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^^^ That ^^^ What I do, and there's a few who do this, is weigh every day, record it, and then look at the average weight over the last week or two. That way, those daily fluctuations get smoothed out over time. This only works if you don't get too discouraged by the, sometimes quite large, daily fluctuations that often…

You may gain a pound or two of muscle, but the general consensus is that you generally won't gain much, if any muscle if you're eating at a deficit. Only complete newbie lifters with significant body fat show any muscle gains while lifting. What will (most likely) happen is that as you lift, you actually cause some damage…

I found this article to be quite helpful for me http://thefitcoach.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/584/ It's definitely geared towards people who are weightlifting, It's going to seem like a ridiculous amount of food, but it's working for me. Edit to say: By working for me, I mean that I am doing the body recomposition from that…

Depends on the field. I have a bachelors and masters degree in computer science. In that field the Masters tends to get you about 10-20% higher salary than a bachelors degree, but doesn't really open up a lot of new doors. That said, I do find the Masters degree useful since you delve more deeply into computer science,…

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The general consensus is that, on average, the BIA (Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis) body fat scales are not very accurate, but do tend to be pretty precise. This means that the number they give you may not remotely be the right number, but if the number changes, then your body fat has probably changed too. I have a body…

Probably not. You'll probably have to eat a _lot_ more to get your body to quit hanging on to everything it sees for dear life. Crossfit is pretty intense, and if you're not fueling yourself properly then you will not get the results you are looking for. Also, given that it looks like you're only trying to lose about…

Read this: http://thefitcoach.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/584/ Anecdotally, I had been stuck at between 220 and 222 for a little over a month, eating 2200 calories, and about 150 grams of protein. I followed Jordan's advice in the above article which had me increasing calories to 2800 and increasing protein to 250 grams a…

Since you are getting close to your goal weight (judging by your ticker), you probably actually should be eating more. TDEE - 15%, or even 10% is usually recommended once you get close to your goal weight. Don't freak out about eating more. I had lost 30 lbs, but had been stuck at between 220 and 222 for a little over a…

The three programs that are constantly recommended on here are Starting Strength (a book), Stronglifts 5x5 (a website) and New Rules of LIfting for Women (a book). I have no experience with NROLFW, all I know about it is that it's a little more complicated with more variety than the other two. I started doing Stronglifts,…

And what happens to machines when they run out of fuel?

I'd start at 2000 calories, since I am guessing he is pretty close to his goal weight. 40% protein, 35% carbs 25% fat. Adjust as needed from there. This is assuming he is lifting heavy weights, doing something like Stronglifts or Starting Strength. Can you elaborate on the weights he is doing?

I've just started following the guidelines at http://thefitcoach.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/584/ . For him, that comes to 1900-2000 calories a day with 175-200g of protein, 125-175g of carbs and about 50 g of fat

Raspberries are delicious, why not just eat the whole thing?

I'm going to try to get this thread back on track before it completely devolves into the rather tiresome "You can't gain muscle mass on a deficit." "Nuh-uh! Yes you can" thread. Strength is not completely related to muscle size. Part of strength is training your brain and your neural pathways to lift heavier things. When…

Every morning I record my weight, and keep a 1 week running average in a spreadsheet. This evens out any day-to-day fluctuations and gives me a much more accurate picture of my true weight. I usually hop on right before bed and sometimes throughout the day too, just out of curiosity. Because I'm weird and like numbers.

Have you tried push-up bars? My right wrist can get a little wonky sometimes. It's fine now, but when I first started doing pushups the push-up bars were a lot easier on my wrists than having my hands on the floor.

Is a home gym an option? I built mine for under $500 buying used, but you have to have room for it and some extra money to spend. There is nothing that beats barbell training. If that's not an option, I do like P90X and there are people on here who had great results with it. I was doing P90X before I built my home gym, my…

What program are you doing? Both Stronglifts and Starting Strength have deadlifts 1x5, not 5x5. In any case, if you can't get to 5 reps with the 45s after 3 attempts (3 separate deadlift days), then reduce the weight 10%, so down to 120 or so and build back up 5 or 10 lbs at a time.

In Starting Strength Mark Rippetoe goes into this in some detail. Basically, the double-overhand grip (where both hands have the palms facing towards you) is the position he recommends using until you can't anymore. The reason being that grip strength is a limiting factor for most people eventually when you do deadlifts,…

I mix egg whites and oatmeal and microwave it. 3/4 cup of instant oatmeal, some water and 1 1/2 cups of egg whites. Microwave for 2:30, stir, microwave for 1:30. Slice a banana and put it on top. Tastiest thing in the world? No. 49 grams of protein and enough complex carbs to keep you feeling full for hours? Hell yeah.

http://xkcd.com/388/ Wrong, it's grapefruit.

Also would recomment Stronglifts 5x5 or Starting Strength. I'm currently reading through the Starting Strength book, which is an awesome resource. It reads almost like a textbook and goes into a lot of detail about technique, with very useful sections on common problems and how to fix them. Stronglifts is a little lighter…

Thread hijacking is usually frowned upon, but you can get really good deals secondhand. I built a pretty nice home gym for well under $500 buying most of the stuff off craigslist. I made my own power rack and bought rubber flooring from a Tractory Supply Company rather than an exercise place, because it's 1/4 the price. PM…

Quoting Mark Rippetoe, creator of Starting Strength and former Olympic weight lifting coach, "You don't get strong by lifting heavy weights. You get strong by recovering from lifting heavy weights." The rest day allows you to recover.

Raisins. I can eat them by the handful. Problem is a handful of raisins is like 3-400 calories of pretty much just sugar.

As Mark Rippetoe (Starting Strength) says, "Strong people are harder to kill than weak people, and more useful in general."

I like the deadlift more, because it's easier. Which probably makes the squat better for me.

Weight lifting movements that uses several different muscles simultaneously. Squats, deadlifts, power cleans, bench presses, that sort of thing. Stuff like leg extensions, curls, etc that only focus on one muscle are not compound movements.

Staying properly hydrated is very important for your general health. Your body uses the water to flush all sorts of nasties out of your body that get filtered out by your various internal organs. Forget weight loss, do it just for your general health. Some people mix it with something called Crystal Light or other…