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Unless you are going pro, you can powerlift at any gym. There are special gyms dedicated to power lifting, but any place with a rack can be used. I would look up how to powerlift and do the exercises at low weight first off. http://www.dieselsc.com/ is a great place to see how all the major lifts are done and done…

Mine is simplier 1/2 food processor or how ever much you want to make carrots and walnuts equal parts Garlic touch of oil if you like, Poultry Seasoning 1/4 onion Blend and stuff into a pepper If you want a complete protein, and in flax seeds/hemp seeds add a touch more EFA oil if you want to add the seeds Amazing and…

Most trainers in my experience are just stepping stones to learning how to use gym equipment and the friend you cannot find to work out with. All trainers are not equal, ask them what they specialize in. My gyms has both a bodybuilder that I see and a bodyweight trainer, as well as many others. Ask what fitness…

While 100lbs is a little subjective, I am in the process of transitioning weight around. I did balloon up to ~330, I am down "32 lbs scale weight" I use quotes because of the amount of muscle I have gained offsets scale numbers. I only weight myself about once a month, and I look to other means to see results, I have been…

Instead of thinking backwards think starting again. I would take some before pictures, take some measurements, grab a heart rate monitor and start 30DS over again. If you want to see the results, you need to "see" them in numbers, pictures and goals achieved. You also need to eat. I would recommend eating back the full…

I go up and down a lot mostly due to injuries. I got a serious infection last year and ballooned up to over 330. I stopped counting and looking around that time. I am down to the 300s at the moment, though I am really solid, not all flab. I am not sure what I what I would get down to, so I am really tracking how many…

Two pages and no one said crossfit. I use crossfit as a warmup to my lifting on good days, though I like to bike trails around my place. I hate cardio, and avoid it like the plague. I use a spin machine to increase my VO2 rating. One thing you can do if you want to avoid cardio is to tighten up your food intake. If you…

Not sure how many metal heads are here But Denace the Menace from Macabre and I have a running joke about following each other. He and I run into each other in the most random of places and after the first couple times of meeting up with him, he came up to me the last and started a conversation. It is always great when…

I am super lucky that my family are all heart grabbers. They grab the heart and go. If I am lucky I will go that way too. The real question here is have you made your peace with the great beyond?

I have boring hobbies outside of the gym. I am a avid cyclist, and love to work out. Outside of the gym, I would have to say laundry and cooking as those are the two things I do the most with out setting aside a specific time to do it. I am always cooking something or there is always laundry going or both. Speaking off,…

Everyone I know is in the transitional phase of life where they are converting to a healthy lifestyle. I have been medically out of the gym for over 8 months. Now that I am back, I am looking forward getting back to ground zero where I was before I was out, and then improving on that. Avid lifter and cyclist. I love the…

Everyone quit playing me. I am not a cheater, but I have played scrabblesque games for 25 years. I tended to score between in the cheater range for most people. Best score was 514. but I average 275-350 depending on opponent skill. Good luck to you guys playing.

To me Hard Core was better than metal for lifting, The message of coming back or standing up for yourself makes me lift stronger. Hatebreed Path of resistance Throwdown I am down for anything with Max Cavalera So Old Sepultura Soulfy Cavalera conspiracy Current Heavy Metal Hate Eternal Cult of Luna Down Isis Electornic…

I do about 50% raw, anything I have that is cooked is usually protein, or part of a stir fry. I use a lot of raw proteins as well, both Vega and Sunwarrior have either raw parts or are all raw. As for full raw, I am not full fan, though I know plenty of people who are raw, I would need way too many beans and spirilina to…

The only thing I know about sit ups is that takes 250,000 to burn off 1lb of fat. Source. Men's health, bodybuilding.com

One of the great pieces of advice to long term athletes is to take a vacation from your workouts. Do not use this time to congeal, rather to refocus on what is important. It is the same as if you took a vacation from work, most people choose to do them both at the same time. Good luck with the time off, When I do mine, i…

Join up with happy herbivores group, we talk food all the time.

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-most-baffling-things-about-womens-clothes/ This is a great article for those who do not understand this concept, I sold women's clothes for years. I can tell you that I would sent people with a size up and down when they went to change. Mens are not much better, old navy calls a mens 42 a…

I eat a high fiber diet, they do take some getting used to, but you feel better on them. Fiber breaks down into an energy source, and it is low calorie. You can give yourself a pick up and still come in under you macros if you are tracking them

Venom and Carnage - Venom does everything he can to make spidey's life miserable, (not a spiderman fan). I mentioned the Juggernaut earlier. Villains have some of the best powers, there are just a ton of heroes. I think people tend to relate more to a super hero/villain that mimics some of their traits. I have always like…

I would not recommend cross fit to people starting off, Cross fit to me is a program for people with a moderate level of fitness to take them to a high level of fitness. The same with P90X. Doing fast, extreme workouts when you are first starting out is a first class ticket to injury ville. Now, once you plateau, cross fit…

I worked at a job with very fit people, and none of us ever really got sick, so we had a running joke of calling Fat. If you are committed, eating something off diet is not bad now and again, though then end goal should be to replace all of those terrible cravings with healthier options. Like replacing sweets with fruit,…

I guess I liked the villains more. That or someone always called wolverine. I have always been a huge fan of Juggernaut. Mostly because it always took a team of people to beat him. Nothing ever stood in his way. The crappy weakness of missing his helmet made him vulnerable to mental attacks.…

I am weird, I have to listen to music with no words, so I listen to a lot of dance music, it allows me to still think and not focus on the next words playing.

I can completely relate, here are some things that I do I get as much sunlight as I can, I am outside almost every minute in summer, and when I can in the winter. I eat as healthy as I can, not need to beat myself up twice once for being heavy, once for eating foods that make me heavy Remove all the comfort food from your…

with is true, unless you are trying to build muscle mass, then usually you have a very high protein snack, low carb meal right before bed to fuel your body while you sleep. ( from my former IFBB trainer, and mentioned multiple times in FLEX and Muscle and Fitness)

I eat every 2-3 hours, all day if I can, plus a pre and post workout shake and supplements. Usually 4 meals

In reference to wanting Yoghurt

Most dark chocolate is dairy free, I have looked at over a hundred bars, and can say that for sure. If you are craving cheese, Daiya Cheese makes a great milk free substitute. I have used all of them, and I use them on cheeseless pizzas. Look for a health food store, if you want soy, coconut, rice or if you want a milk…

My "thinspiration" as it were happens to be able to go back to the group I was in before being out of the gym for medical reasons. I was super fit, and belonged to a club, (still do) where we would do really fit things, show off our fitness for positive change, and overall use fitness to promote a more healthy lifestyle. I…