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I do core work on leg day, so they fit in a lot better there. I like to do them first then follow up with front squats. On my other leg day I'll do touch and go box squats and follow them up with straight leg deads.

Mark's Starting Strength is a lot better than Mahdi's Strong Lifts, but SL does get people in the door a lot more than SS does. Either way, switch to SS once 5x5 starts burning you out, and read the book.

Take the excess calories, divide them by 7, and subtract them from every day the following week if you're trying to reach a goal, if not then don't worry about it.

Beer, definitely beer.

https://www.bodybuilding.com/content/the-muscle-building-messenger-complete-guide-to-insulin.html

You know, when you correct someone, it's polite to quote the scientific paper you're referencing: >https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/261179.php >Sweetener spikes insulin by 20%

Yeah, but my point is you had one TV, maybe two, with 5 channels tops, targeting children between the hours of 7-9am, and 3-6pm. There wasn't much room left to compete between adults and teenagers.

>Build muscle >Score high BMI >Be forced to pay more Haha, no thanks. Especially when 6'4 at 155 is considered healthy and 6'4 at 205 is considered overweight.

>No effect >Sweetener Pick one, because you're still spiking your insulin which leads to fat retention.

Your TDEE is roughly 1,850 calories at 177lbs at 5'6 and female. There are 3500 calories in a lb of fat. If you want to lose a lb a week, you have to eat 1350 calories.

A tub of cottage cheese is the GOAT bulking snack.

Umm, did you rupture an ear drum? You might wanna go to a clinic, sooner rather than later.

If you want to be left alone you have to establish dominance: 1. Grunt really loud during all of your lifts. 2. Scream "lightweight baby!" after you're done a set. 3. Find the biggest guy in the gym and slap his rear then call him soft. That's literally it.

To engage your glutes, push your knees out. Generally speaking, high bar will target quads and glutes the most, with some lower back and ham activation. Front squats are a lot like high bar, in that you're mostly upright, except the weight placement on your shoulders means that you'll be engaging more abs than lower back.…

Box jump ACL tear in 3... 2...

Skinless, boneless, chicken breast. Too plain? Add Frank's, it's 0 calories.

Higher rep ranges, specifically in the 8-12, lead to more growth, so maybe he's encouraging you to get bigger through reverse psychology? Who knows. Either way, Mehdi's SL5x5 is pretty good for beginners (as in getting them through the door), but you should check out Ripp's SS3x5. It's kinda better for strength progress…

Depends. At 1g of protein per lb of lean body mass, my wife at 130lbs can hit hit her protein macro relatively easily with me around, whereas I, at 215lbs, don't mind a scoop in my oats and a couple of hard boiled eggs for lunch to hit my mark. But honestly it just comes down to variety, because you can easily trade a…

Being organized is crazy?

Know I'm late to the party, but the simple answer to your question: Less marketing. It was a lot harder back than for big-corn and big-soy to target youth. The average household had one TV with a few channels you caught on a bunny ear antenna. There were no smart phones, no PCs, definitely no internet, and kids had better…

If you're a PT and you have a client, the only reason you'd stick them on the Smith is if you're trying to get them to do inverted rows so that they can build up the necessary strength required to do a negative pull up, or if you don't like them.

Also, to add to this, if you're increasing resistance by 5-10lbs every time you use the exercise, you'll eventually reach a point where if you have your back on the floor and you raise your hips, the weight will slip and roll on your face.

Hip thrusts are a good exercise to teach novice lifters how to activate their glutes by pushing with their knees out when they squat, helps build that muscle-mind connection, otherwise they're a great free weight assistance exercise after a major compound. The reason you want to lay on a bench is to increase the range of…

You're right to be upset, but for the wrong reason. Kindly explain to your husband that women produce 15 to 70 ng/dL of testosterone, whereas men produce 270 to 1070 ng/dL, the average number being somewhere in the middle. To really put this in perspective, a man who produces under 500 ng/dl will not look like a man, no…

Not sure if this a bait thread or not, good job if it is. If it isn't, well... I personally don't care for socialization or small talk when I'm lifting, and the only people I notice at the gym are those who are bigger than me, or those that are about to injure themselves. Everyone else is insignificant or uninteresting,…

I personally can't go out drinking and have fun on 2-6 beers in one sitting, so I just stopped going out. Such is life on a cut.

The definition of over-training is CNS failure, that is to say if you regularly squat a plate (135 lbs) for 12 reps, and the next time you attempt it you can only do 5 reps before you're heavily fatigued. Other symptoms of over-training are minor injuries, most commonly things like shin splits, tennis elbow, and shoulder…

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