MrTypical

Try Starting Strength by Mark Ripptoe. It's the basic "where to start" bible of lifting heavy.

great job!!!

I respect your opinion, and disagree.

When talking about traditional manly manness, yes it does.

At a minimum get a bench. I did not get barbell stands, because they just didn't seem safe. I was worried about getting stuck under the bar. I used dumbells to do bench press. The way I did it was to sit on the bench, grab the dumbells from the floor and swing them up onto my lap. Then I'd lay back on the bench and move…

Join a power lifitng gym maybe? $50/month. My garage equipment setup can be picked up used for under $900. I struggled with the financial aspect of it too. I started out with a used bench and a 1" bar with 150lbs of weights. If you already have dumbells they are probably 1" also, you can probably just pick up a 1" barbell,…

Do Starting Strength, buy the book, read it, follow it. I farted around with other programs off and on for years, with no results. I got into this program and shot my bench from 125 - 250, deadlift from 180 - 375, power clean from 100 - 185 all within 5 months. I bought a squat rack, a 45 lb bar, and rubber plates and…

Starting Strength book. Lots of men and women do it, all with great results. It's really a back to basics program that ignores all of the broscience out there.

Bigger shoulders make your waist look smaller too!

You're starting off in the right place... Starting Strength is the program to use to get strong as a new lifter. I recommend it to everyone. Having said that, SS is a program for people looking to get bigger and stronger, bigger being a part of that. It's hard, almost impossible, to pack on muscle and lose fat. It can be…

Like stated above. To get strong you need to lift heavy things, there's no rocket science to it. Unfortunately this typically requires a gym or a home set of weights. You can only get as strong as the weights you lift. I'd recommend a book called Starting Strength to anyone who wants to start lifting. I doubled my bench…

Dead on. It's a business. If everyone got in shape then they wouldn't have any customers.

It's all bull. Know of them work. Think of it this way, if even one of those worked, then all of the others wouldn't even be around, they couldn't compete. But since none of them work, they're all on the same level and they just have to compete to see who has the best marketing department. To get rid of mild MAS lift…

Yep variety is good it keeps it fun. You have two seperate issues though, not really seperate you just qualified them as seperate. Your short term goal of quick inches and your long term goal of a long healthy life. Don't let sucess or failure of the first goal impact the second goal. The process for both goals is the…

If you have bad knees don't do sprints. Eliptical, swimming, biking, anything low impact where you can get your heart rate up. A few quick "sprints" of any type of excersie are better than a long slow "jog". Also check with your doc. If you have heart issues, sprints could kill you.

Up it to 1400. Your body goes into starvation mode if you have too much of a deficiet. It holds onto fat and burns muscles first.

A month isn't much time. Your best bet is cardio and weight lifting together. Cardio doesn't mean jog for 2 miles at a snails pace though. Focus on sprinting. Also cut out sodium all together to try to get your water weight down.

If they are the first to go, does that mean they are also the first fat to come back? If so drop to your ideal body image and then put a few pounds back on. Now best of both worlds.

Best response so far. These are the 3.

Yes to this. Gettting big muscle is very hard. That's why there is a billion dollar industry pushing chemicals to help men get "jacked".

If your heel hurts go see the doc, it could be a real issue. If it's muscle soreness it's called DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness). It comes from lactic acid build up. It's usually at it's worse two days after the excersice. Your body will get better at dealing with the lactiic acid in your muscle and DOMS will get much…

The good news is you know the formula... you've already been succesful once. Just rinse and repeat.

Urine should be very pale yellow. 8 glasses a day is a generic guide. If you weigh 120 lbs and your neighbor weighs 200lbs your water intake requirements will be different. In addition, your water requirement varies with your activity level and food consumption. Your body obviously needs more water when you sweat. Your…