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Loveeee Crossfit. Hate. Mentality. Here is the what you will experience: 1. Intense cardiovascular and intramuscular exercise. 2. Pressuring to go Paleo 3. More and more "hard" WODs that are basically the same volume of WODs that have previously been prescribed (lacking progression) How to tell a good Crossfit regimen: 1.…
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The ONLY acceptable reasons for going vegan are: 1. Moral...(hate the slaughter of livestock and/or the treatment of food-meat in society) 2. Religion There are absolutely zero nutritional reasons a human should not eat meat. We are inherently the most adaptive creatures on earth, scavenging, hunting, picking, gathering,…
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This is an imbalance in the front-upper/back-lower quadrants. Your hams and glutes are giving away to your quads and calves. most of the time, there is a mental barrier here. Sink low in your squat....very low. If you accomplish this, you can only "catch" the squat with your hips an fire them upward, using the glutes to…
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Technically, this is a matter of sample size. All that really matter is if your caloric intake trends up wards or downwards, and if your weight coincides with that upward or downward trend. Logic would assume that with a downward trend in intake, weight would follow. Whether that be weekly, monthly, daily or hourly., with…
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Im not sure about the other responses, but I would say if you live an active life, neither of these should be a concern. Sugar is fuel, and sodium is the transport of that fuel. Though if you believe you are eating way too much of either, then it becomes a matter of if you've set your allotments correctly, matched against…
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I generally work a push/pull/lower split. cardio twice a week, PRs every month or two. The question is not what lifting regimen you use, but rather what lifting regimen you can surely and quickly progress upon. i care almost zero about compound vs isolation. as long as progression reigns.
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Fiber. 40g a day. start tracking!
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this has nothing to do with your upcoming trip and everything to do with what you are associating it with. if you view studying abroad and vacation to binge eating and experiencing food without restriction, then you will fall prey to repercussions of that life. I often travel overseas, sometimes for months...and in very…
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i believe that perhaps your goals are not aligned correctly. weight loss is a byproduct of a certain lifestyle....one that conflicts with your current way of living. if you feel like giving up...that's alright. but remember that you are surrendering to the lesser part of your total self. The worst part of what you may…
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What are the benefits of eating almonds vs peanuts? They offer the advantages of nuts. Grind them up into a paste. There is no difference besides the macro densities of each. Hocus pocus!
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Yes. If you don't want your stomach/waist/hips to get bigger, doing exercises that stimulate those muscle groups is probably logical. I'm not sure why you'd do deadlifts to encourage a smaller core. I do them to make mine much bigger....
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You have too little information to go on. If this was your first morning workout, and assuming you are in a deficit, your blood sugar levels are going to be very low. That accounts for the lightheadedness and general lack of energy to complete. However, the body tends to adjust over time, and as it begins to accept that…
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I sweat an insane amount. Usually if I'm just wearing a T shirt, I looks like I stood in the rain. The solution to this is simply working out in a sweatshirt or hoodie. Since you're already sweating at a maximal level, adding another layer is not going to make you sweat any more. At least you'll be soaking it up and not…
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Chances are, you are nowhere near recruiting the kind of fiber that would require such a drastic surplus. Plus if you have larger stores of fat, some of that will help you synthesize protein through its oxidation. I would eat maintenance for now, and see how far you can progress on just that. If and when you plateau, which…
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Periodization, Progression, and Diversity in your training scheme, whether it be rep count, set count, rep cadence, rest time, total volume, total poundage, will drastically improve your results. Whether you're trying to lose weight or gain muscle, periodizing your goals to achieve a higher level of performance is…
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2oz dry is way more volume when cooked, and carries on more water, making it more than 2oz after cooking. So if you want to track the calories, then u measure out your 2oz by weight, cook it, and eat the resulting 4-5oz of cooked pasta. But all noodles are extremely calorie dense. Since unlike bread or rice, you basically…
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Yep, actually you pose some very valid points. The stigma of high protein being bad for kidneys for example, is so unfounded in healthy individuals. Great post, for sure!
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Sacrilege.
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I think at some point we all did this in the bodybuilding circles. At one point I was up to 8. I'll say this. It doesn't hurt. It also doesn't help. Meal frequency has no direct effect on weight loss that has been observed. That's not to say people that eat more frequently arent skinnier. Causation is not correlation,…
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Right. Your indulgences are working within your macro allowments. Like...300 carb, 150 from pop tarts, 150 from whole oats. Done. You cannot get 300 from whole oats and then say..i'm going to have a pop tart because I just met my 300g carb limit. That immediately puts you at 350 carbs, defeating the purpose of "fitting"…
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How...do you get all your macros, and then add other foods? If you fulfill your macros, you will have just met the caloric restriction you have set while on IIFYM. Adding more food inherently causes you to go over every macro you just set. You cannot add more of something when you've just satisfied the values you've set…
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The two most illusive and awesome gym machines are: Cybex Leg Press and Nautilus Pullover Machine. Also that Hammer Strength Diagonal row seems to be impossible to mimic with free weights.
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Interesting! I am interested, always especially when physicians are involved. But I must play devil's advocate. You say avid bodybuilders look to increase protein intake as a correlate of increased muscle size/density. True, though you reference a study where the subjects are nowhere near producing the work load and…
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I realllllllly don't think this would be an issue. Though I didn't start until i was about 16. Safety first, though. safety.
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I don't want to scare you, but if the pain is sharp, and sudden you should probably consult with your doctor. Usually, if there is an "uh-oh" moment, and then an injury that causes immediate debilitation, that's not a good sign. The lumps or knots you feel could be just a severe strain in the tendon, or something more…
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This hamburger just makes me want a real hamburger...tomorrow, I feast on Five Guys.
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I'm always walking the line of maintenance in either direction. We are in a happy place =)
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Look ok to me...but these calculations are only a loose guideline as to how you should figure your ultimate numbers. That means that they may or may not work. So don't get frustrated if 2200 is not seeing you lose weight. You just have to incrementally go a bit lower, or work out much harder to get the ball rolling. But…
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I don't think we're talking about the same thing here. Ice cream is just milk and sugar. Pop tarts are just ground up wheat, eggs, and berries then baked. I just had 2 of them. I'm a die hard IIFYMer. I've been doing it since before it had a fancy acronym. Back when Alan Aragon first published the findings about soccer…
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Yes, I understand that. Ergo the quotes. I dont want to type out "foods that are generally in their whole form, with accompanying fiber and is generally unprocessed or enriched".
