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Sounds like your boyfriend does crossfit. Shots have been fired :)

1: Squeeze the absolute bejeezers out of that bar, even during your warmups. Try to crush it your hand. This goes for all lifts, not just deadlifts. 2: Do you deadlift with both palms in toward you or with one palm out and one in? With both in, you are trying to stop all that weight with just 2 thumbs. Mixing the grip…

My two cents, for whatever it's worth... I think proper technique and form is absolutely critical to a successful weight lifting routine. To that end, I prefer a progressively loaded routine, such as Stronglifts 5x5 to a more varied workout such as Body Pump/NROLFW. With SL5x5 you are only doing 5 lifts, starting at very…

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Those workouts you listed are just higher intensity calisthenics. None of them involve lifting a weight that is a significant portion of your body mass. They involve high impact aerobics which are bad for your joints, particularly if you are overweight, and P90X involves a fairly significant investment in equipment…

Depending on how you feel about your physique, there are two options. 1 (Body Recomp): Eat at your maintenance levels and slowly, very slowly increase your muscle mass and lower your body fat. This is an incredibly slow process and recommended only if you are basically happy with your body, but just want to do some…

Ask him to drop his pants. Look at him for a second, then smirk a little, shake your head and walk away. When he mentions it, tell him you are just teasing and he should quit be so super sensitive.

Congrats on the progress and the breakthrough!

Welcome to the world of amazing potential! Get ready for boosts in strength, flexibility, and confidence like you've never had before :)

Biggest step for me was getting rid of the goddam scale. Seriously. It's about the worst thing you can have. Weight fluctuates pretty easily by 3 pounds or more in a given day. It's normal and natural. If it drives you bonkers, step off. Take progress photos instead. Go by how clothes fit. Whatever else you want to do to…

Stronglifts 5x5: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/4601-stronglifts-5x5-for-women New Rules Of Lifting for Women: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/102-new-rules-of-lifting-for-women-nrol4w Good luck. And I would say, why wait until mid may? Start it now :)

General advice for beginners: Stronglifts 5x5 or Starting Strength. Hard to go wrong with either of those.

4.4 calories per gram of protein. put it in a non-stick skillet before you take a shower. get out, enjoy protein :) But seriously, promasil is pretty competitively priced. You may be able to find cheaper at your local grocery store or pharmacy, but it will probably be a trade-off in terms of sugars/carbs.

For a time I weighed myself daily, but used a 10 day moving average as my main interest point. If you're a knowledge junkie it might be handy to weigh yourself each month when this comes around to determine an average spike. Then you know what to expect later. But yeah, moving average for sure if weighing daily.

I'm motivated whenever I see anybody pushing their limits.

Best thing, imo, is not to dump all those extra cals in at once. First week, add 100 cals. Second week, add another 100 cals. Etc, etc.

If by 'see results' you mean in the mirror, it takes about 4 weeks if you are using photos to compare. It takes about 16 weeks if you are just going by the mirror. However, I would consider an increase in strength a result. It took a week for that to happen. I would consider an increase in flexibility a result. It took…

Doing light aerobic activity like that is pretty much only good for letting you eat more food and still have a weight loss. If that's all you want, then no reason to change. If you want to improve your health, lower your cholesterol, increase your heart strength, get more endorphins, improve your endurance, etc, etc, etc…

It's Subway. They are straight up liars. Ever notice how nobody ever calls it 'Physics Science' or 'Chemistry Science'? That's because everybody knows it's science. But things that aren't really science, like 'Political Science' or 'Social Science' they have to add the science, even though they really aren't. Same way with…

Short Answer: Look at the zones as minimums to achieve what's listed. Each zone you move up, hits the achievements for all the goals below it as well. Explanation: Your body has two primary energy paths. The aerobic path is when oxygen is combined with fat to produce energy. The anaerobic path is when your body uses the…

If you want to lose a pound a week, you're going to lose muscle. Your body deals in mass. If you are catabolic, you lose mass, simple as that. If you are anabolic, you gain mass. To try to keep as much muscle as possible, you need a progressive heavy lifting program. So heavy, you can only do at max 5 reps at a time. And…

"You're not nearly as mean as you look..." "Once I got to know you, I learned you were actually a nice guy." "Don't get too big." "Nice pants." "Wow, your socks actually match today!"

Keep pushing yourself. At the end of comfort lies progress! Hella awesomeness.

If you don't give your body fuel, it can't perform, simple as that. [Lots of other stuff that many people will argue about...] Eat calorie dense foods. 2 Tablespoons of peanut butter is 200+ calories.

I do log my weight lifting. The amount of energy required to lift a weight is a known constant. It's 0.00032 Calories per pound per foot. Of course, our bodies are horribly inefficient, so we burn quite a bit more than that in order to move that weight. And, obviously, not all lifts are created equal :) A free weight squat…

HRMs are not at all accurate for weight lifting. First thing to understand: HRMs do not measure calories burned! They measure Heart Rate. Second thing to understand: Your HR can change for any number of reasons. Caffeine, fear, adrenaline, excitement, etc. Next thing to understand: A faster beating heart does not burn…

Everybody gets knocked down. Everybody gets set back. Champions get back up. For me personally, I reset my goals to something that worked with recovery. I seriously reduced the weight I was lifting, but focused on form, technique, and gradual progress. I didn't compare myself to what I was when I stopped, but rather where…

Can't spot reduce fat, unfortunately. But whenever folks want a better butt, or better legs, the answer is usually squats. Also deadlifts. Add in some lunges.

Depends. If the treadmill allows you to enter age and weight, go with that. Otherwise, use MFP. Remember, you can change elevation on a treadmill, that MFP won't account for. Almost always go with an elliptical machines numbers over MFP. MFP has no idea how hard you worked. Thought experiment: Go at 20 strides per minute…

The forums are loaded with pics and stats of girls who have started lifting heavy, weigh more than they did on cardio, but look hella more awesome. For example this one: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1222939-look-what-3-years-of-lifting-can-do Notice how she weighs 10 pounds more now. But, if the heavy lifting is…