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I don't know many people who can exercise 2 to 3 hours a day. I can't even think of anyone who trains that much. Tour de France riders don't train that much. Marathoners don't train that much. Pro bodybuilders lift for about an hour, maybe longer I'd they are running Test cycles. There has to be recovery time or the body…

What information do you base that on? It's very healthy in a lot of ways. I'm not sure what "hype" folks are referring to, but it does have many well-proven health benefits. It's simply a healthy source of fat though, not a wonder drug.

You are overthinking this. Plug in active and go from there. If you have to adjust it a few weeks down the road you can.

First post here. I'm 50 years old, used to be a Marathoner. My knees hurt too much now. So I invested in a very nice home gym and I work out at home. Going on 30 years of being a fitness nut. Currently running a keto diet. I'm at 16% body fat and I'm shooting for 10% by January 1st. 60 minutes of leg circuit training…

Denmark has a study running 20 plus years now on ephedrine and weight loss. Not one single person has died from it. It's media BS hyped up and they always have to blame someone or something in America. Even if it's not true.

Funny that people think because a person is large and overweight that they have extra energy stores to pull from. The same folks who thought the camel's hump was full of water I suppose.

That's way more creatine than you need. 5g a day is sufficient. Some people have a theory about front loading creatine for the first 2 to 3 weeks. But I don't think it's necessary. And as stated, BCAA overload. More isn't always better.

*sigh* Starvation mode is a term that needs to fade into history along with the shake weight and abdominizer. Plenty of good advice in this thread. Great advice in fact.

Alone. For 25 years I have run alone. There have been occasions where I ran with a friend. But by and large I prefer to run alone. Having someone along messes up my zen.... Edit; I should add I often have a four legged companion. I have had several German Shorthairs over the years to run with. The react thing about having…

I've had good luck switching back and forth between high bar and low bar. But everyone is different. So much of this is trial and error for each individual that you have to sift through the multitudes of ways to accomplish a lift and just tinker with it till you find the one for you.

There isn't really a difference as far as weight loss is concerned. There is certainly a difference between fasted and fed, but at the end of the day, the time you consumed your calories makes little difference. As others pointed out, eating to close to your workout can be uncomfortable. I usually need at least 90 minutes…

It's good to take a break and recharge now and then.

There is actually an excellent article in this months Muscular Development that addresses this very subject. The author is Layne Norton, an excellent physician and bodybuilding powerhouse who has done multiple studies on protein synthesis and how it works in the body. There few people who understand this subject better…

Yeh sure. Multiple studies from 1971. I suggest you hit the books my friend. The medical community stopped touting stretching as a means to alleviate soreness a long time ago. I remember reading about it in Runner's World back in the 90's. But there is never a shortage of people who are still touting what they learned from…

The post above this one has the best advice. It's called Active Recovery. And it's one of the only means of muscle recovery that actually works. Use light exercise for a brief period to help alleviate soreness. Anyone advocating stretching or massage to alleviate soreness is incorrect. Sorry folks, but multiple studies…

^^^This

I'm thinking like this.... But I can't get the pic to copy over. http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/body-transformation-stunning-surprise.html

I doubt the food had anything to do with your poor run. Though I agree it isn't very healthy in the long run to eat processed, sugary foods, your body still converted it to energy. In this case, readily available energy. It's not like you lost out on an meal that would have provided better fuel for your body. In the…

^^^This. Ten minutes is a walk in the park.

That first 10lbs in 5.5 weeks is very feasible. Your workout routine looks fine. Focus on your diet. That's where the rubber meets the road.

Just saw you have lost 86lbs. Don't change up a routine that is working. You have done your homework, educated yourself, and you are busting *kitten* in the gym. In a nutshell, you have done everything right so far. You should be giving out advice, not asking for it. Stick with what you are doing. It's a good program.…

Running is the best calorie burner there is. But there is no way to tell you what kind of weight loss you will experience. Weight loss and fat loss is about diet. Not exercise. You can't out train bad nutrition. All I can tell with 100% certainty is that if your diet is dialed in, it is the best caloric consumption/ fat…

Personally, I think your whole thread is way off base. I don't think there is one single thing wrong with your workout routine. I've been a fitness nut for almost thirty years now, so believe me when I say you are working far harder in the gym than the very large majority. You are putting in time like a competitor. But in…

If you can maintain a speed of approximately 65 to 75 rotations per minute on a resistance setting of two to four, that would be about 100 calories per ten minutes. So simple math. 450 calories in 45 minutes.

Just throw it on the grill with a little bit of seasoning. I don't care if it falls apart. That's what spatulas are for. And I'm just going to chew it up anyway.....

Naive to say 'I eat bread and lose weight just fine" You can lose weight on licorice whips and Three Muskateers bars if you are calorie restricted and exercising. But the reality is most breads are bad for you. They use processed or bleached flours and are crappy. You would be better off cutting it out of your diet. There…

That's not a very accurate statement. A lot depends on intensity and volume. But just taking bread and butter elliptical or treadmill cardio versus bread and butter moderate resistance training, in other words, apples to apples, the cardio is far more effective at burning calories. What people should more accurately…

Part of the problem you are facing is you perceive this as "dieting". Diets don't work. People who go on diets have an 83% chance of gaining the weight back within 3 years. You have to make the mental shift that this is who you are. You eat right and exercise, that's what you do. You don't eat crap food, you are healthy.…

Glutamine has long since been debunked scientifically for having beneficial impact on muscle soreness. It does however show a lot of good data on maintaining a healthy immunological system. So there is benefit there.