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dymatize elite the smooth banana is good and unique and it dissolves well. the cafe mocha taste great and has a little caffeine and I think it they all have a few grams of BCAAs tossed in for good measure. I mix mine with unsweetened cashew milk.

I switched to the podrunner app on iphone. He puts out a new mix every week or so. Its all EDM but its at a specific beats per minute and if you purchase the app you can change the BPM on the fly to be at the pace you run. Each one is about an hour long so just about perfect. You can also get a intervals app but I have not…

This is funny because Arnold Schwarzeneggar used to cut off his sweats for the gym so that people would see the one thing he had trouble with, his calves. He wanted to be reminded of his weakness every time for motivation. He went on to be nicknamed the oak for a reason, his blueprint on bodybuilding.com has 2 leg days…

I wish I had known that no one in the gym cares. Just headphones in doing their own thing just like me.

Yes getting there is like 70 if not 90% of it. But to your question you do not sound like you have enough weight or something like that. So if you are on a machine and not free weights, you can add more with little consequence. I like to struggle on the last rep of each set, so 10 should be just barely done and should be…

I like podrunner intervals much better. Its just EDM mixed by a dj to specific BPM. I had zombies run for a minute and ended up not liking the talking aspect. The zombies made the heart rate go up but then the story was pretty weak and I became disinterested in it. If you like that idea have you listened to the we're alive…

Personally I go to a running specific store and buy 1 pair of shoes for the gym. Having 2 shoes at 100 bucks each is a bit much to ask especially if you are lifting light and doing elliptical. When you go to a running shoe store tell them what you are doing treadmill etc and they should evaluate your pronation and suggest…

I am a introvert and people are a energy drain so me getting up and getting to the gym first means I have more mental energy and its quieter and less people. All benefits for me and how my brain works.

I used to drink diet mt dew exclusively. Then I heard bromenated vegetable oil was a something used to add flame retardant qualities to plastics, I didn't actually follow up to find out if that was true I just went with it and dropped soda in a single day. It was still hard, switched to iced tea for a couple years and then…

I like bodybuilding.com. They have the bodyspace app which is pretty good for visual walkthroughs and logging. Just make sure to stay in the beginner section for a bit because some like the arnold blueprint will help you break something if you start on that. I really liked the shortcut to size 12 week, it really walks you…

I work out in the mornings so this always happens to me. My solution was a whey shake as soon as I can after I get out of the gym or even in the locker room depending on the day. Tends to take the edge off and breakfast/snack/elevensies tends to fill in after that.

I like running and it burns calories so I do it. I also lift to gain lean muscle and look good when I am done losing. But until I get closer to goal I will honestly think about adding more cardio before I add a longer lift routine because I burn more calories running so that is where I will spend the time for the most part…

if you like EDM get the podrunner app and pay the 1.99 to unlock the beat shift so you can slow down or speed up as needed. New mixes every week at a set beats per minute. I personally love it and use it most runs so I have the same tempo through my run

I have a couple favorites but shrugs, flies, and lat pulldown are my favs

I have a body media link and with the iphone app and MFP link it is pretty darn cool. everything talks to each other so I can look at mfp or at bodymedia and it has total calories burned and total calories eaten and the deficit so I know each day what happened and well what didn't happen. Great tool but you can get exactly…

50's doo wop. not sure why but songs like run around sue just put a smile on my face.

It really depends I always use headphones but while running I love special forces cadences. Its a little motivating and it gives you a beat that is consistent through the whole cd. but other than that I have the podrunner app which allows you to change the tempo of dance/electronica music which is great when you just…

I understand the need to fix everything right now, its a easy way to fool yourself into not doing anything. Some of the greatest minds of our time found out the one universal truth of improvement, if you do not fail you are not trying hard enough, or as Thomas Edison put it "I merely found 10,00 ways not to make a light…

Keeping with a new program is a tricky thing. I try new stuff all the time just to keep things interesting. I also found a baseline that I love. I jog. I jog nearly everyday. and on the days that suck and nothing goes right, I jog. even if its for 15 minutes I keep doing that thing just to not break training. Humans are…

It all comes down to why? why do you start eating and why do you stop? I do this constantly at my parents house. We grew up with food as the celebration so it seems very natural to eat seconds or even thirds while there. The only thing that currently comes close to helping is to take less on each time. I have found through…

The only actual pro is if you lift it should track calories burned during your lift. both have a Bluetooth model and both are pretty discreet. I wear my BM link all the time and I love the phone app for real time calorie tracking and both sync back to MFP for nutrition tracking

Yes Its not only a fat burner you also engage your core the whole time and if you are like me after a few miles you really start using your stomach like a bellows. If I push I am sore in my lats and my abs mostly from breathing hard the whole way.

Yes. The first time I bought new jeans it hit me. I went from 42 waist to a 36 waist (yep I took my time being scared to buy smaller clothes) and it was a very hard thing to wrap my head around. I think that was the first time it actually sunk in that I had done something. Take a deep breath and count out loud to 10 then…

I have this habit with taking a extra serving. I have to fill my plate and then put everything else away then eat so that I do not have the temptation. Then I get the benefit of having lunch already made for the next day. I do not have any candy cravings I crave salt and fat. The sugar cravings died shortly after I gave up…

Well I do once or twice a day. Mornings MWF I go until I hit a mileage goal This week is 6 miles which is around 600 cal and takes me just over an hour something like 72 minutes. T and TH I do a core workout which does not burn nearly as many calories but helps out with daily motion and all around stability. Plus if I work…

Personally I just use my iphone with the myfitnesspal app. this does everything i need as long as I remember my HRM. the body bug is a HRM with a online diet journal so i felt that with the tools that I have available to me I can have something as good if not better without giving 24 hour fitness more of my money. but if…

It kind of depends on what you are doing. I use mine to keep me in my zone so i try to not rest to much and i would take it after your breathing starts to ease. when you are working the hardest you will be sucking wind and you need to use the monitor to show you when your body says your recovered. Your brain will lie to…

okay so i dug into my ipod a little and took a look at the last playlist i did. in order amarillo by morning - george strait american woman - lenny kravitz androgyny - garbage satellite - dave matthews band scum of the earth - rob zombie undead - hollywood undead untouchable - garbage welcome to the jungle - guns n roses…

fiber is not a bad thing to go over. It makes you feel full for longer and your body just passes it through. the protein is not that bad. i am male so the levels the MFP has for me are way to low but being over won't hurt if you are lifting and building muscle. if you are just doing cardio it will help you feel full so not…

for the HRM. it really deosn't matter which brand. the polar has a download function and a no crosstalk coding for the strap and really your paying for the name i think but i picked mine up on sale from sports auth and paid about 106 after tax. as long as you get a strap with it any HRM (the ones without are not as…