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I remember this being discussed on here before, and I'm pretty sure the answer ended up being "not much of a difference". However, there are other health benefits to standing vs. sitting. I would maybe put your profile on lightly active...few people are truly sedentary anyways.

It would probably benefit him to make his own account and set it to gaining weight.

Welcome to the life of a woman! I finally got my hips into a size 12 skirt...but I can still shove my whole arm down the waist because my hips and thighs are so much bigger.

I rarely have anyone with me. Doesn't bother me a bit.

1. You must have short arms. 2. The hamburger helper I've had in the past has been pasta. My bad. 3. Do you pick all of your food out of your own garden? Where do you buy your rice? Your seasonings? Don't you think those are packaged *gasp* in factories?!?

Um, so use pen and paper? Just because you can't follow the program correctly doesn't mean you should prevent someone else from using a good program.

That just means that a man's lifting weight will probably increase faster than a woman. That has nothing to do with going too heavy too soon. If I pull a bodyweight deadlift at 175 lbs, and the guy next to me pulls a bodyweight deadlift at 225, theoretically we're both applying the same effort to that life. He just weighs…

Not gonna lie, I'm kinda stuck on the "as a woman". Please explain.

The program doesn't call for 5x5 on the deads though. Someone who doesn't understand that and bangs them out as a beginner - yeah, that's gonna lead to injury.

WTF is synthetic food. And how is pasta not healthy?

The best program for women is the same program that's best for men. That being said, I started with NROL. I personally didn't care for the program...I felt there were too many isolation exercises when I wanted compound moves that would make the most of my newbie gains. I switched to 5x5, and saw awesome strength increases.…

I plan my winter runs so that as soon as I get back to the house I can jump in a hot shower. I find that I don't get really, really cold until I stop moving and the sweat starts to evaporate off my skin. A lot of time I'll turn the shower on right away and let it steam up the bathroom while I grab my change of clothes,…

I agree with everyone above. I just want to throw out that when I was having problems with leaning forward and my hips popping up first, goblet squats really helped. For whatever reason, holding the dumbbell in front of me helped me learn to get back on my heels and drive my hips better. Once I realized what it was…

With three kids...is it possible you have diastasis recti? I've heard that in very bad cases, you just don't have any strength at all there and may need to be surgically repaired.

Points two and three are false. You're right, you're not a specialist. I bet you didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn last night.

I like the cheap Panasonic ones from Amazon. They come in various colors, and I just paid $8 for a new pair. They fit really well and don't come out even when I'm running. My current pair has lasted for quite a few months....for that price I'm willing to replace them every 6 months.

Another runner/lifter here. You should be fine running any good strength program - I started with 5X5. Once my runs got longer and more frequent, I went to 5/3/1 to take it easier on my legs....5x5 does want you to squat three times/week.

This is awful. I maintain at over 2500 calories/day...if I want a piece of candy, I'm gonna eat it. And I won't workout extra for it either.

I get extra excited when they read my mind though. It's like they know me there.

When they give me more rice than I've paid for. It makes me do this: But sometimes it makes me sick if I eat it too soon after running: But in the end, it's like this:

This. I also don't post my assumptions on a public forum.

Occasionally I dump my Powerade Zero into a Sonics cup so that I can use the ice. But Judge-y McJudgersons typically use jumping to conclusions as their main form of exercise.

I totally disagree. I go to a gym with very competitive bodybuilders. I am so far from that...in fact, I'm still considered obese. But they respect me. They have befriended me. They give me advice when I request it. Why? Because I show up and do work. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday without fail. They see me, and they know I…

If the mass of the box is twice the mass of the pear, what is the speed of the sun? Purple, because aliens don't eat pancakes.

You're assuming I'm assuming. Maybe you haven't been here long, but claiming science without providing the proof doesn't really fly here.

And here it is, in case you decide to edit.

But you DID make the claim. Add me to the list of people...excuse me, WOMEN....who would like to see all these studies you claim are out there.