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I would recommend discussing this with your general physician.

Beyond that (which I agree with by the way), social support is a significant help to many people with weight loss. And so just from an effectiveness standpoint I would expect the majority of coaching services to include some sort of community.

LOL Thanks, that's how you can tell if I'm dieting or not. Dieting? Selfies all the time. Bulking or just IDGAF mode? No selfies.

Never heard of it but it's short-sighted on their part to not include a community, IMO.

Disclaimer: I was a personal trainer at my YMCA for 1 year to get experience. I'm no longer an in-gym trainer. The purpose of the wellness consult is "sort of" like a miniature training session. You will likely get interviewed followed by spending some time on the gym floor with the trainer. I'd say it's unlikely that you…

What have you been doing up until this point and is it still working? I would worry a bit less about your numbers and spend more time focusing on the rules of the competition. Once you get your program sorted of course.

The two main issues I see when people face unracking challenges are as follows at least in my experience: 1) The rack height is simply set too high. 2) The lifter is too far down the bench in the setup. Regarding #2, I would generally set up with the barbell around eye level. Finally one thing you can try is to unrack with…

At first I thought this said fell off the vegan

I would suggest adding something to the meals and/or snacks to increase the palatability and energy value of the foods. Good examples: honey, peanut butter, oils Bad examples: more vegetables Point being, you should find a way to basically do the opposite of what we would recommend for weight loss. Make your meals more…

I just have a few questions if you don't mind: 1) How long have you been on myfitnesspal logging your intake? 2) While I'm generally not a fan of ketogenic dieting for MOST people, it seems like you did this and had great results. I'm curious if you have tried this anytime recently. If you did try it, what happened? If you…

I don't train these anymore but at my best I was at BW+90lbs for 4 clean reps and I'd always get stuck at the top on rep 5, couldn't quite make it. These were chin-ups.

I think it's an ambiguous phrase. Having said that, assuming we are talking about people who are not on gear, I think "how much you eat" should be dictated by whatever you targeted rate of weight gain is, and that rate of weight gain will depend on age, gender, genetics, personal preference (how tolerant of fat gain the…

I'd like to see you actively retracting your scapula and think about showing your chest or showing your shirt to the mirror throughout the squat

Great to see a Shredded by Science link in here =)

So doing overloaded walkouts can potentially help and I would think that if the issue is being confident with the weight on your back it's possible that this could help. However, it's also possible that it is simply a matter of programming properly meaning that you may need more volume, you may need more time at higher…

Why would wearing a monitoring device be the determinant of the type of exercise you are doing?

crusty white was my nickname in high school ...wait what

why?

Assuming no individual allergies/intolerance: Bread, pasta, dairy are all fine. There's no need to restrict your carbohydrate selection to a small set of certain foods. This also assumes you are still able to hit your calorie and macronurtient goals. Keep in mind that not all foods have an equal satiety value to them and…

Generally, as you increase or decrease carbohydrates you will gain/lose water weight.

Hi. I don't have any questions at the moment, but these threads can get interesting, and so I'm in to observe.

While we are at it, we may as well debate unicorns.

I posted this in my group and we also have a podcast for SBS Radio that should go up very soon on this exact topic. "" 1) Understand the rules of the competition. This goes for equipment limitations/rules as well as the rules of each lift. You should then practice these commands in training for at least a couple of weeks…

I would recommend setting your diary to open/public.

Yes, however I'm not certain that it necessarily has to do with number of fat cells or not. Meaning, if a lean person continues to over-eat they will still accumulate fat regardless of whether or not it's fat cell hypertrophy or hyperplasia. But, I do think that people who were formerly obese will have a much easier time…

Is it ok for what?

It it ok for what?

The front shoulder pain is no good =( But, it sounds like you're making progress, so that's a good thing!

I don't get why you would train the upper body more in response to the legs having more fat. For what it's worth I'm in the same scenario. Just as an example, I was DEXA scanned at 192lbs at 19.7% body-fat. The profile photo, which IS flexed and angled and in good lighting, is at BW of 185 and like 3 weeks later. And so…

If your friend is untrained there's no way in hell he could squat anywhere NEAR what he thinks he can if we are talking about a squat that gets below parallel. And if you ARE going to compare numbers with other people (which you generally shouldn't, IMO) then the squat tends to have the most disparity because many people…