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I've been training for 40 years and have read volumes about strength training. The best book I have seen without exception is this --> http://www.bodybyscience.net/home.html/?page_id=18 . For twenty bucks you can't go wrong. It's my personal "bible" because it does something I've been waiting for for decades. It's shoots…

Don't drink protein shakes. Get your protein from real food..the kind you masticate. If you need to know about protein, check my answers at the following links. Read my answer about protein supplements here --> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtGdwn5cqfesP6O1LkavjSjty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20110821092640AA3hq12 Read…

"Strength" is defined as the max contractile force of a muscle. The ability of a muscle to contract multiple times is "endurance". If you have normal mobility and/or can lift at your presurgical levels, you don't need more strength. That said, whether or not you want more strength is up to you. It's your abdomen. I was…

Here is what you can do to sculpt your body. 1. Add fat 2. Lose fat 3. Add muscle 4. Lose muscle That's all you can do. You should look at yourself and try to evaluate your needs. Then seek the appropriate remedy. It's not likely you want to add fat or lose muscle. So, that leaves two options. If you can do a crunch with…

Do your strength training and your aerobics on different days to allow yourself time to replenish the glycogen burned from muscle cells and to ensure your body recuperates from the previous workout. Train for strength. You needn't do aerobics at all but if you do, do something you'll enjoy such as a sport, dancing, Zumba,…

Eat your BMR in calories every day (except cheat days) and all of your activity will go toward burning fat and you won't need to measure your energy output (calories burned). Track your intake on MFP to ensure you're macronutrients are in balance....eg: 55/20/25 (%calories from carbs/fats/protein respectively). That's all…

I personally don't believe in exercise for fat loss for one simple reason. You can run all day and all night and never lose an ounce or you can burn fat in your sleep all depending on your diet. Working out should be for health and fitness, not fat loss. So, I urge people to eat their BMR in calories every day and that way…

If you want to optimize for success, study. Don't rely on internet websites. Do your research in the library or buy this book --> http://www.bodybyscience.net/home.html/?page_id=18 I know it's difficult to believe but there are few good trainers and most of the information about strength training on the internet is bad…

I disagree with "more sets". Ideally a strength trainee should do ONE set per exercise. The reason is simple. After one properly executed** set, the muscle(s) cannot lift the same weight the same number of reps and therefor cannot make further in-roads into muscle trauma to stimulate additional adaptation. More sets of the…

A good rule is to strength train optimally until you have reached your genetic potential and then ever after to keep the muscle. You can't train anaerobically (for strength) more than a few hours per week (not including resting and other unproductive time) without defeating your objective by over-training. Adding muscle is…

There is nothing particularly special about running as a form of exercise. In moderation is can improve metabolic efficiency body-wide and generally improve health in sedentary individuals. However, strength training is far superior with many more advantages than steady-state aerobic activity. For example, only anaerobic…

Just to clarify, your abs or rectus abdominus (the six pack) have nothing to do with pulling your navel toward the spine. They pull your pubis and sternum toward each other. The muscles that suck in the belly are the transverse abdominus and internal and external obliques. Good luck and good health!! ♠

If you want DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) in the rectus abdominus and you can't get it there are two reasons why. 1. Your abs are extremely well trained so you cannot make them sore. 2. You're not training with sufficient intensity. If you do a few sets of ab crunches with weight keeping the reps down to 10 or so…

You would be wise to avoid protein supplements altogether. Read my answer about protein supplements here --> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtGdwn5cqfesP6O1LkavjSjty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20110821092640AA3hq12 Read my answer about how much protein you need -->…

What you're probably finding is that more training makes you increasingly immune to DOMS, not more protein. More protein does nothing for DOMS in a normal person with a normal diet. And, because protein has the same caloric value as pure sugar (4cal/gm), too much can kill a diet. Here's what the experts at the US CDC have…

"No pain, no gain" is a fact. The slogan, however, does not refer to DOMS which is the subject of this topic. It refers to the "burn" which comes from lactic acidosis when training anarobically. The more burn, the greater the in-roads toward muscular development. Good luck and good health!! ♠

If you're interested in body sculpting you have the following choices. 1. Add muscle 2. Add fat 3. Lose muscle 4. Lose fat That's it. There is nothing else. Strength comes from adding muscle which comes from anaerobic exercise - low reps, big resistance Endurance comes from exercising the target muscles for long periods of…

You're suffering from DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness). The problem probably has to do with working your muscles to near failure before you're body has adapted to the new regimen. You need to train light for about 6 weeks before you can do the anaerobics heavy and to complete muscle failure such as high intensity…

Shani... I tuned in late but you may want to consider strength training. You'll get more benefits from anaerobic exercise than from high wear and tear aerobics. Muscle is the best metabolic investment you can make because it elevates the BMR and burns 50 cal per pound per day more calories every day of your life. It is…

Your body has to follow your brain. It has no other option. So, you need to feed your brain a healthy diet of good information. If you don't, you can't expect your body to respond and you will probably be wasting more time, resources, and effort than necessary. That means study. Do your homework, create a list of…

There are few things which cannot hurt you if you abuse, overuse, or do them to excess. So, the answer to your question is "very true". However, it's worth understanding that our ability to outrun wild animals - owing to our natural cooling system - is one of the reasons we survived as a species. We humans used to run…

I hope this topic isn't dead and buried. I've been too busy to reply. Sorry for the delay. You can work out on your treadmill daily if you want to. Just vary the routine. You can do intervals, for example, and run all out for a minute or so and then relax to a more leisurely pace for 5 or 10 minutes, then run again,…

You neglected to say which kind of plateau you were talking about. You could have meant a weight loss plateau or an exercise plateau. If you're concern is about weight loss, you should control that through diet. If it is about exercise, you control that through your exercise regimen. Diet plateaus happen when the…