brandon17013 Member

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  • Knowing how long you have been dieting... I suggest a reverse diet for a few months. You may need to get your metabolism back up and then hit the diet again. Otherwise, you'll have to reduce calories more.... and you may risk long term metabolic damage doing that. I know you want to be lean for beach season. But your body…
    in success in cutting body fat percentage...? Comment by brandon17013 March 2013
  • Congrats on all ur successes! I have really gotten to enjoy connecting w/you here on MFP. I look forward to seeing how ur workout went, and how ur meals went for the day. I'm very excited to see you progress, and hit all your goals!
    in 210 to 170 and 13% body fat.. Comment by brandon17013 February 2013
  • Legs make up more than half of all the muscle in your body... if u have the energy to train anything else w/them (other than maybe some ab work) your not training them. Just my opinion. I like a very simple split. If you want to change it up, change some of the detail work exercises by changing angles, hand position, or…
    in thinking of changing work out routine -- slightly... Comment by brandon17013 October 2012
  • Start light weight... like 50% of normal DL weight. Keep bar tight to fronts of legs and push *kitten* back. Try to think of all the motion in your lower half of body, and from hips up stay stationary. I find that by contracting glutes at bottom of lift, seems to start the pull throughout the back of my legs. Also thrust…
    in Stiff Leg Deads Comment by brandon17013 September 2012
  • Best advice I can give is listen to your body. Depending on your overall goal... 4-5x a week could be too much. I lift 4x a week with enough intensity that I am beat up hard at the end of the hour (or so). I can mix in a few lower intensity cardio sessions a week and still recover, HIIT kills my recovery, and I become…
    in How much exercise do you do per week? Comment by brandon17013 September 2012
  • Way to overcome their unrequested criticism! They were just worried that you were going to show them up.... which you prob did. LOL Keep on lifting and getting stronger! Nothing more beautiful than a woman with a barbell on her shoulders :-D
    in The Weight Room Rant Comment by brandon17013 September 2012
  • Check the salad dressings. Many of them use olive oil which is healthy fat. As for reduced fat PB, just ask Mom if she'll get the natural (no sugar added) type. At my grocery store they are the same price. Your trying to get more cals right? Fat is calorie dense... 2 nice carb sources that don't have high sugar and will…
    in Having a hard time reaching my calorie goal? Comment by brandon17013 August 2012
  • I feel that weight training and eating enough to lose around a lb a week is best approach. When lifting weights don't get all hung up in BS workout plans. Starting out, I would suggest just doing an upper and lower split. That way you can easily make time to hit the gym at least 2x a week. Lift weight that you can do 10-15…
    in This really gets confusing Comment by brandon17013 August 2012
  • I started to write a long post to explain the biochemistry behind what you are asking, but after about 300 words I realized that I would just be complicating your mind, and prob starting a debate w/ppl who want to argue w/mainstream studies. So, Instead I wil just give you some bullet point that you can choose to follow,…
    in Building muscle on a calorie deficit. Comment by brandon17013 August 2012
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