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People who usually start with cardio believing they needed to do it in order to lose weight (and then later added strength training maybe six months or year after they start) often wish they could go back and start with strength training. I think that tells you all you need to know. I started with strength training from…

My average is 3x a week for 1 hour each. Sometimes a bit more or less, sometimes 2 or 4x a week. I only work out at the gym because I want the equipment. Long gym sessions are one of the greatest myths and misinformation about getting good exercise. More gym time does not equal better results. Better results come from…

Time of day doesn't matter, I go whenever I can. If you're really motivated to do this, it comes from within. There's no such thing as the "ideal time", distractions or reasons why it can't be done. You will make time. You will figure it out, and you will put in the effort. If you are truly motivated, there is no obstacle.…

You guys are awesome thanks!

I actually didn't lift any weights, it was all special FX. :glasses:

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Oh to be 18 again...

I'm going to tell you some things that you may not believe but I'm gonna put it out there. I hope this helps. 0. I don't think you should do any of these short term programs. 21 day fix, 30 day shred, etc and whatever. They're scams because once you're done, you haven't made any real long term changes to your behavior. You…

Personally I think stronglifts 5x5 is much better at actually building muscle/burning fat and is much simpler and easier than NROLFW. It's also free and will teach you the real fundamentals of heavy weight training better than most routines. Changing my post here cause I think I misunderstood you. What you want to do is…

Really liked reading this, thanks. Good lifting numbers too!

I still go to my gym but sometimes work out at home. When I do, I'll use a doorframe pullup bar, pushups (different widths), burpees and squat form practice. If I had any weights or bench at home, I would just do the fundamentals for strength training: bench press, squats, deadlifts, overhead press and pendlay rows.

Just keep up with your resistance training, and do it carefully and incrementally. I had this problem 2 years ago when I started. If I leaned back on my hand I sometimes felt like my wrist was gonna snap. You have to do some kind of weight training. Bodyweight is fine, dumbbells would be great, anything where you can do…

Keep this simple. Just do stronglifts 5x5 and ignore everything else.

Exactly. I squat once a week as well, my progress has been fine, my gains are there. Reduce volume, find the right balance for you. I would never do 4x10 sets at that high of a weight, too much weight and too much volume. Pick one or the other but scale it back. If you follow stronglifts 5x5 at all, you know that getting…

I'd say I had to lose at least 40lbs before I got an unsolicited comment from anyone. I was wondering too if and when anyone was ever going to notice my hard work. Just keep at it, keep working. People will notice. Sometimes, I'd say maybe even oftentimes, they notice already but don't know how to talk about it. They're…

We? The entire army?

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If it helps at all I've gone through periods where nothing is changing on the scale, sometimes for weeks or months, and I'm pretty sure I'm doing everything right. Or at least, mostly right. And then suddenly I'll drop 4-6lbs over a week. There's a phenomenon called a "swoosh" I think, where your body holds onto water…

I feel your pain man. My starting weight was about 280, I'm now 225. The 55-56lbs I've lost has come from everywhere, and its true you can't control where it comes off. I have the same typical male issue, it gathers around my fat stomach. In my case I'm down about 4-5" there, and the difference between us may be genetics,…

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You have to have goals that go beyond the grind of your day to day jobs. They shouldn't even matter, this goes beyond all that. You have to be motivated. You have to want it for yourself. If you can't find that somewhere within you, you're going to give up. Or you'll quit before you even start. Find your drive to achieve…

One is an actual deadlift. The other is a hamstring stretch <snark> Seriously there are like seven different deadlifting forms that I can think of, and those are just two of them. Stronglifts has you doing conventional deads, but it's good to learn the other forms. Research them, study them, understand what makes each one…

Squats are the one specific exercise that will help things along. It's the best compound exercise there is, and it will build muscle/burn fat everywhere better than any other single exercise. Of course what everyone says about diet and can't spot reduce is also true.

Lack of research, knowledge, and random images used to back up your pet theories do not make it fact, no matter how hard you try.

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Good god sounds like? That IS a starvation diet. Like 500 cals a day maybe less? Way to die, stupid.

You need to embrace your face!

Ababy- good for you for realizing those unhealthy habits aren't working. Skinny fat isn't a healthy state of being, and I'm glad you realize you shouldn't starve yourself. Firstly, listen to the advice Fujiberry is giving, she knows her stuff. If you want a body like hers (I assume something like that is your target?) then…

I have the A/B compound workout I was doing in my profile, but I dropped it in favor of this new simpler routine. For me I frequently run out of energy, sometimes only really feeling like I can get to the gym 2x a week. So I'm stripping it all back, making it as simple as possible, and doing only the big 3 compounds. I was…

Wish I could help, this isn't really my area of expertise. I'm not trying to add muscle per se, I'm working on building functional strength, especially with the big 3 lifts. Hence the dedicated days on each. i'm also practicing body recomposition to reduce fat and add/preserve LBM. The only comment I would make on your…