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It's hard to know where to begin with this nonsense. Skills aren't trained by strength training. Specific skills are trained by practicing those skills. Increasing strength in frail individuals balance, as demonstrated in multiple studies. Good form always trumps the weight on the bar; with good lifting form strength…

Ignore all of the above quoted text. Being stronger prevents injuries by strengthening not only muscles, but all those ligaments, tendons, and bones that hold you together. Someone who can deadlift one hundred pounds is going to have to exert more of their total power on ANY lift off the floor than the person who can…

The goal is always "more weight". Given a proper linear progression, and presuming no injuries, you should be able to squat your bodyweight and deadlift 185 lbs in less than a year.

Whey concentrate is less expensive than other types and has more of the amino acid L-Leucine than plant-based powders - which is a key for efficient muscle protein synthesis.

Look for a Starting Strength coach in your area. There's one in London that, while a bit of a hike, will be well worth your time as this is exactly what they're trained to do - get people strong safely.

I need an hour or more between a heavy weight training session and sleep time, or I simply don't sleep well.

Very unpopular: You have to exercise. It is not optional. Nobody gets a pass. You may choose to ignore this obligation, but nature is very unkind to sedentary people.

Like anything else used for fuel that's burned up, it breaks down to mostly as water and carbon dioxide.

Sodium is what a sweat-drenched football player needs; it's lost much more readily than potassium. Simple sugar also help as they get readily converted to glycogen that muscle needs to function, as opposed to HFCS that gets metabolized much slower by the liver.

I go by dollars per pound of whey that's 20g/100 Calories, and Myprotein always wins. Last time I loaded up 22 pounds for USD 106 - or about $0.45/30g on your scale. They're just a solid brand with no garbage.

None at all. It's a waste of time and money.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300310/most-helpful-posts-fitness-and-exercise-must-reads will do some good.

An example might be helpful. I'm pulling heavy (to me) deadlifts and I do a three repetition max - in other words, I do a weight heavy enough that I can only lift it off the platform three times. Despite resting ten minutes, which should be long enough to refill glycogen and ATP stores in the muscles for more work, I…

obligatory disclaimer: Not a PT, doc, or medical professional. The key is "what they're doing is unproductive and heading towards being detrimental" covers an enormous swath of poor behaviors. Over-training certainly is part of that set, but so it degrading form on ever-heavier lifts, not allowing recovery between…

The last three months: * Haven't had a layoff from lifting for an upper-respiratory illness - which are what plagued me all of last year. * I weigh 15 lbs more than I did, but kept the same waist size. * Changed programming and just started stalling now a bit after adding sixty pounds to my powerlifting total so far. *…

Five rep sets are wonderful. They feel like work, and are a sweet spot for most people trying to get strong.

I don't buy $100 pants, let alone pajamas. Buying retail UA just shows you have more money than sense.

I've found trying to record the calorie burn from strength training as a "why bother" thing; I dropped weight at the same rate whether I added back in an estimate or not.

IT'S FULL OF INGREDIENTS!

Then Dan Riley is an idiot, because there's no danger at all in vertical loading of the spine in a properly performed barbell squat. The spine is a moment arm in a squat, not a prime mover.

If the metric we're using to restore someone to as full physical functioning as possible, my experience with physical therapists is they're at best useless to this endeavor. The whole "squats bad for knees/ don't go below parallel / no knees past toes" is entirely made up out of whole cloth.

My warm ups for lifting follow this model: * Just the bar x 10 reps * 40% working weight x 5 * 60% working weight x 3 * 80% working weight x 2 * 90% working weight x 1 or 2 Wait two minutes, and get to work. The warm up is just that - to warm up the joints and musculature you're going to use without a negative impact on…

Both graphs are showing an estimated 1RM based on the weight and reps performed. Yes, I'm aware this is imperfect, but it's how the graphs are made by the Jefit site. The left graph is my squat progress on a straight linear progression (LP) program and estimated 1RMs based on the sets of five. Once I wasn't able to add…

Unpopular in some circles: "All-Natural", "Paleo" and "Clean Eating" are all nonsense terms.

You would be wrong. Behold the graph on the left. That's my squat rebuild after major surgery. I have no doubt an utterly uninjured trainee can make fantastical progress in a very short time.

My experience from my own back pain (torn up from multiple car crashes and work injuries) is the pain is exacerbated by sit-ups and crunches and totally disappeared once I got my deadlifts to my body weight. Now it's only achy if I sit too long. My (non medical, non trainer) opinion is you have a weak back. Check out the…

My personal preference has been shifting to a higher-protein and fat diet (not Keto) by reducing carbohydrates. Adding a literal can of vegetables to my meat-based lunch has been a godsend to keeping me fuller longer on fewer calories. Your mileage may vary.

And THAT is why I recommend a sets-of-five linear progression to every new lifter. It's so efficient and you can get strong as hell VERY fast without injury or over-extending yourself into exhaustion. Great job @OP