Questions tagged [training]
Working out with a purpose, in pursuit of a goal.
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Understanding training plan notation
Not sure if this is the right place to post, but I saw this training plan which I want to start following, and I do not understand how to interpret it. So for example:
Day 1 says 1000m swimming but ...
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50 km / 30 mi march in a week - how to prepare?
I've got a 30 mile march in a week. It's not a race but there's a time limit of 12 hours to finish the course. I'm quite fit and took part in a similar event last year, but my girlfriend is less fit ...
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How can you strengthen lower back at home?
Following this video are there any exercises I can do at home with no equipment but my body weight in order to strengthen my lower back? Is there a way to indicate my progress over time? I would like ...
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Beginners need less training—but when do they stop being beginners?
Various papers and professionals suggest that beginner lifters benefit from limiting their training. One session of training seems to be optimal for rookies, and anything more actually slows them down....
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Can you be good both at cycling and running?
In a chat group of a local cycling community a hot debate arose about running. This is something that most cyclists shun greatly and few can manage it for a few kilometers. Personally I can run for a ...
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Is the opposite/reverse plank good for the abdominals?
In reference to this video (at about minute 6): Is the opposite/reverse plank good for abs, and can it help to gain a 6-pack?
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‘Perfect’ one-arm push-ups
In the video below, the guy does a perfect one-arm push-up: no bending of the body, chest to the ground, the body in perfect line, and with legs at shoulder width.
https://youtu.be/IkG8rCCXnE8
I was ...
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How hard in a spinning class?
During my winter season (nov-mars) the only cycling I´m doing is a 1 hour spinning class every week. (I also do other aerobic/strength training 2-3 times a week). During the summer season I cycle 3-4 ...
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How to learn to do 'big toe taps' excercise?
I hope someone here can answer this question. This excercise is described almost in all running books. It is very good for foot coordination and strengthening. Very good excercise for runners.
The ...
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How do i know if I'm working out right?
I've been doing push ups + planks + tricep dips.
My question is, how do I know if it's working? Apart from a slight, almost imperceptible, increment in muscular build at the end of my session, I ...
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Why does my fitness watch show calories whereas calories on food packages are in kilo calories?
I am trying to track the calories which I burn during my exercises using wearable fitness tracker watch (Gear Fit2 Pro), but I am pretty confused by the amount of calories which the watch shows me.
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What exactly do fitness guides mean when they give a relative V̇O₂max?
Take the following quote from Jack Daniels – Daniels' Running Formula (2014) as an example:
[...] E running is typically performed at about 59 to 74 percent of V̇O₂max [...]
Here, the author seems ...
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How to build an even body with bodyweight only
I do body-weight only, and with clothes on I look skinny. With clothes off I look deformed because the only parts of my body that get bigger are the back and the butt.
How does one adjust their ...
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Can running in hot-humid climate have dangerous health consequences with respect to age?
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I've been running twice a week, ever since I was 17 years old (currently in my 30's).
Running always takes place outside (never in a gym or an air-conditioned space).
I run in most ...
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Is muscular failure real or just mental block from pain?
After a certain number of repetitions usually the muscle being stressed starts aching, the pain grows until it becomes unbearable then one can still continue pushing the muscle to higher extremes but ...
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Is muscle pump alone enough to stimulate muscular growth?
The idea is that muscles won't keep growing once you achieve a certain amount of strength, and you need to always make the exercise harder.
But is it the only way?
Is there any evidence that muscle ...
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Is speed muscular or technical?
Is a training a muscle to be stronger result in the muscle contracting faster thus making one's limb movements faster?
Or is speed entirely defined by structure and techniques like limb length, ...
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Exercise choices when having crunchy knees [closed]
I want to do some light workout at home but I am concerned about my crunchy knee. One side of me says "stop using that knee!" and the other says "that knee needs some love with mobility drills to oil ...
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Is there a Fullbody Training which can be done in 5 Minutes or less?
The Background of this Question is, that at the current point in time i can not leave the house and have only very limited time for training. What i can do, is plug in some very short sessions during ...
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help with goals [duplicate]
I am an 18yr old girl and I train 4-5 times a week, training cardio,weight training and HIT. My main goals are to build more muscle around my abs,arms,back,shoulders and bum and inner thigh area to ...
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Is there a difference in doing 10 pushups per day for a year and doing 3,6K pushups in a day?
Is there a difference in doing 10 pushups per day for a year and doing 3650 pushups in a day?
I guess the muscle is being stimulated the same, no mather when.
Also the 10 pushups from 1 year ago ...
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Is intuitive training as effective as HIIT training?
I have recently read about a new type of training - Intuitive training - And it explains how it can be done as an alternative to HIIT training while allowing you to form a healthy relationship with ...
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Decide whether to workout in a particular day
I'm a college student and I would like to start exercising. I used to run a lot back in middle school and high school, but I stopped in college.
The primary reason is that my typical day in college ...
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Does training for running and swimming simultaneously give better combined effect?
I am now training for marathon running and marathon swimming simultaneously for coming races in both sports.
Will this be likely to give me better or worse performance than if I only do a single ...
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Free weights VS pulleys progressions in large favor of pulleys, do I have some illness?
Why is it so difficult for me to progress with "free weights" (dumbbells, bars, machines with free weights) and so easy to progress with machines of types "pulleys" and "machines with a pulley"?
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How to train with no offseason
I was looking at various training plans on the net, as I'm working up a routine for coaching a new team sparring group for our martial arts "circuit", and one thing struck me. All of the plans that I ...
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Pacing for run training plan
So I am working on a half marathon training plan with a doable goal pace, but it will be a healty PR for me. The plan that I am using has a chart for various paces at distances. It's the Nike 1/2 ...
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Do I need to enhance my performance in CrossFit by extra working out with fitness equipment and machines?
I've just start going to CrossFit training, my background is gymnastic and snowboarding plus I run three times per week about (30 km/19 miles). I'm 27 years old.
I do really good when it comes to ...
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What bio-metrics are important for health tracking?
I have been tracking many of my bio-metrics using a Weight watchers scale that uses electrical impedance measurements to calculate fat%, water %, muscle %, bone mass, and BMI, as well as using a ...
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Fine tuning skull crusher weight/reps/form
Most of my workouts involve starting off with four sets of three (4x3) using about 85% of my max weight for the areas I'm focusing on that day. Then I finish up with lighter weight and high reps (3x10 ...
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Am I really training?
I’m 35 y.o. Female. Exercise 4-5 times a week. Mostly cycling, some swimming and interval circuit training or weights. I do it all very intuitively. Not a program or workout plan.
I want to improve my ...
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Training for hypertrophy by increasing the work-out volume results in a muscle endurance decrease: Why?
To explain the question, I must talk about two periods. I will be as brief as possible so that you will be happy to read my question. Then, at the end of this post, you will find the details.
First ...
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Flywheel Working mass parameters of a cross trainer
I have read that better cross trainer devices offer more flywheel mass with 5kg bare minimum.
Now I have found one offer which tells me there is a flywheel with 9kg having a working mass of 24 kg.
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2 weeks until marathon, missed the past month of training, what should I focus on?
I've spent the past 4 months training for my first marathon. Last month I came down with the gnarliest of sinus infections and missed a full 4 weeks of training.
Now I have 2 weeks until my marathon. ...
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Increase body fat before multi day endurance event?
Does anyone know of any research / literature on increasing body fat before multi day endurance events?
Specifically, 1. cycling high on fats and carbs for a month or two then 2. dropping into a ...
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Can all isolation exercises be alternated side-to-side?
I was curious to know the following.
Since plenty of Isolation exercises out there have the capacity to be alternated...hence: by having a unilateral nature such as the concentration curl, they can ...
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Almost dysfunctional after training?
I recently started training again after a couple months off. I have a good diet with the correct macros for growth and I'm making reasonable progress but I have a problem that after I train I become ...
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Training set before intensive snowboarding week
I'm going for a one week long trip to learn snowboarding in the Alps. I was told by a friend that after the first day, your body is exhausted, and doesn't recover for several days. I imagine this is ...
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A total balanced body workout in a 3 day split?
I'm setting up a routine but I have some help needed figuring out whether my routine covers all the muscles to avoid imbalances since this is the first time I do such a thing on my own.
My goals are:
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Greater caloric surplus on training days?
Imagine one being in a slight caloric surplus of roughly 500kcal above their maintenance value every day, but only training four times a week. Is it better to split the eating behavior in training and ...
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Why am I stronger in isometrics?
I can only curl with one arm 21 kilograms once, this is my maximum but I can hold at 90° degrees 30 kilograms for for up to 2 minutes then my arm starts to shake too much.
So I'm clearly immensely ...
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Triathlon Training Programs: Time based for Run
So in most triathlon training programs swims are distance based, and bike and runs tend to be time based. For example this plan
I am decently fast on the bike, but really slow on the run. In my HIM ...
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Weighted press ups for abdomen
Loading with weight crunches is no viable because at the end of the movement the weight actually drags you forward making the movement way easier than without weight, it only becomes viable when doing ...
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As a beginner, should I incorporate polarized training instead of HIIT or endurance as this study says?
I'm a new triathlete, most in sprint distances. I go about 5 hours a week of training right now (im not that good yet) and will go more over the next year.
I read a study a friend gave to me (https://...
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Underhand press ups
Are weighted and unweighted underhand press ups safer than normal press ups?
Some forums says underhand bench press has 30% more upper pectoral activation and since the bench press and the press up ...
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Is it Feasible to go from a First Marathon to Half Marathon in 4 weeks?
I plan to run the Providence Marathon on May 5, four weeks and one day later on June 3 is the Covered Bridge Half. This past may I ran a 1:55 half, and yesterday I ran a 20:05 cross-country 5k.
If I ...
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Diet Plan for Building Lean Muscle
I’m new to weight training and my overall goal is to gain lean muscle mass and get rid of fat. I have incorporated cardio and strength training into my program, but need help with the diet. I’m a ...
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Uncategorized BACK muscles
Very often I hear the terms "middle back" as well as "lower back" aside from the traditional "Lats" and "Traps" which are defined by their actual name and not something like "side back training" for ...
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ISOLATION & UNILATERAL + COMPOUND & BILATERAL CORRELATION
Recently I came across many training variants, methods & styles and since I'm trying to build a lets say "tree of life" but for fitness categories & their subdivisions.
I want to know if ...
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Who is this physical fitness trainer? [closed]
Help me to find his name please ! Thank in advance Physical Fitness users !
