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I was hoping to get comments on the paper....any opinions?

I'm in the same boat at the moment...eating at a calorie deficit to lose weight. But I do a little bit of heavy lifting to signal my body that I still need the muscle so don't shed it. I feel weak as a kitten from the lack of calories, so each day I do a few reps as heavy as I dare, and no more.

I had thought of that....perhaps you could include that in the description so that people like me (not a novice) don't try to look smart by refining the definition 8 )

I agree with most points made. Some suggestions around refining the definition: Linear: certainly novice lifters will progress linearly. The more trained you are though the longer your training cycles become (i.e. less linear). Splits: remove this. More advanced lifters require more volume and so doing splits can be a…

One thing that you need for heavy lifting at home is a strong floor. Also, a lifting platform to protect said floor.

Does this apply to visceral fat as well?

I use: Six Star Pro Nutrition - Professional Strength Elite Series-100% Whey Protein Powder - Vanilla Cream I like the taste and texture, and it stirs a bit better than others that I've tried.

Actually, yes I do: http://hobogym.blogspot.ca/2010/07/scott-deebys-hobo-gym-arnprior-ontario.html

Stop being a pu$$y.

I think the way to manage this is to google the unfamiliar ingredients and learn their purpose. Sometimes the scary-sounding stuff is actually not all that bad. For example, artificial flavours are often the same chemical that's found naturally in food, but artificially added to a food product.

For one thing, they usually lack fiber, so they are so easily digested and quickly added to your available sources of energy, they cause a large release of insulin into your bloodstream which quickly stores the energy as fat. Fruit: good Fruit juice: bad (it has all the sugar but all the fiber is stripped out)

This is all I use: home-made squat cage barbell + plates home-made lifting platform treadmill (bought used) bicycle+trainer 2 home-made loadable 90lb concrete blocks with handles that I use for farmer's walk (I love this exercise!) Fitness equipment is expensive! It takes up a lot of room too.

Enjoy it! Don't worry about your time, set finishing the race as your goal. When training, after your run sessions hop on the bike and do a couple miles. You will adapt to the transition that way. Maybe go to a tri and watch, become familiar with the logistics of an event. It's been about 10 years since my last one so I…

So....squats target all those muscle groups, as well as the back of the thigh. Big bang for the buck.

Eat healthy food, and don't do any cleansing bullcrap. ;)

I agree with this. For me, the best thing a heart rate monitor does is slow me down when I am targeting the aerobic zones (let's say zone 2). The HRM tells me when I've drifted up to the 'junk miles' effort of zone 3. If you "feel the burn" while exercising, that's lactic acid that you feel in your muscles caused by the…

Do you have any exercise equipment at home?

I think "reckless" is a good word that describes their methods.

This is what i was getting at (thanks for stealing my thunder sfg) ;) After a while you'll get to know your zones based on your perceived effort. I used to have a lot of fun training with the HRM....enjoy!

losing 20 lbs is a great achievement.

Congratulations on your progress! You rawk! For my entire life, I thought that the wheezing sound my lungs made when I performed intense cardio was normal. Now that I have the steroid puffer stuff to treat the asthma, I've never had a more enjoyable time just breathing. And now when I shovel snow and becoming all out of…

how do you know you are in an anaerobic state?

I'm 42 and trying to lose the fat that I've slowly accumulated over the last 12 years. I'm on a calorie deficit that equates to 1 lb weight loss a week. So far, I'm on track. Every other day I do a bit of heavy lifting in an effort to maintain muscle mass. I avoid cardio because it makes me hungry. Once a week I eat…

On a more serious note.....when I used to train with a heart rate monitor, I characterized Zone 2 as the "able to breathe through the nose" exertion level. If during the workout I realized that I was breathing through my mouth, I'd slipped into zone 3 (higher exertion) as confirmed on the HRM.

I can't do it. Noseholes are too small and I can't get enuff air.

Told ya. Try disagreeing with the tribe in their online forum and see what happens.

It's a cult.

I fifth this. Isolation exercises are for body builders who want to sculpt a certain part of their body to match their totally made up "ideal" physique. Compound exercises like squat, deadlift, pullups, overhead press....the muscle balance is inherent, and totally customized to your proportions. My rule of thumb: most…

The Starting Strength book has an excellent, very detailed description of good squatting technique. Edit: See that graphic above? That's from the SS book ;)

One caveat about using dumbells is that it changes the exercise a little bit -- with a barbell, the weight is a little bit more in front of your body -- with dumbells, the weight is more or less aligned with your body. I think dumbells consequently move some of the stress from your backside to your quads. Still good, but…