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I have notifications turned on for all your videos and still do not get notified.. just wanted to share cause bummed I'm missing them I'm signed up for your emails and that's how seen this on posted.
I love the feeling of being strong!! I am a 61 year old woman and can still take a 50 lb bag of dog chow off the shelf and put it in my grocery cart and then into my car!!!!!?💪💪💪
This is perfect for me! I just started strength training 4 weeks ago because I’m taking a glp1 and losing weight so I want to keep and build muscles. Love your channel, thank you!! 🙏🏽 💕
I feel most comfortable right now on the HOIST machines and even those work! I’m feeling so much stronger just being on week 3! Weight lifting is LIFE!
Yes I co-sign this!! Love being able to help lift heavy things around the house. Sometimes we fight over who get's to carry the heavy stuff! hahaha....
Thanks Michelle, I’ve found your videos so useful in my body recomp journey. So informative and I love that you tell it how it is, no BS. Your kids are super cute too :-)
I love your videos Michelle! Perfect information! May I just ask whether I should stop doing my pump class completely and just do weights at the gym for one hour instead or should I do both or keep increasing weights in my pump class? I would highly appreciate your advice!
_I clicked so fast!_ ✨ I found your channel last week (subscribed of course and liked every video I've watched so far). The valuable information you provide has been so helpful for me! I'm 5'4" and my body doesn't seem to want to go below 132 lbs. I fell into a pattern of water fasting for 3-7 days at a time and staying under 700 calories on the days I did eat, but I plateaued. At least I lost most of my appetite, but I have been so hesitant to eat. Since finding your channel last week, I made a goal to eat at least 1,300 calories, and I've been successful some days, so I'm seeing small steps as a win now. For the past two months, I've been consistently progressively overloading (strength training 4x week), and walking for 30+ minutes twice a week. I am still afraid to eat before working out, so I've been drinking some low-fat kefir yogurt beforehand. For some context, in 2019, I was diagnosed with Stage 2 lipedema, which is not only painful, but also significantly inhibits fat loss and decreases muscularity (only 67% compared to obese subjects in studies). I had been consistent in working out in the past, but have never been able to lose weight without resulting to drastic measures, in which lipedema plays a considerable role. The surgeon had advised me to lose as much weight as possible to minimize the amount of surgeries and loose skin. When I asked how much weight, he said, the more, the better. I'm trying to get to the ideal weight for my height, 120 lbs, but I'm just focusing on strength for now. Your treasure trove of tips has helped me feel better. Thank you for all you do, Michelle. 💖
I"m so glad you are finding my videos helpful! I would say if you are looking to build some muscle and decrease body fat, don't focus so much on hitting a number on the scale, focus more on changing your body composition. Track your progress in scale weight but also pictures and measurements, how strong you are getting, how you are feeling etc. Hope this helps!
I love your content Michelle. It’s so informative and I love that you get straight to the point. I am currently focusing on getting my steps in, but I want to start incorporating weights, but I know me and don’t want to do too much because then I won’t stick to it. Do you think it would be beneficial to just do deadlifts (with relatively light weight) and bicep curls and maybe lat raises and pull downs about 3-5 times a week?
Hey Brittany glad you are finding my videos helpful!! As for incorporating weights I agree with picking a schedule you can stick to long term. I would say start with 2-3 days a week focusing mainly on compound lifts so you hit all muscle groups. Check out some of the videos I linked in the video description to get a better idea of how to choose your compound lifts!
This is another great video, clear and easy to understand. I'm not going to the gym, I prefer to train at home 3 times a week. Do you have any advice on how to create my own at-home dumbbell workout?
So glad it was helpful!! I linked a video in the video description about the best compound exercises with dumbbells - go check that out and I think it will be the perfect resource for you!
Always love the information in your videos 🙂 You have always given me great, educational information. And I need help again plz. I'm a 49year old female. I've slacked at going to the gym routinely these past 4 months. I had foot surgery back in February and have not gotten back into my routine. I was at 19% body fat per hydrostatic weighing and weighed 126 lb. for some reason I'm down to 119 lb . I don't know what my body percentage t is now, but I know my circumference around my stomach has gone up to 33 in at the largest measurement . I was down to 31 in around that same section of my waist. My goal is to reach 16% body fat goal and a smaller waistline, decreased body fat and increase my muscle mass. I need help so, any suggestions are s greatly appreciated, and maybe I need some professional coaching as well , especially with my macros.
Hello! Kind of hard to make suggestions without knowing more, but my best advice is to just get back to it and be consistent with your strength training and nutrition, track your progress and be patient :). If you would like more help feel free to reach out - I put the link to my coaching program in this video description!
@@MichelleRootsI now use Versa grips ( bought in USA) that wrap around wrist and have strap. Follow Holly Baxter prof lifter and she uses them. Really helps with pull downs. Then have just wrist straps Iron Tanks for some of the other lifting. I am 60 and my wrists are now my “limiting factor” for some of the wt lifting😢
Personally i found doing more isolation type exercises to recomp me better than heavy compounds. I was gaining fat like crazy from deadlifting, benching, and hip thrusting. It probably shot up my cortisol levels, but I was getting stronger. Ive dropped the weights to much lower, and slowing it down helped muscle growth and fat loss
Same as me, specially in the pre menopause. My cortisol levels was so high with compounds workouts and high weights. I dropped the weights and my cortisol dropped and also the weight 😊
Glad you found something that worked for you. As I mentioned in the video prioritizing compound lifts doesn’t always mean heavy weights with compound lifts, it means just doing those movements (whatever weight is challenging For you :)). I also mentioned that progressive overload doesn’t always mean adding more weight, if could be changing tempo, different equipment, or rep ranges in those compounds :) I also mentioned that you should be doing isolation and core work as well just making a few compounds a priority at the beginning of each workout. I’m not sure deadlifting heavy would make you gain fat, but it would help you build muscle - fat gain would have to do with nutrition, cardio, step count, stress, sleep etc. either way thanks for watching and happy you found something that works for you!
Hey I just sent you an email about building a Skool community. I love your content and really want to help with it as I think you've built up the perfect audience!
I have a question abt maintenance and body fat maybe you could help. Last month I had been at maintenance calories after coming back from a deficit (500 cals) my body fat percentage went from 37- 33% and I 3.4 bf percentage loss and I gained one percent of body fat back. So now it’s at 34% In one month What did I do wrong? I’ve been getting 100g of protein or more per day I’m 4ft 9in and weight 93 pounds. Should I got back on a cut? Thanks for the help
I have a smart scale and all my numbers are good, except for my subcutaneous fat number. Im 34yo, mom of 3, and my baby is 11mo so I'm still nursing. Im wondering if things will change once I stop breastfeeding. Im long and lean looking, but I'm wondering if Im just skinny fat based on my subcutaneous fat number. Ive been trying to make changes, but things are progessing slowly, so here I am searching around RU-vid/ the internet.
I would say focus on nursing for now and continue to do your workouts and lock in your nutrition, then once you are done with breastfeeding you can just ramp it up a little. Priority number one is feed that baby :). lol.... Also smart scales are sometimes inaccurate and not 100% so take that number as a ballpark as well.
@yukichan13 RU-vidr Michelle McDaniels has both PCOS and endometriosis. Her older videos are filled with great tips for fat loss and muscle building and it all centers around her experience as someone who suffers from two medical conditions as well as a binge eating disorder.
OMG! YOU look so Amazing! In case you mentioned it (and I just found your channel) and it is Not too personal or rude, in which case you really do not have to answer, but may I ask your height & weight. If it is too personal and rude, I apologize and please disregard these questions. I only do some light weight training, so I am not extremely familiar with what you do. But I would like to be like you.
Not personal at all and I have no problem sharing my height and weight as I talk about it in a lot of my videos - I am 5'8 (and a 1/2) and weigh 150lbs
Thank You So much.! I don't know how. many calories I should have, since I 'm only 5'4" and no where in good a shape as you. I only lift light weighta, and have a painful injury on my left arm.
I have a question abt maintenance and body fat maybe you could help. Last month I had been at maintenance calories after coming back from a deficit (500 cals) my body fat percentage went from 37- 33% and I 3.4 bf percentage loss and I gained one percent of body fat back. So now it’s at 34% In one month What did I do wrong? I’ve been getting 100g of protein or more per day I’m 4ft 9in and weight 93 pounds. Should I got back on a cut? Thanks for the help
