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Finally, finally, FINALLY got my deadlift form straightened out. Now to get pounds on the bar.

"Bad sugar" is a misnomer at best, and fear-mongering at worst. "A lot of pus cells" is wholly inaccurate. There are somatic cells present, but these are not pus cells. At most, there's one drop - literally - of pus in eight fluid ounces of milk, or a ratio of about 1:4750. Oh, and organic vegetables, from CDC results,…

I would start looking for a new job if my employer thinks they can micro-manage my life like this. THAT said, not getting rewards (monetary, gold stickers on your personnel jacket, etc.) aren't penalties.

The study was in 1959, and the people in the study were "given a diet" and sent on their way. There's never been a follow-up to show that 95% number is even close to true. [edit] A bit of searching showed a study where 20% reported keeping 20lbs+ off; the main factors is success were:* engaging in high levels of physical…

PSMF is a brutal way to lose weight, being both essentially keto and VLCD rolled into one package. It's definitely not the first on anyone's list of choices to lose weight overall, and Lyle pretty much admits there's very few specific use cases for it. Those who've used it almost universally say that it gets results and…

Tell her to got screw herself. Alternatively, look her up and down and comment, "Yes, it's clearly a demonstrable you have a healthier lifestyle than I do."

CICO works if your sole goal is to lose weight. If you're looking to lose weight, stay satiated, and be healthier overall, it's mildly more complex than that.

My opinion is going to be wildly unpopular. IDGAF. Bariatric surgery is body modification as a solution to a mental problem.

Based on my Wilks score comparison from the collected results of IPF meets as found at http://www.openpowerlifting.org/ - it's not just something I'm pulling out of my *kitten*. My avatar isn't just for show. Squat's at 1.5, bench is over bodyweight, and my deadlift is lagging behind 2x body weight, but I'mma still trying.…

Neither one. It's a combination of people having a previously unknown hypersensitivity to EC dying, and idiots who think "Hey, if 20/200 is good, 100/1000 will work five times as fast!"

It depends entirely what you mean by "normal" as well as what you mean by "abnormal". The fact in your n=1 case may be your metabolism was never abnormal in the first place.

Exercise is what happens when you go to the gym and do exactly the same thing you did last time you went to the gym, or when you do P90X, CrossFit, or any other randomized program. These activities are performed for one reason: the effect they produce for you today, right now... you showed up, moved some stuff around, got…

The first eight weeks of any beginner's program sucks. It gets easier for a time, then gets forever hard again as you pursue higher levels of strength.

I hit my goal, almost immediately had a major surprise surgery, spent a year recovering with barbells, stayed within "normal" BMI for nearly over a year; strength gains came when I upped my calories and protein and put some weight on.

A half pound cheeseburger with a half-pound of french fries.

Back in the gym after two weeks off for the complications of work and ragweed allergies. Lost about 15% off my lifts.

BMI is useful for population studies because it requires two static measurements that anyone with three brain cells can take; trying to apply BMI to individuals without any other contextual information is silliness at best. When I was at a "proper" weight that fit BMI, I was considerably weaker both in raw numbers and…

If you want to build strength, look at the Starting Strength and Stronglifts programs. They're both barbell programs designed for people who are new to strength-building and rock-solid for building a lot of strength very quickly.

It will repeat, as obstacles do throughout all of life. How you react to it is the difference between succeeding and failing at whatever the obstacle blocks.

Likewise. I've had "too tired" days where I broke my own records with ease. Once the warm-up sets are in, I can judge pretty well how the main lifts are going to work.

Look for the ones with the fewest ingredients. If I see the label reads "proprietary blend" I put it back - those and almost universally garbage.

Stripper pole.

tl;dr answer: No. Detailed answer: Barring exceedingly rare metabolic disorders, everyone can get to a healthy body fat level; that's a matter of how and what you eat. Most people, again with the caveat of medical issues, can both get stronger with a resistance training program AND increase their cardiovascular health with…

I came across a pair on interesting bugs:* A rest set as 300 seconds gets reinterpreted as 3:00 minutes if you switch from the app * Moving from the app to another and back again may terminate the rest timer altogether They've been promising fixes for months.

Jefit works, but be aware their rest timer is fundamentally broken and there's no (easy) way to export the data.

I use Runtasitc to track my cardio and import directly into MFP. I don't bother logging weight lifting burn because nothing I've found can track it accurately. Realistically, look at what it adds, see if the scale matches your expectations, and adjust accordingly.

Yes; you use them instead of the iron plates to get the bar to a proper height. I do Pendlay rows with bumper plates because every rep gets set back down again and rowing 60kg isn't happening for the density blocks I do.

Bring your own technique bar, the Cap brand OB73-AL is only 7.5kg/15lbs. https://amzn.com/B002D1Y6H2

If your gym has bumper plates - the wholly rubber ones -- get them. They're the same diameter as a 45 pound iron plate but come in weights of 5-45 lbs.

I know I should "listen to my body" but my brain says, "Don't be a *kitten*, go lift the damned weight" so i do that instead.