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I personally think that Yo's routine is too tough for me and I admire her for doing for such a routine! But that's not to say that it is too tough for you. And all of out eating plans and lifting routines are copies from somewhere else. I also think the eating plan is pretty good too. It's broken out to 5-6 meals a day and…

There is a basic test for this. If your urine is very pale yellow to clear, you are probably getting enough water to be hydrated.

Leaning out is a function of low body fat and hood muscle mass. You can lean out on any sort of diet if you lift and get enough protein so work around you protein requirement, about 100 to 130 grams per day and split the rest of your calories any way you want.

Add some protein and lift heavy. Adding some muscle is the best way I know to kickstart a slow metabolism and you can't have abs without underlying muscle.

I am sort of thinking that a lifting program (with heavy weights) combined with a really good yoga program might be what you are looking for. Heavy weights maybe twice a week and yoga at least twice maybe even three times per week. If you are completely opposed to lifting, then try yoga 3 - 4 times a week. Yoga is supposed…

It is best to go the way the container lists. For example, if the box says 1 cup they mean one cup volume, not 8 ounces. 8 ounces of cheerio's is probably a lot more than 1 cup of cheerios. So you're doing it right.

Here are several pages of various workouts. I didn't look at them specifically but I know Men's Health publishes a lot of 15 - 20 -40 minute workouts. http://www.menshealth.com/fitness/workout-plans/recent-100 WARNING: Men's health has a lot of annoying pop up ads.

Hi maggiemay. I'm afraid that it will be pretty hard to start a serious weight training program with only 5 pound hand weights. If you can go to a gym, a body weight program may be the best thing for you to do. Here is a program from t-nation called "death by body weight"…

Generally protein shakes are used to supply your body with protein immediately after a resistance (weight training) workout. Some studies have shown that a pre-workout shake is better than a post workout shake and some studies say before and after and then try to eat real food within about an hour after your last shake.…

Check out TNTMan's blog http://tntman.wordpress.com/ Some great recipes and ideas and he is a big advocate of the TNT Diet by Alex Campbell. Mens Health forum has it's own TNT Diet message board: http://forums.menshealth.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/1991017124

This is not meant to be the end-all be-all of weight lifting routines. It is just an example of one that can be easily done. It incorporates compound lifts (using large muscle groups), has two lifting routines and also employs enough variation in reps done that your body should not become adapted before the end of the…

That seems kind of expensive given that they were all developed before youtube. You could check ebay too. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=tae+bo&_sacat=0&_from=R40

Rep schemes of 15 tend to be endurance building and will not add much to your strength or muscle size. Strength building takes rep schemes in the 1 - 5 range and 5 - 8 sets, hypertrophy (muscle building) in the 6 - 10 range and 4 - 6 sets and endurance anything over 12 done in 2 or 3 sets. All of these are "sort-of's" and…

Sounds like you're just getting into really good shape plus your body has adapted to your particular workout. It is good to change your workout routine every 4 - 6 weeks so you may need to get your PT friend to develop some new routines for you. BTW, congratulations on the definition and inches lost!

I hate to break this to you but you can't spot reduce via specific exercises. Muffin top is a function of body fat so the best method to get rid of muffin top is to eat less and exercise more thus decreasing body fat.

If you were just a little more experienced (lifting wise) I would say go ahead and lift but since you are sort of a newby I would say either do your cardio today or rest and then hit the weights tomorrow. Just starting out (or even if you're a hardened pro), moving a lifting day back by one day is no big deal. It is also…

http://www.asknumbers.com/CupToMilliliter.aspx 1 cup = 236.5 ml so 8 cups = 8 X 236.6 = 1,892.8 ml or about 2 liters.

DITTO! I've tried both and I've never seen much difference in the work out. What works for you is the best answer.

Well if it is major pain, go to the doctor and get some professional help. Otherwise I would stay away from push ups and any sort of upper body pushing exercise for a bit. Find a rubber exercise tube/band and do some light pushing exercises with it like shoulder press and bench press. If there is no pain then you can do…

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Right now mine is trying to sell me maxwell house coffee.

There is a lifting process called "Supersetting". Supersetting consists of doing one set of lifts and then doing an entirely different set of lifts involving different muscle groups. The most obvious supersetting group would probably be bench press supersetted with seated rows. Do your bench, do the row and then rest the…

One leg squats and one leg deadlifts can be very challenging and you can use about half the weight needed for the two leg version.

In a word, No. But if you are an absolute complete newby at lifting, about anything will stimulate muscle growth and make you stronger. Lighter weights and very high reps can actually be catabolic to your muscles so you may want to avoid this particular routine if you are trying to build muscle.

Okay if you're really serious about this. Measure and mark a 100 foot long stretch of land, run on this 100' stretch of land and count your strides, divide 100' by number of strides and you'll get a stride length based on feet not inches.

Are you sure your running stride is 20"?

Google Death by Body Weight. I can't get to the site at work. I'm sure there are some good programs on You Tube, I just don't do much You Tube to be able to really recommend something. Edited to Add: Yes I can get there. Here is the link…

I think you are doing great. 17 pounds in 70 days is 1.7 pounds per week and that is pretty fast weight loss and then you say "only .6 pounds lost this week". Unfortunately weight loss is rarely a steady, linear process. It sounds like you are doing all the right things and sounds like you should just keep up the good…

Do you have any type of equipment, barbells, weights, dumbells, benches, etc? Or are you looking for a completely equipment free workout?

Is your running stride 20 inches? If so then.... Count the number of steps you run in a one minute period, lets say 300 strides in a minute 300 strides/minute X 20 inches/stride X 1 foot/12 inches = 500 feet/minute to convert feet/minute to miles per hour 500 feet/minute x 1 mile/5280 feet x 60 minutes/hour = 5.69…