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Protein shakes are a great way to get fat, kill a fat loss diet, and contribute calories without the side benefits that come with eating. I hate to step into a protein shake love fest and be a major buzz kill but protein has the same caloric value as pure sugar (4 cal/gm). Drinking your meal involves no mastication and…

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention my BS in physics...which is why I know how to spell it. Arnold and Franco built their physiques with free weights and "juice". Keep slingin' that iron, bro. ♠

Perhaps you and thefuzz129 missed this. "You should use both machines and free weights for the advantages they offer." I think we can all agree on that. I'm just going to take my 40 years of training from the original Gold's in Venice along side Arnold and Franco to Bob Zuver's Orange County BB mecca in Costa Mesa to my…

Free weights are LESS effective than machines which is why they make machines. Nautilus and similar cam operated machines can provide you with a constant resistance throughout the full range of motion. There is no way you can accomplish that with free weights. Pneumatic machines allows you to control resistance on the fly…

If 5 minute miles are an "moderate jog" for you, you must be a world class runner. I think it's more likely there's something wrong with your math. Good luck and good health!! ♠

I don't know what hemisphere you're in but if you expect to have a beach body by summer in the Northern hemisphere, you may wan to reconsider your goals and shoot for something a little more realistic. You're problem is not unique. You just need to burn body fat and they way to do that is to eat your BMR in calories daily.…

You're making life too complicated for yourself. You don't need to track your energy output. I you want to burn fat, just eat your BMR. Do that and all of your activity will go toward burning fat and you'll have plenty of calories to enure good nutrition. Good luck and good health!! ♠

If you didn't injure yourself, you have delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and it will eventually stop bothering you if you continue training. You can read about it and the remedies here --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_onset_muscle_soreness . If you feel stiff and sore after resting, slowly work the muscles to…

You can't spot "reduce" but you can spot "train". However, because you can't spot reduce and your problem is fat, all the exercise you can do won't help at all unless your diet allows it. So, keep dieting, keep losing, and eventually you lose some of it. You may not find it's healthy to lose all that belly fat because…

If the above comment is in reference to me and my comments about bodybuilding.com, check out what this link --> http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm188957.htm?nav=rss and tell me how a spammer or troll could make up a story about a website which was forced by the FDA…

Bodybuilding.com is a terrible website full of bad information. Don't use bodybuilding.com. It's a scam-site for the purposes of selling supplements and is full of bad information. Check out this list of over 60 dangerous supplement products sold with bogus advertising claims which scam-site bodybuilding.com was forced to…

If you want a flat belly you need to ascertain why your's is not flat. The possible reasons are... 1. Spinal lordosis 2. Visceral fat 3. Subcutaneous fat If you have spinal lordosis - a natural curvature of the spine which is quite common but more pronounced in some than in others - a flat belly may not be possible. I have…

You would have to do a whole lot of steady-state aerobics (cardio is a misnomer) such as a marathon a week to have any concerns about losing muscle mass. That said, you should build your fitness training around anaerobics, not aerobics. You can get many more benefits by increasing lean muscle mass with high intensity…

Be careful about where you get your information. Juicing is a terrible way to try to lose fat. Once you get into juicing, you'll probably realize it was a bad idea. It takes a lot of time, you throw away much of what you're paying for as well as much of your nutrition, and you may suffer GI problems more often, especially…

Eat your BMR...1400 calories per day. That will give you plenty of calories for nutrition and all of your activity will go toward burning fat. You also won't need to be concerned with measuring your energy output. No confusion there, huh? Simple. If you keep your TDEE at 2225 you'll lose about 1.6 pounds per week. Good…

lol...Okay. Me. I don't need a citation. Simple logic will suffice. The more food we attempt to process in one sitting the less able is our GI tract to process it thoroughly. No machine, human or otherwise, can process with the same efficiency as the load is increased indefinitely. That means the GI tracts is less able to…

The major muscles involved are the triceps, pectorals, deltoids, lats, and traps. You can find the kinesiology here --> http://www.exrx.net/Exercise.html A good exercise to develop those muscle is the "dip". You can do them between a couple of chairs or using dipping bars in a gym. These videos will show you proper form.…

The only starvation mode is starvation. The idea that a low daily caloric intake results in a slowing of fat loss is myth. What is not myth is that as you lower your caloric intake in the extreme, your body will begin burning lean tissues and fat resulting in a less fat loss per unit decrease in caloric intake. In other…

The key to fat loss is diet not exercise for one very simple reason: You can run all day and never lose a pound or you can burn fat in your sleep all depending on your diet. Strength training is the only way to reach peak fitness. The reason is as follows: When you add muscle, you also force the organs and systems which…

No need to change calories. Anaerobics (strength training) is time efficient and you won't consume many calories doing it compared to steady-state aerobics (cardio) which wastes huge amounts of energy. • Create a list of achievable and realistic goals. • Plan your workouts to achieve those goals. • Do one set per exercise.…

Results have more to do with your knowledge and expertise than with the equipment. Machines and free weight both have advantages and disadvantages. For example, machines can use cams which will maintain a constant resistance throughout the full range of motion. Pneumatic machines will allow you to change the resistance on…

You should feel the muscle pulling because that's what muscle do...they pull. I may not be understanding what you mean by "pulling". If you use proper form and do the motion with slow movements and no jerking, you won't hurt yourself. If the weight is too heavy you simply won't be able to work the muscle for the optimal 45…

Wrong. You can gain muscle on a caloric deficit. Bodybuilders trained without cutting and bulking cycles for many decades up to about the 60s when Joe Weider began turning bodybuilding into a supplement market. There is no good science to support your claim. Ref: http://www.bodybyscience.net/home.html/?page_id=18 Good luck…

80% of max is a good weight for beginners through advanced. However, beginners should keep the intensity low and build it slowly over a period of months to prevent DOMS and build neural drive, coordination, etc. Intensity is the effort put forth or the energy expended per unit time during a set. Low intensity would be a…

Don't use bodybuilding.com. It's a scam-site for the purposes of selling supplements and is full of bad information. Check out this list of over 60 dangerous supplement products sold with bogus advertising claims which scam-site bodybuilding.com was forced to recall and take off the market -->…

Just as I said. You can cut and bulk at the same time. They are not mutually exclusive processes which is why there is no need for cycling between the two. Cutting is just losing fat and bulking is just building muscle and both can be accomplished together at the same time. The popular myth would have us eating lots of…

MYTH ALERT Bulking and cutting is a huge myth created by supplements makers so they can sell mass gainers, cutting formulas, and other supplements we don't need and the National Institute of Health and all other government health agencies advise we should avoid unless recommended by a health care professional. Bulking is…

We can't "window shop" our body. All we can do is attempt to realize our genetic potential. For example, an ectomorph will never be a mesomorph..etc. Unfortunately the internet is full of bad information for the simple reason that almost anyone can say anything about anything without fear of repercussions. The result is…

I probably should have said "train like a human". Check out what's available in your public or Uni library. You are wise to want to study. We all have one body to last a lifetime and it has no choice but to follow our brains. That means fitness begins by feeding the brain plenty of GOOD information...something which is…

We can't tell you how many minutes and you've not said what resources you have. However, the conventional wisdom suggests that elevating your heart rate to 80% of max for 20 minutes three times per week is nominal. Walking is okay but it's not as good as training for strength. It's a myth that steady-state aerobic exercise…