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      <title>Daily calorie calculator</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

      <description>An estimated daily calorie range: sex, age, height, weight, activity level and goal → Mifflin-St Jeor basal metabolism, maintenance and references for weight loss and gain with ±10 % ranges, explicit assumptions and adjustment guidance.</description>
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      <description>An estimated daily protein range for your training goal: weight and goal (maintenance / muscle gain / weight loss) → a range of grams per day with clear logic, assumptions and an example split across meals.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

      <description>Training volume (tonnage) for a session: exercises, sets, reps and weight → the volume of each exercise, the session total and a comparison with the previous session in kilograms and percent.</description>
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      <title>Beginner gym plan — 3 days a week</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

      <description>A gym training plan for a beginner: three full-body sessions a week with volume control, a missed-session rule, an algorithm for choosing a starting weight, progression rules, allowed exercise substitutions and a training-log template.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

      <description>A home dumbbell training plan: two to three sessions a week, variants for fixed and adjustable dumbbells, a documented progression algorithm when the maximum weight is limited (reps, tempo, sets, harder variations), exercise substitutions, a missed-session rule and a training-log template.</description>
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      <title>How long a workout should last</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

      <description>How long a strength session should last: how to estimate the time from the number of exercises, sets and rests. A calculation table, a worked example for the 2-day program and the order in which to cut things when time is short.</description>
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      <title>How long to rest between sets</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

      <description>How long to rest between sets: a decision table for heavy, light, core and warm-up sets, a readiness criterion and the honest trade-off between time and performance. The guidance matches the site&apos;s programs.</description>
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      <title>How to choose a gym: check before you buy a membership</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

      <description>A gym selection checklist with criterion weights: travel, peak hours, equipment, ventilation, changing rooms, rules, a trial visit and contract questions. Check the gym before you buy — without ratings or reviews.</description>
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      <title>How to choose your starting working weight</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

      <description>How to find a working weight: warm-up attempts, a worked example and a decision table.</description>
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      <title>How to progress your training load</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

      <description>A double-progression algorithm for strength training: set a rep range, grow the reps to the top of the range, then add weight. A decision table for plateaus and worked training-log examples.</description>
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      <title>How to track progress in your training</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

      <description>How to track progress in your training: a local training-log template, a table of reliable metrics, rules for comparing 2–4 week periods and a warning about the noise in short-term measurements. No sign-up and no data storage.</description>
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      <title>Upper/Lower — 4 days a week</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

      <description>An upper/lower program for regular lifters: four sessions a week — two upper and two lower — with 2 working sets per exercise. Verifiable readiness criteria for moving from a three-day scheme, volume management with the arithmetic of weekly sets, a deload week as an option rather than a mandatory ritual, exercise substitutions, a missed-session rule and a training-log template.</description>
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      <title>Warming up before a strength session</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

      <description>The minimum warm-up before a strength session: a 5–10 minute general block and specific warm-up sets for the first exercise. What is known about the benefits of a warm-up and what is not — with no promise of preventing every injury.</description>
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      <title>Barbell plate calculator</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

      <description>Plate loading on a barbell per side: target weight, bar weight and available plates → a symmetric combination, the actually achievable weight and an honest explanation of the difference when an exact set is impossible.</description>
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      <title>Beginner gym plan — 2 days a week</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

      <description>A gym training plan for a beginner: two full-body sessions a week, an algorithm for choosing a starting weight, progression rules, allowed exercise substitutions and a training-log template.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

      <description>Estimate your one-rep max (1RM) from a set weight and rep count: seven recognised formulas, a median and a working range, a verifiable example and honest limitations.</description>
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      <description>Work out a working weight from a percentage of your one-rep max, rounded to the plate step available to you (1.25 / 2.5 / 5 kg): a percentage table, a verifiable example and honest limitations.</description>
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      <title>Your first gym session: a step-by-step plan</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

      <description>What to do in your first gym session: a ready 45–60 minute plan — warm-up, 5–6 machine exercises, cool-down. A printable card, limits of applicability and checked sources.</description>
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