MoveTheMountain

Agree with this. You pick up nice curves.

Lean and strong, very fit with muscle. Why? Argh, not sure - probably something in my childhood, right? I just like a woman with some strength. I'm a pretty big guy, and a fairly strong guy. I also like the drive that the fitness represents, recognizing of course, that 'drive' is a quality that can easily equate to sugar…

It's easy to get messed up juggling the plates - sometimes adding 5lb can involve changing nearly every freakin' plate on the bar.

Sounds too much like a pyramid scheme.

I agree. From a supplements perspective, you can build your own shakes wayyyy cheaper than buying meal replacements or 'mass building' products. Plus, that way, you know what's in it, and you can control the amounts. Start with a good but affordable protein powder (Optimum Nutrition's Gold Standard springs to mind), add…

FT60, and I love it. Got it on ebay for pretty cheap, too.

This is a huge problem everywhere - clean food is a lot more expensive than junk food. I think a lot of it has to do with logistics: it's more complex to move fresh food around, and therefore it costs more. Plus, you can't cram the same amount of fresh foods into a truck/railway car as you can frozen food trays, so, again,…

Love that song!

I need to try me that game, but I really don't have time for another addiction... with my current load of addictions, it's getting hard to fit everything in.

I confess, this one seems curious to me. I'm not judging it, because I really don't know anything about it, but my personal choice is to go the full day (ish) once or twice a week, and then eat my normal calories on the remaining days. I actually look forward to the fasting periods, but I would never want to do it more…

First off, very sorry you're going through what you're going through. I hope your recovery continues, and that you stay healthy. Having said that, it's short sighted and a little uneducated to say that people who fast to lose weight are ill-educated - although some might be, I have no idea. But that certainly doesn't apply…

This is the question that I had. I'm almost 45, and am switching from P90-X over to SL5x5 (and could there be any two programs that are more different?) This is my first week on 5x5, and on P90-X, I'm used to pretty intense cardio 3 days a week, and burning about 700 calories doing it. Now, I'm just resting, and I feel…

Almost seems like this one has to be doctored...

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Overheard: "A vampire once tried to bite Chuck Norris" "But there are no vampires." "Exactly..."

Nice one

Bingo...

I gave it up Chipotle completely.

There are a number of non-crunch/non situp exercises you can do for abs. Just for starters, hanging knee raises are fantastic, also oblique v-ups (for the... well, obliques), and pulse ups. Also, I'm wondering if leg lifts/leg raises might not bother your tailbone so much?

Veggies veggies veggies... Also, and I don't remember the source, but this issue in general seems to hit women more than men.

Humans are built to think anything they personally don't get is strange and perhaps dangerous. Personally, I think long distance runners have a disorder.

Just adding my support for everything everyone else has been saying. Do the best you can, and you'll still reap benefits.

I've been doing P90-X on and off for years, and I love it - I even have a family gym membership that my wife and son use, but I don't. I think I've gotten great results from P90-X. Having said that, I just bought a squat rack so I can start working squats and deads into my routine - but I'll still be doing it at home. The…

That's certainly the healthiest way to go. Sugar turns to fat very easily.

Back way off the carbs (breads, pasta etc.) and eat more veggies. My wife has had the problem you describe for years, no lie. Starting last week, when we went mostly paleo/primal, she's going every day. (Ah, the things you learn about in marriage! Privacy? Who needs it!)

Seriously nice post.

How much of a deficit are you eating at now?

If your fast occurs over 2 days (e.g., 6pm Monday - 6pm Tuesday), you definitely won't hit your macros on the second day, although you should try to get pretty close on the first day. If the fast is from 12pm Monday to 12pm Tuesday, then you'll probably get about half your macros each day. Basically, over the course of the…

P90-X, usually 5-7 days a week. Each workout is about an hour, and they alternate between bodyweight and dumbell exercises, cardio, and yoga. I'm about to start cycling in squats and deadlifts with the P90-X - that starts this weekend.

Then go ahead and eat. Wait a few days (4-7) and try it again. No one said you need to hit the full 24 hours your first time. Build up to it. (You might be carb crashing)