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What is the best way to train at the gym for weight loss purposes?
I joined a gym 2 months ago, and have exercised almost daily.
In the first 2-3 weeks I went to the gym almost daily exercising for about 45 mins (treadmill, weights etc) but I realised this was not ...
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What doctor/specialist can assess fat and body composition?
Question: what kind of doctor should I see to assess whether or not my body fat can be reduced through further diet and exercise?
Background:
I've been an avid CrossFitter for over 2 years. I work ...
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"Healthy Weight" Calculation
I have a friend which I think is a little overweight. When I mentioned this to him and tried to aspire him to loose some weight to get to BMI "Healthy Zone" weight, he said that BMI is a useless tool ...
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eating less calories but still not losing weight, resistance training
I am 5'8 and 184 lbs. When I started the gym about a 6 weeks ago, I was 189 lbs. My goal was to lose weight with the help of cardio (running and bike), which was going fine until recently (past 1.5 ...
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How to calculate body fat using calipers?
One of the trainers in my local gym did my measurements with a fat caliper. He unfortunately has not had time to calculate the fat percentage.
I have the numbers and figured might as well do it ...
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3-Site Skinfold Test Procedure
I've visited various websites about the 3-site skinfold test, but none seem to deal with my issue. I'm not exactly light (non-athletic 220 lb at 6'), and I'm trying to use fat percentage for my ...
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Most accurate home body fat test?
My girlfriend was looking at getting some body fat scales, but I told her these are inaccurate.
What is the best way to measure body fat at home?
By best I'm looking for a trade off between ...
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Body Fat % Measuring Device
I want to closely monitor my body fat % but I'm not sure which scale/device is best for doing so. Are the scales with built in boy fat % calculators or the handle measuring devices accurate and to ...
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What is a good metric for defining an ideal weight?
It seems that the conclusion is that there is consensus BMI is a really unhelpful metric for determining ideal weight.
Indeed, at 5'9" my ideal weight is about 150 according to BMI. The last time ...
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How to keep track of muscle vs fat ratio
I very often read comments like "I am happy with the new [weigth lifting] routine because I am gaining weigth fast" (I undertand that means muscle mass or there would be no hapiness about that ...
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Why is the weight not falling off me? [duplicate]
I am 145 pounds and 170 cm tall & female.
Before I started the gym 2 months ago I already had a decent body (no exercise except an occasional walk and used to eat junk food all the time - I was ...
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How much fat I can safely lose? [duplicate]
I'm 25 years old (soon will be 26), height 174cm and weight is 77KGs. After reading some questions here I realized that in order to achieve my dream body shape (link) I need to lose as much fat as I ...
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I am on 8% body fat but still look fat?
I have been doing some intense cardio and weight training for the last 2 months, with a goal in mind to get a lean body.
From what I understood, if I have body fat around 7-8%, that means ripped mid ...
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Program to gain both muscle and endurance
I hope it's pretty simple. What is the best program to both gain some muscle mass/strenght and gain endurance ? Would it better to alternate frequently (every 1-2 days) between cardio training and ...
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What is a good way to estimate percentage of body fat?
I've seen various techniques for this, I have hear everything from pinching yourself, to simply comparing yourself to photos of other people with varying degrees of body fat.
Does anyone have any ...
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