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Yes you can, and you can switch back and forth, but you will not do "as best as you can" for both at the same time. I've never really gone for mass, I usually do sets in the 8-10 range, switching in 4-6 sets some days too. But, does it really matter? Any increase in muscle mass can be converted the other direction with…

That's about what I want to lose, or convert to muscle, not sure about any "support groups". I'm not sure why its much different from people wanting to lose more other than they may need more support?

Well, I think you need to just do what you do and not judge others, let no acknowledgement slide off your back, it doesn't mean they are a jerk. Yes outside is different than in a gym, but, still similar reasons. Maybe they are focused, or they are thinking of something/lost in thought and acknowledging you would disrupt…

So you are saying that the gastrointestinal distress is so bad that it is a good ab workout holding it in?

Its a great machine, burn rate is always too high as reported by machine, but its nice to get an aerobic workout in on short notice or rain outside. I'm kind of perplexed by the "too easy" comments though, unless those people don't have one with incline and resistance levels and don't increase their speed? Sure running at…

That's an odd myth to state you still believe in despite all the studies that show its wrong. Besides all the studies, I also know first hand its wrong: I've lost 60lbs over a year and a half with high fat, high protein. In fact I went 6 weeks purposefully having bacon, beer and chocolate every day and still lost weight…

Nice! 470 bench is much more impressive without drugs. Have you always had your lifts so close? I found its so much easier to go heavier in deads especially, and squats than bench, but you can squat about as much as you bench normally?

Well, that's almost exactly what one has said when he started using, that it "feels like magic" after struggling before. But it still is impressive when my gym's resident bodybuilder takes my recent max of around 365lbs bench and does it for 3 sets ...of 6-10 reps...without a spotter... But yeah, still cheating ;) :P

As long as you are doing 150 minutes/week of exercise, anything after that it is in most cases better to just eat less, unless you are training for something. And of course its all relative, you still should be eating around your suggested BMR rate at least and have a healthy no more than -2lbs/wk loss rate in general, -2…

No, you are wrong, they are not just like any non-obese with clear tests and you are confusing future risks into this. Clear tests in an obese patient only means we cannot detect any problems with the tests we used on that visit. It does not mean that there is not more wear and tear on the bones, joints, liver, heart,…

Unfortunately, health problems don't present in a way that is always obvious or symptomatic. And there are some 100 yo smokers, just like there are some 300 lb people who appear in good health for many years. Back problems are a completely different issue and frankly your back problems may actually BE from the excess…

If you are that untrained and muscle building is your highest priority, eat at at least maintenance and strength train, do not cut.

First off, relax a bit, if you are losing inches, that is still progress. Next both of what you say above are things to improve: you should probably not eat back ALL the calories the estimators say you burn because they are very likely telling you you burnt more than you actually did (this is extremely common). This could…

I understand your question, however the answer is rather simple. The reason a study uses a rat with a predisposition to a disease many times is to see if the substance INCREASES the incidence of the disease or affects the progression in any way. If you use "regular" rats, the incidence of disease is much much lower and the…

I'd say there is no point for that campaign, the left behind is where most good cheese ends up anyways. And the right behind too.

I don't know, they are formulaic, but can be fun, like the other night while exercising, if you took meaning from each song in a row as they played, they worked in great in a funny sort of "life lessons" storyboard of a guy in a set of songs: "Pornstar dancing" then "Next Contestant", followed by "Figured You Out" and then…

For your body trained vs performing a new activity but doing the same work, yes you will burn slightly more at the new activity. But, the accuracy of the burn depends on the similarity of the exercise to those exercising in the control group. HRMs are based on steady state cardio. If you go weightlift, generally the HRM…

No, the 430lb person will burn many times more the calories going up the same hill, it depends on the mass moved over the distance. Heart rate does not = calories burnt, this is one reason HRMs are innacurate. HRMs calculate based on an estimate of calories burned in a certain control group studied. So, they are easily…

I do, last weekend I burnt 3200 cals on a 4.5+ hour hike first, and made certain I stayed under the extra 3200 at the social event, it was tough, and for a while I thought I might fail, but somehow I managed :P

There are million individual answers as to why someone regains, but its all obvious things: situations, emotions, habit, family, stress, etc etc and combinations of all. You aren't going to find one individual study "proving" this. Many on various aspects of the above, look up studies on habit forming, social eating,…

No, he's right, you were rude, and don't seem to be here to really talk about it, but just ask for studies over and over. Its not really cute when people do it in other topics either, especially when they don't read/understand/comment on whats brought up. Common sense is common sense, and good luck in finding your 1+1=2…

I'm sure you can agree to this fact: If you eat a certain way and get fat, you must have been eating a surplus of calories (more than you burned), so if you diet to lose weight and plan to be off the diet later and go back to the way you were eating without changing anything, you WILL get fat again. There is no chance it…

Hey why are you so down on weightlifting? Weightlifting is very fun! I have fun knowing I'm improving myself while listening to music, I enjoy the sore feeling in some muscles (to a point), I enjoy being able to set lifting goals and achieve them, I enjoy being able to move heavy things without injuring myself, I enjoy the…

If I were to take the "question" more seriously... Adding weight lifting to become "strong" helps to increase base muscle mass, which burns more calories daily, helps some with daily activities requiring muscle power, increases calcium storage/bone strength, fulfills your 150 minutes of moderate exercise minimum per week…

Didn't you know, lifting is for "real world" applications like the "what animal can you even lift site". I can leg press a Mature Male Moose once, can you?!?!? Mine sounds so much better than "I can play one one one casual basketball better than you" now, doesn't it? My brag is better than your brag because of weights!…

Its not harder if you change your mindset and have changed what you eat and/or your activity level. Its harder if you have "dieted", have not changed your mindset, what you eat or what you do when "not on a diet", or fall back into old patterns, or reduce your activity without reducing caloric intake.

I know you are joking, but you would absorb some from both breathing it in, and some through your skin, depending on how long you soaked and how strong a concentration of alcohol you used and the ventilation in the room...but your body probably would be able to handle the smaller amounts absorbed this way faster than you…

Fork-blocking is the best exercise :P Seriously, what you do not put into your mouth, you do not have to burn. So first and foremost you need to accurately know how much you are eating, and eat only so much that you are at a deficit. I eat larger portions than I think ALL THE TIME. I will commonly burn upwards of 1,000…

PS you can also build muscle on a deficit :)

Many people take this as a given when the question is asked, and their mind does the above work and assumes the meaning is not literally "does a pound weigh a pound" because nobody in their right mind would be asking that question, but really "does an equal volume of a substance have a different weight" is what is meant.…