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Everyone who is capable of doing resistance training should do lift. There is literally no downside to being stronger, and significant increases in useful lifespan and compression of morbidity as we approach the downward slide of life.

"My body, my choice" works for guys too. I've flat out told SWMBO - who when I was still at 28% bodyfat said I was emaciated - "well, you don't get a say in the matter."

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I reshifted my routine for the minimal time I have and to maximize my terrible recovery after getting ill yet again. A - Squat B - OHP C - Deadlift D - Bench ABCxADCx Add 5 lbs a session 3x5 until I can't, then drop back to 1x5 top set with 2x5 drop sets at 90% 5RM and add between 1.25 and 5lbs every session until I can't.

My guidelines: Pain is sharp and ugly. Sore makes you feel alive. Muscles get sore, joints hurt. If you've been working out sporadically, any resistance program (including body weight) will produce DOMS. if you think it's DOMS, get your cardio today. It'll help.

My cure for the loss of padding from fat loss was building up muscle mass. It's a better padding anyway.

HIIT training is brutal. The running joke with sled & prowler work is 12 sets of 40 yards or until you vomit, whichever comes first. My guess is the crying was a stress relief value.

I work out, track my food, turn down the cake, and all the rest not because of self-hate, but because I feel worlds better when I do in my day to day life. When I got fitter and healthier my life became better. I got more discipline, became more energetic, happier, and just felt awesome. I want to share this feeling with…

I've gotten "You eat too much" more than once. I usually respond with, "Clearly by all the weight I'm not gaining."

Realize that the site's "stories" are mostly *kitten* made up by people trolling them. Poe's Law applies.

You're not going to lengthen muscle without some fairly radical surgeries. Clothing model aesthetic is a living, walking clothes hanger.

What is this "gym wear" you speak of? I wear shorts, T-shirts, and maybe sweatpants and/or a hoodie if it's cold.

You're not the first lifter to start late in life. Get the book The Barbell Prescription and read it cover to cover. There's some considerations around barbell training for us older folks with regard to intensity, volume, and recovery, but impossible isn't one of the words available.

These guys, watch their video: Dr. Feigenbaum and Dr. Baraki delve into osteoarthritis, including discussions of diagnosis, evidence based treatment, and barbell training's role in management. They know their stuff.

The great thing about factual information is our beliefs have no bearing on their truth.

Preworkouts are typically a mix of amino acids and caffeine. If you go this route, look for a preworkout that has Leucine, Isoleucine, and Valine in a 2:1:1 ratio to each other and 200mg caffeine. That said, the aminos won't do much to foster muscle protein synthesis (MPS) if they're in a high-protein environment already,…

Beginners on linear progression programs (SS/SL/NROLFW) can add five pounds every session for months across the board; in a fair number of cases two pounds a session on deadlifts is very possible. The reason for this is what's been termed The Novice Effect - that any exercise stimulus applied to an untrained individual…

Strength gains are possible in people new to lifting - regardless of their fitness otherwise - by CNS adaptation. There's not a nerve fiber to trigger every muscle cell contraction individually; they're done in bundles of muscle cells to a single nerve impulse. By getting under a barbell you're training the CNS that yes,…

"Your current body fat levels are correlated with increased risk of {insert chronic diseased states / sick aging phenotypes}. If you'd like help with reducing your body fat and risk, I can write you a referral." Realistically, your job as a doctor is to inform the patient to your findings and prescribe as needed - whether…

That's like asking whether it's worse to drop a 20kg plate on my big toe or burn the entire roof of my mouth with scalding pizza. Can't I just not do either?

When the kids are home because of a snow day.

I identify as an attack helicopter.

If you don't think all professional athletes aren't on PEDs, I have some Tennessee oceanfront property you're gonna love.

Get the book The Barbell Prescription by Sullivan & Baker. It outlines frameworks for your goals as you age and why they're more effective that the cookie-cutter programs you'll find on the internet.

FREE WEIGHTS WHY ARE WE SHOUTING Free weights build strength faster for longer than bodyweight can hope for in its wildest dreams.

As a novice you can do a full-body program and come back 48 hours later and do it again with more weight. As an intermediate, your recovery for a maximal lift is longer - three to seven days depending on programming and other factors - and you're working to maintain that balance between overload, recovery, and adaptation…

For lifting, two days on, two days off, on an upper/lower volume day/intensity day split. Cardio, 2 x 2 miles most weekdays.

Wait, what? Why the hell are you cutting at 135 lbs?

Low bar squats. Nothing will get you stronger and build the posterior chain better.