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Creatine just serves as a reserve for phosphate tht you can use to regenerate ATP which is what your muscle cells use for energy. This is what gives you that extra oomph in the early part of your workouts. I've also seen research showing that beyond that because creatine loads the cells with water and causes them to expand…

I'd tell him to wait on weights for a few years. I myself started doing resistance exercise at 13 but it was just push ups, pull ups, and ab exercises aka only using my own body weight for resistance. Most kids at 12 aren't gonna be able to lift much and their bodies are not used to weight training at all yet so they set…

Can you describe the pains little bit more? Where exactly on your knee and the type of pain? Also how many rest days do you take a week?

Just finishing a tough mudder isn't all that difficult as long as you can run about 5 miles without stopping. Finishing fast and crushing all the obstacles are what takes intense training. I did normal lifting and light cardio 4x/week and maybe 2 long runs of 6-10 miles a week and then every week or two I would do a sort…

I prefer doing all sets on one exercise then moving to the next but you can add techniques like supersets (doing a set of one exercise then immediately do a set of a second exercise without a rest between the two and then rest afterwards) usually for antagonistic muscle groups like back/chest or biceps/triceps. You can do…

^good post. In essence leptin is a satiety hormone that lets you know you're "full" so when it was discovered the hope was that by supplementing with leptin, one could prevent over eating. But as the poster above stated, exogenous leptin is not nearly as effective most likely because the people that need it have metabolic…

Good rule of thumb with training to failure is if you fail to hit your rep range, decrease the weight by 5-10lbs, and if you hit the max number of reps in your range then add 5lbs. So if you are shooting for 8-12 reps and you get only 7, take weight off, if you get 12 then add more weight to your next set. If you fall…

How many sets and reps were you doing on the exercises? So many women sit there and crank out sets of 20,30, 50+ reps with very little weight and then aren't even fatigued afterwards. More reps doesn't equal "getting toned." A good starting point is to Lift a weight that causes you to fail between 8-12 reps. If you can do…

If you only get the symptoms when you walk outside it is most likely allergies. Look up the allergy report for your area and see if any particular allergen has been high lately. If you're in Texas there is a good chance mountain cedar is kicking your *kitten* as it has been off the charts recently. If the symptoms occur…

Whatever happened to just black coffee or americanos? Healthiest things they sell, the cheapest, and have the most caffeine without 500g of sugar like everything else on the menu

Pre workouts are a scam for the most part. 300mg of caffeine will make anyone have "crazy energy" for a few weeks of taking it. The problem is you get used to it and then when you cycle off you have a week or two of terrible workouts because you've become dependent on that oomph from the pre workout. I've taken a bunch of…

Be sure you pull your *kitten* way down before you start the movement. I see way too many people start deadlifts with their *kitten* up and their elbows bent and then do this horrible jerking motion at the onset. Straighten your arms out and Build up the tension in your glutes and hamstrings before the bar leaves the…

If no stones were seen on ultrasound you could still possibly have "acaclulous" cholecystitis. But that is actually pretty rare and the fact that your doc was able to palpate your liver and gallbladder without eliciting pain makes cholecystitis unlikely. If the stone passed into your bile duct you would likely have…

Slip ups and cheat days keep you sane. Use it as motivation to fuel your workouts this week. If you're feeling burned out or craving pizza don't be afraid to rest or splurge every week or two. It's not gonna hurt you as long as you get back on track afterwards.

Are you ingesting a lot of stimulants either in coffee or energy drinks/pre-workout? Also be sure to check the side effects of any meds you are on. For instance if a med you are on makes you prone to hypotension you could be getting a reflex tachycardia from that or it may be causing the bouts of tachycardia outright. Also…

I wasn't saying you were going to die by any means. I was merely stating that keto diets purposely place your body into a less efficient, starvation state for the sake of losing body fat. But the fact is if your carb intake is too low and your energy expenditure too high then you will develop hypoglycemia and the…

It's based on personal preference yes but it also matters what your goal is. If you are just going to do cardio and your goal is to lose fat then not eating anything before is better. By fasting all night your glycogen stores will be at their lowest in the morning so your body will use them up quickly and you'll start…

Make sure you're getting some good quality protein in after your workouts whether it be from a protein powder or lean meat. Glutamine can also really help with soreness and recovery. Hot tubs, saunas, and light cardio can also help tremendously just due to the increased blood flow flushing the lactic acid and other wastes…

Developing a full blown potassium deficiency is exceedingly rare for a person in an industrialized country with normally functioning kidneys. Unless you are taking diuretics or have a genetic disorder like bartters/gitelmanns syndrome your kidneys do an excellent job of regulating your potassium levels. If you were the…

Biochemistry isn't a scare tactic my man. Regardless of whether you feel fine now, ketogenesis evolved as a way to keep humans from starving to death temporarily by tapping into fat stores in order to supply your brain with glucose. I don't think the Atkins diet was an intended sequelae of that. Like I said, to each their…

Cortisol levels will skyrocket, your kidneys will hate you, your breath/sweat will start to smell like paint thinner, your endurance and strength will tank, you'll be in a foul mood most of the time, and you risk going into a hypoglycemic coma. All this for a six pack. To each their own I suppose. And yes I've done a keto…

His show consists of convincing overweight women that kale, acai, flaxseed oil,(insert health trend of the month), all have some sort of magic powers that will make the weight just fall off. Don't get me wrong, these are all great, nutrient dense foods that I would recommend people incorporate into their diets but as a…

OP hit the nail on the head. If you're an attractive woman, naturally guys will look at you but just focus on your workout. Never made much sense to me why people care so much about what complete strangers, most of whom you haven't nor will ever talk to or see elsewhere, think of them in the gym. As long as you aren't…

No good reason to squat everyday. If you can you're either not pushing yourself hard enough to need a recovery day, in which case you won't get the results you want OR you are sufficiently pushing yourself in which case you wouldn't be giving yourself adequate time to rebuild the muscle you broke down. Also squatting every…

Sounds like tendinitis to me. Just lay off it for awhile. Try to stretch your quads and strengthen your hamstrings. If it doesn't get better in a week or two, go see an orthopedist as you may have done something like tear your meniscus.

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Ditto on osteo bi flex. Any glucosamine + chondroitin supplement is gonna help you out. Also given your history of tendinitis there is a good chance some of your knee pain could be stemming from tight/weak muscles. Tight and weak hamstrings and lower back can often manifest as anterior knee pain so if that's the case be…

I've taken it several times when I was cutting. It is touted to help prevent catabolism of muscle tissue and increase fat metabolism. As such I don't think it's all that necessary for your average gym goer/weekend warrior. I found it help me shed a little more fat when I was already down around 10%, kind of just like a…

Shin splints are due to a muscle imbalance in your lower leg. Your gastrocnemius and soleus (aka your calf muscles) are too strong compared to the muscles on the anterior portion of your leg (tibialis anterior, extensor hallucis longus, etc.). This imbalance literally pulls your tibia and fibula apart which is what causes…