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I just think of Planet Fitness as the Old Lady Gym. It makes a lot more sense this way. No "scary" equipment that might hurt anyone who is not too aware of their surroundings or could injure themselves without proper form, no loud noises to disturb them and no showing skin.

They've done studies that show that the size and amount of muscle gained from steroids in the past is still a clear advantage years later in people that have been clean for many years. This is a similar situation, its the same as not allowing a past heavy steroid user into a steroid free competition, and is correct, its a…

The photo is real... ..ly me taking it anyways ^ I agree, and Ive had a problem people believing I am what I show them before anyways, so I'm not in any of my pics...just the photographer.

A general rule is that workout at any time is still beneficial, but if you are going in for strength gains, you are not going to get your maximums in for progress if you are pushing a lot of weight. Of course it all depends on body types/size, what amount you are lifting, how adapted you are to exercising fasted and if…

I'll go "personal experience" here. I know several who have tried both the "cleanse" and the spark stuff and found it really did nothing in the end, after being very excited about them at the start, minimal weight loss (with dietary change) in two that later returned, and in two others no change. I was roped into trying…

Well thanks for sharing your experience and glad it made you feel better. People here go overboard on sarcastically baiting/attacking people over what they think is true. Not that this is "magical", however if you aren't doing it for the hype over the "detox" part and can afford it, with the ingredients you listed this…

^^ Yup, and your assumption is pretty wrong on the pay side too, its insurance companies that are paid well for certain, the rest is fought for and up for grabs...and more and more now than it ever used to be. In Bulgaria, you'd better have tipped your MD before your procedure, or he might get "sloppy"...seen the poor…

Yes this happens in many eastern european countries, medical doctors dont get paid very well at all there, and tips are expected many times BEFORE a surgery (very surprised when I learned this too)...but dentists...I hadn't heard they relied on tips so much, in the countries I heard about this practice dentists are…

Not sure what you are trying to say, either rats aren't sentient or that you think rats brains are constructed and function so differently the studies are invalid? Its pointless to argue this, if the scientific consensus did not support studies on rodents to investigate parallels in humans then they wouldn't be done.…

This is a hard thing to "prove", however I notice a lot of bogus dismissals in the thread like "its on a rodent" as if that makes it not "count". Nope, they are biochemically similar, and there are two reasons why many of these are done on rodents: it is exponentially cheaper, and many times it is extremely difficult to…

Well, pizzas here are much more caloric, usually lots more stuff and cheese than the true Italian pizzas I've had. For example the extra large Round Table King Arthur's Supreme I had 3 slices left over for breakfast this morning, the whole pizza is 4,160 calories, so I try to eat no more than1/2 of that and still be…

Hey careful, not that I bite, but about you getting my bench:

The food you committed to will feel hurt and jealous, and you may lose your relationship.

Yup, because owls are pretty strong ;)

Can I show off and turn it into a strongest man type lift and say I can probably leg press all the women on the platform together so far? :)

^if there were a post to go along with the "prime example of what's wrong with women" this post would go with it. "Hey, some men are jerks, so lets be jerks too!" erm....so you lost your complainers card then, you ARE him, why complain! This guy is on your page. As for OP, I would have said why not if she had no real…

Ooooh, the ex-obese and "not used to being fat" comments, I think he's trying to take a dig at me! ;) Well, actually my appetite came from building muscle too, like you, then later work didn't allow me to continue with the same levels of exercise, but appetite followed. You say 5,500, thats more than OP, and more than I've…

If you do the math, that breakfast I stated is significantly more than 1000 calories, in fact the sausage and/or bacon component ALONE is 800 calories, so I was doing a huge under estimate. For example from package 3 sausages @270 cal =810 cal, my thick sliced bacon is 80cal x10 = 800 cals 3-4 eggs@70 cals = 210-280 cals,…

He probably thought that by insulting you he could have you go out with him easier: bad advice is the only way I could figure it from your pics. Don't listen to him. Heck, tell him he should gain at least 30 lbs of muscle before he's allowed to try to come on to girls in the gym ;)

You guys are kidding right? Its so easy, typical food off the top of my head: Breakfast: 3-4 eggs fried in butter or omlette with cheese for more calories and sauteed veggies, 10 slices of bacon or 3 sausages: 1000+++ cals Lunch: double or triple burger at any joint with cheese, fries, and a juice instead of a soda (you…

Yup everyone's "data" can be off. However, how strong are you in your lifts? This is very important. The more you have "built up" and not "established" the new strength level before losing, the more likely you are to lose the strength when cutting. If you are not very much out of the high average strength group anyways to…

Great post, but I'd reverse numbers you wrote 1-3 to 3-1, most (including myself) have the accuracy of caloric intake problem first and foremost, "metabolism" is an "ah that's interesting" point. Even studies done with dietitians and health professionals showed they ALSO under estimated food intake, and they are supposed…

I'd look at your food, not cardio, you probably are eating a little more than you think, especially if you arent measuring, or recording more burn for weights than you actually do and eating calories back, etc...

Hello Scotty. Lots of emotions in here, and I'll tell you a couple things I've learned if you will hear them, through experience and degrees, no I'm not going to go into any competition, or prove anything to you, I don't need you to believe me or not, I'm just trying to help and if you cant hear me, hey, I tried. First off…

Do you want a banana? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa9KcZ_EWwY

Yeah I'm teasing OP, but really 4100 is not much if you are a big guy, and you are taller than me by your profile. Maybe you are trying to eat "clean raw" foods? Then that can be hard. If not, just add things in like burgers, pizza, avacados, chocolate, nutella, fried fish and chips, indian curries, indian buffet, and…

Poor baby. No sympathy whatsoever, what are you eating, 4100 cals of lettuce?? And why so much, massive aerobics?

The funny thing is though: 1) People do judge you all the time, whether you dare them to or not, whether they know it or not. You are put in a different category automatically in many peoples minds even without them thinking. There is no "dare" to it. 2) You can take that attitude with your significant other, but that does…

You certainly can do what you want. But it sounds like it will make you less attractive to your husband. You can judge that all you want, but that seems to be the fact of the matter, maybe think about that. Nobody really HAS to get a tattoo, yup its your body, your life, and you can put up all the "he has to respect me for…

Everyone comes out of the baby area...unless you are an alien, then you come out the stomach ;)