enough information to make the right questions and how to aproach it

I will check that site

And thank you all for your responses

Can anyone start a fitness log or do noobs need to frequent the forum for a bit first?

Anyone can start a log!

No one is a beginner anymore? not 1 post in over 6 weeks.

So a HS girl is coming off a hamstring injury. Her PT told her when she lifts she needs to focus on strengthening her glutes and hips. I have all my players do a SS workout with squats and deadlifts. Is that enough? or do I need add some additional glute lifts? If so what should I add? She asked me the other day if I can teach her how to glute ham bridge. I don't know much about them, but I did a search and they seem simple to learn.

The amount of new and I mean actual new and not banned people making new accounts or regulars making troll accounts has probably markedly gone down in the last few years and as a result those that are new are likely still hardcore into Poker and less likely to venture into the forums that are mostly casual or barely or not even playing anymore guys.

I stubbed my pinky toe last sunday (8/25) walking into a table by mistake, for the first 2-3 days it was super swollen, and I walked with a minor limp.

This week Thursday (8/29) I completed a fitness bootcamp still with a minor limp/some pain, but unfortunately I literally restubbed the same toe Thursday night.

Today nearly a week after the injury I still have a minor limp, and putting on shoes I definitely notice the swelling in my injured foot/toe as they are tighter.

My question is should I just cut gym/running/fitness out until the swelling is back to normal? Or some light fitness should be ok?

Update - Two weeks after the freak toe injury, its still super swollen got an x-ray today and found out that it is broken.