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I use one called "Restaurant Nutrition" . It works pretty good. I've noticed MFP usually has the info for most, as well.

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You can do as many as you want to do, but I've noticed with ab work; Quality is better than quantity. Try doing them to a count of 10, pausing with every count, and see if your abs feel it more. All weight lifting is "toning". Don't be afraid to go heavy with mostly compound lifts. You will see much better results. You…

i can just imagine trying to spot for him. I doubt I would be any help.

Great Articles. I love T-nation, but one thing that has always annoyed me about T-nation's articles is how they advertise their supplements in their nutrition articles. I know that is where they make their money to operate, and write some awesome workout articles, but .....

I'll be going to bed at around 8 PM. I have to go to work at 3 AM. on New years day.

I gained over 10 lbs in less than 48 hours. I did a lot of eating. :smile:

When I was at the gym, today, I saw a child that was around that age. His mother would check on him occasionally, and he was working out with the machines, using good form, and discipline. I was quite impressed. He eventually went to the basketball court, and shot hoops till his mom was done. I understand why people are…

I haven't done any of those programs, yet, but I am also disappointed in my lift strength. I've been able to transform my body using other programs, but I have seen very little in the way of strength gains. I will be looking into Stronglifts 5X5, or the 5-3-1 program. I read up on them a little, last night, and I can see…

Thanks everyone. Because of where it was at, they gave me the option of removing it completely. I asked him if they could do some lipo while they were at it. He said, no. So I figured I would have to lose the weight the healthy way. Last time I lost weight I had a lot of excess skin on my stomach. It was really disgusting…

I'll log a quick add of about 5000 calories. I don't want to think about how much of what I'm eating, or macronutrients. I will enjoy the holiday, and get back to tracking on the next day.

I work at a copper smelter. I was attempting to burn a hole that had been plugged up with copper. After about 3 burn sticks, we weren't all the way through, yet, so it had a puddle of molten metal. When my co-worker turned on my oxygen valve he accidentally turned it on too high, and it blew all that molten puddle back at…

Stupid &$*@@(!!! I'm an idiot.

You're right. The pic I tried posting of Ava Cowen was too large, and only showed her couch. I deleted it.

There is a little more hip movement in one. Do them both, and you will feel the difference in the muscles they work. Deadlifts incorporate more lower back muscles, and you can usually feel it in your hamstrings. (especially stiff leg dead lifts). Squats you can feel it in your quads, more. They are both excellent exercises…

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/deadlift_or_squat_whats_the_diff See if this answers your question. :smile:

I'm not sure of the full reason why, but I think on the bike, since you aren't moving your actual weight, your weight doesn't really matter for the caloric burn. The machine goes by what energy it determines would be used to push at the resistance it offers. It should be fairly accurate. I set it on hills/intervals when I…

Ava Cowen is 5'4"

Not for me, but it is double time and a half....Nothing better than 30 hours of pay for 12 hours of work. :smile:

Take the 'v' shaped attachment for seated rows, hang it from the pull up bar.

Deadlifts, pull ups, v bar pull ups, barbell rows, dumbbell rows, lat pull downs, and seated rows. Not on the same day, though. I am doing upper/lower body splits, in a 2 week rotation. only about 2 to 3 exercises per body part. I can't always get to the gym 6 days per week, so I can't separate body parts, individually.

If breakfast makes you sick, don't eat breakfast.

That's one of the only ways I can eat cottage cheese. My dad puts butter on his doughnuts.

It's my understanding that treadmills use simple physics to figure out caloric burn. Energy = mass * distance. It will give you the same burn whether you check your heart rate, or not. I don't know if intensity has any effect on calories, other than the fact that, that is how heart rate monitors measure caloric burn. I'm…

I agree. I have been able to gulp them down mixed with other flavored drinks. Crystal light, gatorade, or juice works, too. I also prefer using a real blender.

I like to mix protein powder with sugar free pudding, and lite whipped cream. I like to make pie, or cheesecake out of it. Sometimes I will make a molten lava cake with it. 1 scoop chocolate protein 1 heaping tablespoon of cocoa powder dash baking powder 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 egg white your favorite sweetener enough water to…

Planet fitness doesn't have squat racks. He'd have to do them on a Smith Machine. :laugh:

Planet fitness is fine for someone just starting out. Take advantage of their free personal trainers, and have them set up a routine for you. Try their circuits, circuits are a good way to burn a lot of calories in your weight training sessions. They just won't do much for adding strength. I mostly use Planet fitness for…

My heart rate goes up pretty high with my first set of deep squats, or heavy deadlifts. If I want to keep it high, I will do a metabolic type workout where I either reduce my rest sets to 30 seconds, or less, or superset with alternative lifts, or aerobic workouts.

Most people will recommend 5 to 10 minutes of light cardio for a warm up, then a few warm up sets with very light weight to get your form down, then your work sets... followed by stretching. Cardio is preferred on non-lifting days, but can be done after. If you do your main cardio first, You will use all your energy for…