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Talk to your doctor, but the doctor will probably tell you one of two things: The classical advice is not to lift anything heavier than 25 or 35 lbs. The newer advice is that you can continue doing anything you did before you were pregnant. Some recent studies have shown that there is no difference in miscarraige or…

People (ought to) select the amount of weight loss per week based on the amount of weight (fat) they want to lose. So, in a sense, they are already selecting weight loss based on their body fat percentage, without actually quantifying their current and goal body fat percentages. I'm sure you could work out some formula for…

I'd agree that BF% is a much better thing measure than weight, because that also captures whether or not you are losing muscle mass, and when people say they want to lose weight, they pretty much always mean they want to lose fat (exceptions for athletes trying to make a certain weight class or something, but they already…

Pfffft. Nobody has seen my chin since January 2004. I could legally declare my chin to be dead.

The only thing I've heard for certain is that if you are running a fever, working out can increase it (sometimes significantly) and of course a really high fever isn't a good thing. If you aren't running a fever, I'd go for it, just take it a bit easier than you normally would. I find that getting up and moving helps knock…

I like it. I've heard it's a complete protein source (contains all of the amino acids that we can't produce ourselves) so that's a selling point if you don't eat meat. It's kind of bland by itself, but cook it in chicken or beef stock and it's pretty tasty. I'll do quinoa instead of rice sometimes. It has more protein,…

Read Lyle's article. The tl;dr is that what you are suggesting doesn't work.

Hand him a copy of any decent strength training book and make him read it. If he won't read it, beat him with a barbell until he does :)

A lot of the entries in the database suck, because most people suck, especially when it comes to numbers. Find entries that are accurate. One of the disadvantages of the site being free and everyone being able to enter whatever values they want for everything. Especially be wary of any entry that has (corrected) in the…

Where are you at lifting right now? Are you coming back from a long layoff and trying to re-build strength? If so I would get on a program like Starting Strength, 3 sets of 5 across.

GOMAD - Gallon of Milk a Day (whole milk). Tons of calories, protein, fat, carbs. Perfect thing to drink for growing mammalians.

Just in the interest of disagreeing with everyone, a quick eyeball seems like this would have a good macronutrient profile, lots of healthy fats and proteins, veggies, decent carbs. Double or triple the quantities and if you're the type of person who can eat the same things day after day (I'm one of them), this actually…

http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/Injuries Especially the Starr Rehab protocol Haven't had to use it personally, but everyone I know who has tried it raves about it. Really good by Sunday is probably not possible, but you should get it feeling a bit better at least.

I get mine from truenutrition.com. It's the cheapest source I have found if you buy in bulk (if you don't the shipping gets you). You can choose from a couple different sweeteners, Stevia is an option, along with sucralose, or get it unsweetened. I get it unsweetened vanilla or chocolate flavored, I prefer the vanilla. You…

Some gyms also have lighter bars available - 25 or 35 lbs, vs the standard 45 lb bar. Look into that, something in-between a broomstick and the 45 lb bar.

Like anything else, some Crossfit gyms sound like good places to train, with plenty of knowledgeable people who insist on good form and that do a good job preventing people from pushing too hard and injuring themselves. Some.... don't do that. For form on the major lifts, you can't beat the book "Starting Strength" by Mark…

I was getting ready for a big long post, and was going to say exactly that, so I won't bother.

The theory is that the food you eat right before bed is stored as fat since you aren't as active when you sleep. The theory, coincidentally, is also completely and totally wrong.

Are you maintaining?

I wouldn't make any big changes. I'd maybe add in another 100 calories a day, and make sure to get about 150-175 grams of protein a day*. Take measurements and pictures now, do that for 2-4 weeks, then take measurements and pictures again and evaluate how things are going for you. If you're dropping the fat you want to…

Better footing, quieter (my weight room is right underneath my daughters room, and I often lift when she is asleep) and to protect the equipment.

You'll want rubber flooring if you are doing free weights. The gym-specific stuff is extremely expensive, >$100 for a 4'x6' section. Go to a Tractor Supply Company (or similar) you can get 4'x6' horse stall mats for $34.99 that are the same thing. The only downside is that they can smell for a bit, the ones I bought were…

And the thing to keep in mind is that the women in your gym who look like that, didn't get that way overnight. They got that way by training very hard, for a very long time, eating a crapton of food, and (possibly) using chemistry. It is very, very hard for /men/ to get hugely muscled up like that, and women have an ever…

Gee, thanks for that. Never occurred to me that dropping my 350 lb squat on my kid could be bad...

About $1000 a month. Of course, that includes a house to live in too. Love having a home gym.

Plans are at http://www.home-gym-bodybuilding.com/homemade-power-rack.html That big wood thing in my profile picture is the rack I built. Basically, the point of the power rack is so that if you fail in some way while lifting (lose your balance, lose your grip, or just can't get the weight up) the "safeties" (the metal…

Stronglifts will get you started, but if/when you really want to get serious about it pick up a copy of Starting Strength. I started with stronglifts and frankly wish I hadn't, the Starting Strength book covers lifting in so much more detail than Stronglifts does, it's a very valuable resource. Although at 374 pages,…

To do a program like starting strength (my recommendation) or stronglifts, what you need are a bench, a power rack, and olympic bar and weight plates. I got a weight set and bench off craigslist for about $100, and deals like that pop up all of the time around here (lots of people who think working out at home will be fun,…

There is no resource that is on the same level as Starting Strength for teaching the form for the five big lifts. Seriously, get it. You don't have to read the whole thing in one go, you don't even have to read the whole chapter on squatting before you start squatting. Where is "here" that makes it hard to get Starting…

Most research and the experience of people much more experienced than I indicate that (absent chemical enhancement) under completely optimal conditions, eating at a large surplus and lifting regularly following a solid program, that adding about 2 lbs of muscle a month is about the most that anyone can hope for. So, if…