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I used to have the same issue. I could never feel my chest being worked as my shoulders and tris were taking most of the weight. I recommend to start with a few sets of cable cross overs or dumbell flyes then hit the bench. Make sure your shoulders are pinned back and concentrate on squeezing the chest on the way back up.

I have two beagles. Walking is a nightmare with them but good thing is that they have the stamina to walk for hours.

^^^ This

If increasing strength was your priority then I would see why you would want a spotter as you'd be lifting heavy, but if your goal is mainly to build mustle then don't need a spotter. Use a lighter weight you can handle comfortably and lift at a slower tempo (ie bench press 4 second down, pause at bottom, 1 second up) and…

Thats it, if i had focused as much time on upper back as i had bench, i doubt id have as much shoulder issues. Unfortuntly i spent a lot of years just doing nothing but deadlift, squats and Bench and neglected the upperback. ive now been playing catchup for the past year to correct my posture.

i have the same issue with my shoulders rolled forward from bad posture and too much bench pressing. Physio recommended working the rear delts, so now i make sure i fit rear delt dumbell raises and cable neck pulls into my workout.

Those numbers seem pretty high if its an hour class. The average person should burn around 400 calories in an hour of 'intense' kickboxing. That would involve working your *kitten* off all through it and not breaking every 5 minutes to hold the pads for your partner

Ive tried both full body and splits for long periods of times. I personally find full body gives me the best results so i stick to those routines, but they can get a bit compared to a split

Platronics backbeats. Are good. i run and do boxing training with these on. never fall out my ears

I have just recently went from years of training 2-3 days per week of weights, to recently (few months ago) adding in boxing training 3 days and Ju-jitsu 2 days. It took at least a month for my body to get used to it (i was always sore and couldnt sleep well), but now ive adjusted fine.

You're lucky. I never have an appetite after a workout and that's the best time to consume carbs Protein and Carbs

Egg white omelettes

Another one for Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard. Expensive but imo it's the best tasting whey

It is better to get your protein consumption from whole foods but It won't hurt your progress to use supplements My protein goal is 170 grams per day and I get most of this from protein shakes as I don't have time or the convenience to eat so much meat in a day.

I agree with the person above. Side lateral raises are not that great of an exercise. I prefer bent over lateral raises. These feel more natural to your shoulder movement and target the often neglected rear delts.

I train BJJ 2 days, Boxing 3 days and follow a stronglifts type routine for weights. Great way of getring rid of the fat. Personally, i would go low fat / high carb if youre wanting to lose weight. BJJ on low carbs would make me feel like crap

Also it looks like the trainer was just trying to make a sell. Whey Protein is not necessary, you would be better off getting your protein consumption from solid foods

if the amount of whey you consume is putting you in a calorie surplus then yes you will put on weight. It all just depends on how many calories you are consuming from your other meals

I dont have pictures but if i need a snack i go for Celery with peanut butter spreaded across it. tasty

Tuna omellette with a scoop of chocolate protein. i didnt finish it :)

i second this. Weighted dips are an underated exercise for adding size to the chest

Strength increased everywhere. If anything i gained more on the bench than the other lifts

I like this program. I followed it last year and it was brutal. Kept it up for 6 weeks following the routine and drinking 3-4 litres of milk per day. My strength increased loads and i put on around 6kg, mainly fat though. Took a while to get rid of the excess fat but found my strength stayed.

Good luck. What calories / macros do you plan on hitting for your bulk?

Actually, you're the one who started the name calling in this thread. I would be more inclined to define that as being an Internet bully. Just cause you don't agree with what others say, does not make them an idiot. And just because the OP may agree with some of your comments does not mean you are right.

No one in this thread has said that they are no worth it without weight. I said they are useless for adding mass, which is true.

Cheat meals are best taken the day before your hardest workouts. This way you can make sure that your glycogen level are high and you have lots of fuel to get through the workout. Just remember, cheat meals are there to serve the purpose of raising your leptin levels and get your metabolism running normally again after…

JEFIT is the app I recommend. I have downloaded and used a ton of apps in the past for logging workout and JEFIT is the best in my opinion.

Yes you can do this but I recommend that if you are training hard then no more than two day without a rest day (I.e mon: upper, tues: lower, wed: rest, mon: upper etc...). Your central nervous system needs time to recover.

Unless you're taking steroids to boost recovery, I wouldn't recommend lifting weights for 6 days per week for bulking. I make the best gains from 3 days per week full body exercises (i.e. mon,wed,fri) and sticking to compound lifts and lifting heavy with reps of 6 to 8.