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Pretty much every recommendation to 'lift heavy' that I've seen has been partnered with recommendations to read well respected publications like 'Starting Strength' or 'New Rules of Lifting', which include beginner focused progressive programs that typically start with an empty bar or less. People are also encouraged to…

As you drop fat, you'll drop fat from your calves too. Note that there is such a thing as intramuscular fat, so even if your calves start to feel hard as you progress with your weight loss, there will still be non-functional mass in there making them seem bigger. You'll have some muscle development from carrying excess…

I use Endomondo. I don't use an HRM normally, but when I do, I it's my old school Garmin Forerunner 305.

Already been done, or at least attempted. Look up 'Obecalp'. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/health/27plac.html?_r=0 Not sure if it's still on the market.

If you avoided every food that some crack pot on the internet warns you about, you'll never eat anything. If you have a medical condition that calls for you to avoid certain foods, then do so. Otherwise, ignore the crazies on the internet and just eat a varied diet appropriate to your weight loss/maintenance/gain goals.

At 250 Calories per pint, even 20 pints of beer would leave you with 9,000 Calories to consume. Put back 10 800 Calorie long island iced teas and assuming you're still standing, you'll still have 6,000 Calories to consume. I think you'd be more concerned about liver failure than weight gain if you tried to offset a 14,000…

Nope. I log a massive five to six thousand Calorie blowout and then bask in the awe of my friends at my prodigious capacity for eating delicious food. Then the next day I go back to my regular eating habits and continue to make steady progress toward whatever goal I happen to have set at the time.

Ah, sucks. With the exception of a couple of kidney stones I've been blessed with very functional organs. I hope your spenectomy goes without a hitch!

How do you remove toxins (which I'm going to assume is code for 'anything in my body that probably shouldn't be there')? Same way you oxygenate blood, pump blood around your body, move food along your intestines, and other vital bodily functions. Sit back and let your body take care of it. You know how your spleen works?…

Also, you'll find that progress is a hell of a drug. So whatever program you opt for, make sure there is some way to measure your progress. Before long you'll find the time between gym sessions drags on, and you're champing at the bit to get in there and set a new personal record.

No one can give you the motivation to go to them gym. In fact, there will always, and forever more be days that you have no motivation to workout. I've become a pretty dedicated gym rat, and there are still days that I just don't wanna. But I suck it up and go anyway. What you need to find is discipline not motivation.…

SS, any feedback on my deadlift form? Grateful for the feedback DopeItUp already gave, but second set of eyes always welcome. http://youtu.be/LD54E6ORBRE

Motivation is worthless, because it presupposes that you only do the things you want to do. Discipline will get you where you need to be, because it means doing what must be done, when it must be done, whether you want to do it or not.

Yup, that's why all those POWs in WWII came back obese. Oh wait...

You're not being attacked. You posted here presumably because you wanted to figure out what you are doing wrong, and we told you. It's up to you what you now do with that information.

I looked more closely at your exercise diary, and I'd say your burns are roughly double what I'd expect to see for the exercise time logged. That is definitely where your issue is stemming from.

It's highly unlikely that your TDEE is 2800. The efficiency of the human body is surprising. Looking through your exercise diary I see things like logging 350 Calories for a 30 minute walk @ a 15 minute mile pace. Unless you weigh 400lb that is pure fiction. That's about what I'd burn about running 30 minutes at an 8…

Get thee to a running store and have a proper shoe fitting. I suffered from knee issues when working out my entire life - until I was fit for a proper running shoe. Now it's plain sailing, at least until the shoes start to age.

Thanks, I shall definitely try that next time I pull.

Would be interested in your feedback on my deadlift form. This is a 1RM (365lb @ 165lb bw), since it's the only video I have. As such it's probably my form at it's worst. Deadlift 1RM At some point I'll get around to getting a vid of my squat form and put that up too. Edit: Might want to turn the sound down before watching…

Bingo. The first week is often great because so many people find their calorie deficit by cutting carbs, and that results in a lot of water-loss. You presumably have done the opposite - cut fats and/or protein. So your increased carb intake is resulting in retaining water and is masking any loss you may have had through…

Hot weather can be a lot more miserable than cold. I did an Olympic triathlon in 110°F heat and high humidity, people literally had their sprinklers pointing onto the road on the run course. I don't think I would have made it without them.

Champion C9, from Target. It's pretty nice. I wear it with two other thin layers and it works well down to very low temps.

-22°F with windchill. I'm sure our Canadian and Scandinavian friends have encountered colder, but when there's ice on your beard when you get home, that's plenty cold enough -

If you have a cheap no-contract gym near you, you'd probably be better off signing her up for that rather than buying a recumbent bike. They can be expensive for decently built ones, and unlikely worth the price unless it's something she can see herself doing long term even after the physio.

You are right, no denying it. Sticks and stones, and all that. However, a little empathy would go a long way in this discussion. The point is that highly self-conscious people struggle with social phobia and fear of public humiliation every day. There's nothing rational about it, just as there is nothing rational about any…

Agreed. Though I can see their side. I'm quite a self-conscious person, and when you are self-conscious it is easy to be absolutely convinced that everyone is staring at you and judging you. Thankfully over the years I've also developed a good degree of self-awareness and I can silence that treacherous voice in my head…

Thankfully my gym has no contracts, so resolutioners don't have financial incentive to keep coming after they've already given up inside. This was my gym come Jan 5, after 4 days of being heaving: