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I would say yes on the power rack, and no on power bands. A fair bit of what fills conventional gyms is silly *kitten* isolation machines. Planet fitness is not a gym. Just sayin'. :D That's a good reason to figure in the return on investment. @OP asked about home gyms. It's entirely appropriate.

Your goal is not to give a good-god-damn what anyone else thinks about you're being the 'morbidly obese person working out'. Screw them.

I wonder how the hell they got inside my house.

Copy and print, post on the fridge: This is not your problem anymore. You embrace the fear. You love it when it feels heavy. You hate variety. You think people who make up *kitten* excuses to justify their desire to do something easier are just scared, and you are not one of them. You are a lifter, and you lift heavy…

If you've got the space, go with a platform, squat stand, a decent bar or two, and a set of plates from, 2.5 through 45's. You'll need at least two pairs of 45's VERY quickly, and maybe a third or fourth pair soon as well. My home setup is:* Rogue SML-1 Squat Rack with Spotter Arms * Plate pairs (2x45, 1x35, 1x25, 1x10,…

Obligatory rant: Whenever I heard someone say they want to "get toned" I presume it means "look ****able". A 'toned' look is simply a normal bodyfat combined with strength training. There's no magic involved. Get on any of the beginner's program (Starting Strength, Stronglifts, PHAT, NROLFW) and go at it.

Losing weight is complex.

265lb x 5 squats. New estimated 1RM of 298 lbs. Nice start to the new year.

"Snake oil" has been replaced by "supplements aisle" at your local pharmacy. It's about the same levels of effectiveness.

Any idiot can read an abstract, and unfortunately many idiots do and think that's the whole story.

Got 260 lbs / 129 kg squat for five reps, matching my estimated one-rep maximum of 303 lbs / 137.5 kg. It puts me in position to start breaking my own records immediately in the new year.

New medium-weight baselayer. Wind chills of -15F / -27C is no longer a good reason to skip my morning walk.

The book "The Barbell Prescription - Strength Training for Life After 40" by Dr. Sullivan and Andy baker - two huge people in the Starting Strength website world.

Fortunately, factual information doesn't require belief.

If you're looking to move around, get sweaty, and breathe harder, do what you're doing. If you're looking to get stronger, look at Starting Strength, Stronglifts, and/or The New Rules of Lifting for Women (SS, SL, and NROLFW respectively).

Was already done on the Twitter hashtag #notyourgoodfatty - the website of the same name was created by someone to counter their lying *kitten*.

Nonsense. Humans mentally judge each other; it's built into us. 1. I see no reason to give someone crap for their choice to be overfat to the point of self-destruction. 2. It doesn't make it less dangerous to be overfat.

If someone wants to believe that the calories in broken oreos don't count because the calories leak out, I'm more than willing to let them. Simply because someone believes a thing doesn't mean it's worth one second of my time to refute it.

The lifting programs most touted for novice lifters are Starting Strength (SS), Stronglifts (SL), and The New Rule of Lifting for Women (NROLFW). Any program that has you upping the weights in a logical manner - and for novices every session is within that realm - is a good one. You'll look for a program that has what I've…

Barest drizzle of olive oil and minced fresh basil.

. o O ( Waist trainers? Like squats and crunches? ) *googles* Oh, corsets. No. Just... no.

Just a heads-up, Webroot is reporting that site and quiz as having a history of phishing attacks.

Anytime I've had surgery (five so far, and innumerable outpatient procedures) I've always asked, "What can I do?" when given a list of restrictions; try to narrow down what the doc's reasoning is for "no X for Y weeks."

Lose your obsession with abs, and get to a psychologist to figure out why you're afraid of food and how to get better at not fearing it.

I'd say - Potatoes are good - Somewhat true; PUFAs tend to move to transfats under heat. EVOO isn't the best for cooking - Popcorn is about 10% fiber by weight [USDA] - Silly - Fruits are good - studies show LISS *may* detrimental to CV health compared to HIIT - Silly - Wouldn't surprise me at all. That's only 1.25g a day…

If you're purely talking about weight, it's Calorie in versus Calories out. It really is that simple. If humans expelled "excess calories" in the way you describe, obese people would be on exhibit in zoos as a rare creature. Fortunately, nature didn't see fit to exterminate the species this way.

As I've told one boss, "You do not own me - you rent forty hours of my time a week. Choose them wisely."

I'm saying that because people think people on gear can live in a power rack without getting tired.

While PEDs may change what constitutes recovery, they don't remove the need for it.

Recovery is the thing people screw up more than anything else. There's no supplement, no macro ratio, no meal timing that can counter crappy recovery.