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Join a gym with a squat rack and barbells. Find a beginner barbell program like Starting Strength. Go here and enter your info: http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/. Go for an aggressive bulk when given the option. Go with the other default options. Eat roughly those amounts of carbs, fats and protein. Kick *kitten*.

For highbar squat, try shrugging your shoulders up and back so that the bar rests purely on your traps. Shugging your shoulders up and back makes your traps pop out so they take the weight of the bar rather than your spine. It should also let you stay a bit more upright, which will allow greater depth. If you want to try…

You are definitely below parallel. Your body lean is more forward, which is more like lowbar squat. The body lean forward would make it more difficult to get much deeper. The bar placement looks like it is midway between highbar and lowbar. Is that a pad around the bar? That might be messing things up slightly.

You could also invest in some olympic weight lifting shoes, which have a 1/2"-3/4" hard heel that gives you better leverages and lets you hit depth easier. They are useful for front and highbar squats. You can also mess around with foot placement. I squat pretty wide for lowbar, but when I do front squats, I have my feet…

If you're doing lowbar squats, a bit below parallel (hip crease below the top of the knee) is best. Try to go too much lower and you'll unload the glutes/hamstrings and lose power. If you're doing highbar squats, going ATG is fine, since you are primarily working the quads. I am not as familiar with highbar squats, so…

If your goal is to lose weight and gain strength, you absolutely don't need cardio. And if you are a beginner who is overweight, you should be able to get along for a little while with getting stronger and losing weight, as long as you eat enough protein and don't keep your caloric deficit too low. It will become more…

I have done a powerlifting meet once a year for the past two years. and I'll probably continue this pattern. I use that to get my 1RM aggression out and to gauge the effectiveness of my workouts. I don't really fear hurting myself and I do a taper up to the meet, which makes sure I am primed for it. In fact, I am amazed…

A good linear progression barbell program like Stronglifts or Starting Strength (which I am sure many people will recommend). Skip the machines and dumbbells for now. 3x a week of about an hour or so of barbell lifts and enough food to grow. Protein shakes are ok to get a little added protein in, but try to eat most of…

I've been training for almost 3 years now. I feel the pain of the non-progressing bench. My best lifts at 220 are 475 squats, 540 deadlift and 255 bench. I've had to claw and scrape for every 5 lbs on the bench. One thing I realize is that bench responds differently than squat or deadlift. For me, volume definitely helps,…

It is incorrect that large amounts of protein harms one's kidneys, unless one has an underlying kidney disorder. I would venture to say that the reason a lot of people are obese is due to a lack of protein. http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/protein-controversies.html

I haven't read the entire thread, so I apologize if this has been covered, however there is no ultimate "ethical" position on this debate. If you are alive and eating food that you didn't carefully cultivate yourself, you are contributing to some kind of animal death, period, whether you are a vegan or a carnivore. Farming…