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| Recipes | Layered Chocolate Cake -- Need Suggestions! | Jul 24 2008 23:41 (UTC) |
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What is your opinion of a white chocolate frosting between the layers with slices of banana on one layer and slices of strawberry on the other? For example, Frosting 6 ounces good-quality white chocolate (such as Lindt or Baker's), chopped 12 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature 3/4 cup powdered sugar 2 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract 3/4 teaspoon fresh lemon juice Stir chopped white chocolate in top of double boiler over barely simmering water until almost melted. Remove from over water; stir white chocolate until smooth. Cool to lukewarm, about 4 minutes. Beat cream cheese and unsalted butter in large bowl until fluffy. Gradually beat in lukewarm white chocolate, then powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and lemon juice. |
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| Recipes | What do you put in your Salads? | Jul 24 2008 20:36 (UTC) |
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Have to admit I haven't read through previous posts but here are a few that have made my salads a little more exciting: herbs: my faves are basil, cilantro, sometimes parsley chopped up veggie patties like Gardenburgers (the ones that are made of beans/grains/etc, not the ones that are trying to taste like meat) I've also done steamed veggies (or microwaved frozen veggies: carrots, broccoli, red pepper, chestnuts, etc) with soy sauce and a few peanuts over lettuce. Throw a sweet italian flavor chicken sausage in too for extra yum :) |
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| Fitness | Front Squats | Jul 23 2008 05:12 (UTC) |
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| But how do you work toward the clean grip if you're not trying to use it? | |||
| Fitness | Front Squats | Jul 23 2008 04:19 (UTC) |
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Back on the original topic of the front squats with the clean grip: my shoulders get tired before anything else does. Even with a 24lb body bar. Does this just mean I need to work on endurance in my shoulders? |
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| Fitness | Front Squats | Jul 23 2008 03:32 (UTC) |
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| And then you repeat the whole thing, or just from the squat part? So it's basically squats with the bar held in the crook of your arms? | |||
| Fitness | Front Squats | Jul 23 2008 02:41 (UTC) |
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Re: floggingsully's words of caution: the dip station arms bend up at the ends, which would prevent the bar from rolling forward. The bar tipping could be a problem. And yeah, I wasn't going to try the straddle-wiggle. It'd be tough to get out of there with a broomstick, so forget a weighted bar. I'm mostly bummed because I can't do NROL4W as written. |
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| Fitness | Front Squats | Jul 22 2008 21:23 (UTC) |
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NOTHING. I'm actually a bit disappointed but it is a women's gym and apparently their goal is to cater to women rather than educate them. (end rant) Anyway, the closest thing there is is the bench for bench press. The arms are not adjustable, and I'd have to straddle the bench and then walk forward until I clear it, and maneuver the bar because there is equipment nearby that the bar would run into if I just walked straight forward. If that makes sense. The one alternative that may work is the dip station -- I could put the bar across it and get under it that way. |
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| Fitness | Front Squats | Jul 22 2008 03:38 (UTC) |
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| Thanks, Melkor. How do I get the weight up there and into the crossed arm grip? | |||
| Fitness | Can someone explain deadlifts? | Jun 17 2008 22:23 (UTC) |
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OK that makes me feel better. Deadlifts have such a reputation for hurting people's backs that I was getting a little nervous. I am concentrating on keeping my back straight and pushing through my heels, but the last reps get pretty challenging! Anyway, I hope I can lift some really heavy stuff soon :-P Thanks melkor for a speedy response! |
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| Fitness | Can someone explain deadlifts? | Jun 17 2008 22:02 (UTC) |
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| Adding to this question: I've started doing deadlifts as part of NROL4W. I'm still in stage 1 doing 2 sets of 15. I feel my glutes/hams, but also feel my lower back, esp toward the later reps. Does this mean I'm doing it wrong? | |||
| The Lounge | Boston area: cats to good home | May 22 2008 13:13 (UTC) |
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Trust me, it's on Craigslist. Boston and NH. And Petfinder. It is difficult finding adult cats a home during kitten season, and I am just trying to reach out to as many people as possible. Thanks, dm! :-P |
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| The Lounge | Boston area: cats to good home | May 20 2008 23:53 (UTC) |
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| Bumping to try again! | |||
| Fitness | Dumb Question....About Running? | May 15 2008 19:08 (UTC) |
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I have to offer a word of caution in the face of all the positive comments: Watch your knees. I don't know what you weigh, but you refer to yourself as a "big girl". Knees weren't really built to take the impact of long-distance runs, and much less so if the impact is increased by excess body weight. If you're not set on running, I might pick something else. I know that running is hardcore and becomes a "way of life" for people but maybe you could be a swimmer or elliptical-er :) as your way of life instead of a runner (and maybe in the future, an ex-runner with bad knees!). If you are set on running, please get some good shoes (maybe professionally fitted), replace them often (there are guidelines for this online), and stop at the first hint of joint pain. When muscles hurt, they recover and maybe even get stronger. When joints hurt, they tend to only get worse... |
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| Fitness | Exercise Substitutions | May 08 2008 22:20 (UTC) |
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Oooh thanks! In the video it looks like his knee is moving up as he bends it, which wouldn't happen in a hamstring curl. It says to do this in the instructions; is there some anatomical reason? For the leg extensions I tried them standing up with the cable. I could barely leg-extend one plate and had to hold my leg in place for support. I wonder if I'll have better luck with the hamstring curl. |
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| Fitness | Women interested in clean eating for fat loss-- | May 08 2008 02:50 (UTC) |
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This thread seems to have died a little so at the risk of flooding iamme again... Here's my beef with clean eating: I feel like when I eat "clean" (or even mostly clean) for a while, and then I have one meal with dessert, I blow up immediately. I don't know if it's because I don't usually have as many carbs in my system and so I retain water? But seriously, within hours my pants don't fit the same. And I feel like if I were eating less clean, maybe I wouldn't have the perfect body, but maybe I'd have a body that could tolerate these kinds of meals. And these kinds of meals WILL happen, at least in my life! Anyone else notice this or is it just me? |
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| Fitness | is too much exercise bad for you? | May 03 2008 04:21 (UTC) |
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| You know if anything... people overtrain to make their muscles smaller. So maybe you're on the right track if you're trying to lose muscle? Though I'm not sure why you would. Probably losing the fat would be more beneficial to health and looks? | |||
| Fitness | Ok who stole my protein?? | May 02 2008 14:28 (UTC) |
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Actually, I think leiela's question was extremely valid because these protein shakes seem to go against the advice to "3. Eat natural foods ... that fit within 'non-processed'...". I'm no expert but there seems to be a disconnect that goes along with what alevin said: "when eating clean turns into: how much protein powder should I add to each meal, something has gone weird." I think it's the difference between eating clean for health and eating for muscle building. It's like there's a difference between eating healthy and eating low-calorie: a lot of things that are added to low-calorie foods may be chemicals, foreign compounds, etc that they body may or may not know how to deal with, at least in large enough quantities. So yes, protein powders are processed and do have unclean ingredients; at the same time, the protein in them is lean, and if you have them in liquid form, your muscles can absorb the protein very fast. Whether to include the powders in your diet is YOUR CHOICE. If you'd rather get the protein from "clean" foods, then go for your egg whites, lean meats, etc. If you like the convenience/taste/variety of the protein powders and don't mind the other ingredients in them, then do that. You will find people who tell you that the "other" ingredients will hinder your progress, and you will find people who tell you they won't. And it may not just be a difference of opinion; I'm guessing people's bodies actually respond to these things differently. So I guess I would say if you're eating clean for health (i.e. strictly unprocessed), then you may want to skip the protein powders. If you're trying to get tons of protein, then maybe you like the protein powders. At the end of the day -- your call. In the book "In Defense of Food", Michael Pollan makes suggestions for healthy eating (some of which I agree with more than others) but one of his suggestions that stuck out in my mind was, "Don't eat anything your grandmother wouldn't recognize as food." Now, I have a very forward-thinking grandmother... but I'm guessing protein powder was never a part of her diet growing up! :-P And iamme I'm not out to knock your advice, I really appreciate you taking the time to help so many people out! Just had a different opinion here that I wanted to get across. And sorry for the long-windedness :) |
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| Fitness | Is weights before cardio absolutely necessary? | May 01 2008 15:20 (UTC) |
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"Interval training, running, high-resistance cardio machinery, or other intense cardio activity is a no-no ..." How does this jive with RFFL, which has you do 8 sets of Tabata intervals after a killer workout? |
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| Fitness | Women interested in clean eating for fat loss-- | May 01 2008 14:03 (UTC) |
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iamme thanks for offering to put this thread together. I'd add to your list:
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| Fitness | The Bulgarian Split Squat! | Apr 26 2008 17:54 (UTC) |
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I wanted to bring this post back from the dead because I am in need of some advice! When I try this exercise, my back foot (the one that's raised) cramps up and hurts so bad I can't finish a set. It's not fron dehydration... just from the positioning, maybe from putting a bit of weight on it? One thing that helps is to reposition it, if this makes sense, so that the bottom of the toes are on the chair, instead of the tops. Like if I was standing on the tiptoe of that foot, rather than having the foot upside down. But in all the videos I've seen of this exercise, that's not how it's done. Suggestions? |
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