Forum: Starting
10-24-2015, 04:02 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 18,643
Starting back after one year off
I would like to get back into fitness/healthy eating after a one year break. I have gained about 12lbs (130 to 142pls), and I'm definitely out of shape. I trained for 8 years, only taking 2 x 3 week...
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Forum: Nutrition
10-09-2013, 03:24 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,185
Re: Fat loss advice
When I started CF in 2005 (2006?) I was 5'5 and 109lbs. I'm now 130lbs (... still 5'5 :mad:) and look a lot better. Your friend needs to understand that getting down to 110lbs (which is 1 trip to the...
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Forum: Nutrition
10-09-2013, 03:21 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 6,444
Re: Body Fat Loss
Your lifting numbers are very impressive for your stats - that being said, it might be a stretch that a woman your size is burning 1000 calories in a session. Are you eating back your workout...
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Forum: Nutrition
10-05-2013, 04:44 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,292
Re: New to Crossfit need Advice
I eat a lot more than that and I'm a 130lb female.
You lost 160lbs (good job) and then gained a bunch back, not by eating that way, I'm sure. Here is the problem with your long-term crash dieting,...
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Forum: Fitness
08-13-2013, 07:09 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,563
Re: Stroller workout help?
Thanks all, great info! My 3 year old is not so problem it's the 9 month old who is trying to walk but is dangerous at it! Between the two of them, it is hard to work out like I used to. I think I...
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Forum: Nutrition
08-07-2013, 03:38 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 9,305
Re: I love bread
I love bread too. I learned to bake my own (which is actually easier than going to a store to buy it!) and it's been a staple in my home ever since :)
When I first started Crossfit in 2005,...
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Forum: Fitness
08-05-2013, 03:59 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,563
Stroller workout help?
I am having days where it is very hard to get in a solid lifting session (anyone who has tried to bench around a toddler knows), I was wondering if anyone could help me design an outdoor stroller...
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Forum: Fitness
07-30-2013, 03:51 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,466
Re: Expectant father
You sound like a great dad already, prioritizing your family :)
Here is my 2 cents, I'm mom, not dad. I was able to work out shortly after the birth after my kids, it just takes some creativity and...
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Forum: Starting
07-25-2013, 04:10 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,567
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Forum: Starting
07-25-2013, 04:09 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,567
Re: Question for all the dads out there
I'm mom, not dad.
2 weeks? Go to sleep. Rest. Even if you aren't the one nursing, it's going to disturb you. My husband's workouts always went down the toilet with a new baby, even if I'm the one on...
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Forum: Starting
06-26-2013, 07:19 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,557
Re: Fine to just do the main page WOD?
I have a fully equipped gym at home, the issue is more around childcare issues and general lack of energy as I'm nursing a young baby who wakes up a lot at night. So, I get about 30 minutes free a...
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Forum: Starting
06-26-2013, 04:09 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,557
Fine to just do the main page WOD?
Is it fine to just do the main page WOD? Nothing else really, no strength program, no additional cardio/etc.? Is that common or is there a better path to take? I don't really have much time work out...
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Forum: Fitness
06-20-2013, 03:28 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,492
Scaled versions of bodyweight WODs?
Does anyone know if there is a list available of scaled bodyweight WODs? I have seen quite a few fantastic ones but as a woman who has just had a baby in the last 6 months, I really can't do 100...
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Forum: Exercises
06-03-2013, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,496
Re: Turkish get up confusion
Hi, thanks!
I no longer have it. I corrected it to 1 finger with Tupler's program and there was no surgery done.
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Forum: Exercises
05-30-2013, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,496
Re: Turkish get up confusion
My abdominals were separated from two pregnancies. The separation is now "closed" ("closed" but there is always a slight gap for women who have gone full-term).
I'm supposed to avoid any exercise...
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Forum: Starting
05-30-2013, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,201
Re: Midnight Shift ... HELP !
I've done this unfortunately I feel your pain (I started back when he was 10 weeks, I did 7pm-4am and he was up at 6am if I was lucky). I just couldn't keep up with it, as much as I could offer 15-20...
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Forum: Exercises
05-30-2013, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,496
Turkish get up confusion
Can I do these if I have previously had abdominal separation (which is now closed)??? Or will this cause ongoing issues and open it up again?
My doctor has no idea what it is and she has told me to...
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Forum: Fitness
05-30-2013, 04:24 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,636
Re: Rest week ideas
thanks! Yoga sounds good, I will give it a shot. Playground for sure :) it's been so rainy but I see some sun coming out.
I found laying on the couch actually seemed to make me feel even worse (not...
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Forum: Fitness
05-29-2013, 03:17 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,636
Rest week ideas
Hi, what do you all do for a rest week? Not a deload, but a rest week. I have to take a break after hurting myself (not a lifting injury, I fell down the stairs! My hip is black & blue). There is a...
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Forum: Nutrition
03-16-2013, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,910
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Forum: Nutrition
03-16-2013, 06:09 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,910
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Forum: Nutrition
03-13-2013, 11:11 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,910
Re: Success with fat loss without calorie counting
Thanks :) I feel like I've lost all sense of intuition (eating) from relying so much on numbers and scales. How do I know I get enough protein? For example, a few palm sizes or whatever? I need to...
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Forum: Nutrition
03-13-2013, 10:49 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,910
Success with fat loss without calorie counting
Does anyone have success with fat loss WITHOUT calorie counting?
I'm so tired of it, I really am. I am someone who loves to cook (I cook from scratch all the time for my whole family), it is...
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Forum: Exercises
02-21-2013, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,442
How to properly learn a chinup?
Can someone offer advice? I do not have an assisted machine, just a bar on my power rack.
I have an incredibly weak core (3 pregnancies in the last 3 years and severe diastasis recti- now...
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Forum: Nutrition
01-23-2013, 05:51 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,810
Re: Has anyone done IF when nursing?
So, I have been nursing 11 weeks now and if anyone ends up searching for what nursing + IF is like, it is def. NOT compatible, at least in the first few months!
My supply was fine but I had...
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