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I'm leaning no. The picture of a fruit is giving me this vegetarian vibe thing. I need a meat eater.

detour bars are good. Just be careful. A lot of the low sugar high carb sources are just filled with maltodextrin which isnt any better

Fats are your friend. 9 cals per gram so you don't have to eat a lot. coconut oil, olive oil, butter, peanut butter. That's how I would do it if I had your problem. You can make it very healthy with good choices and grass fed sources

lots. 2-3 16oz cups worth a day . great stuff

gaining strength is more difficult than losing fat in my opinion. I wouldn't drop any calories if you are are getting stronger and you don't think you have put on any fat. the mirror can be a better judge than the scale. look yourself over in the mirror every few days and look for new fat that pops up. also pants are a…

i second the opinion of trutein, its a bit pricey though. ibpi whey hd is tasty and can be found for pretty cheap right now. vpx syngex is good and can be had for about 35 bucks for 80 servings. dyamatize elite fusion is good and is cheap all over right now if your not worried about a few extra cals

If you want to eat clean and gain weight get the idea of vegan out of your mind. Eat clean sources of protein and fat and they will do wonders for your cholesterol and overall blood panel. Eat cage free organic eggs, grass fed beef, nitrate free turkey/sausage/bacon and natural nut butters, Organic dairy and grass fed meat…

there is no magic number of macro ratios that can be applied to everyone. Going high protein/fat generally works for most but has its drawbacks so I usually try to get in as many carbs as someone can handle and cut them down as progress stalls. for example i trained a two people for a competition last year, one was able to…

thread summary You do not need to train to failure to make progress. Training to failure has benefits. If training to failure one should back off periodically to rest CNS. Do periods of both.

wow, actually some good advice on this thread! I strongly recommend getting lean before adding weight(i now hate the term bulking). Above poster is correct about better changes in body composition with lower body fat due to insulin sensitivity. It's also easier to tell when youve gained fat as you stary losing definition.…

the nice thing about training to failure is it cuts down the need for volume which allows for increased opportunity to train a muscle as recovery is easier. I just started scott stevensons fortitude training in which a muscle is trained to failure 3-4 times a week followed by a deload phase. pretty good stuff

these were people i were training for competitions so I know they were not lying as we would spend tons of time going over contest prep. I know one girl was eating less than I wanted. She came to me with a shot metabolism and about a month out of her bikini competition i had her on about 1100 calories doing cardio in the…

um yes because i have trained them

the link has nothing to do with clean vs dirty eating. these terms are subjective and cannot be scientifically quantified. It merely addresses the arguement people make that calorie in/out is supported by the laws of thermodynamics which it is not. The article does cite research showing that the body shows more…

Nothing wrong with 45%. This will definately help retain muscle mass. If you have been losing on 1800 with 20 something percent protein there is a good chance you can eat even more calories with the higher protein intake as it causes a more thermogenic effect in the body than carbs or fat. so that would be about 200g of…

very true, i was just looking at the OP's goal of a bulk.

I would agree. training to failure every workout is usually not a great idea. I recommend usually training each muscle twice a week, once to failure and one sub-failure pump style or take a deload week when fatigue sets in. smolov is great and can add some good muscle to the legs but is not ideal for long term hypertropht.…

This is not true. I'm guessing you're trying to invoke the laws of thermodynamics. The second law of thermodynamics contradicts calorie in vs calorie out. Here is a link to read, although no one ever reads these- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC506782/ last I checked they were not teaching entropy calculation…

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One of the biggest problems I have seen with lifters in the gym who make little progress out of the beginner realm is training intensity. Training to failure ensures a baseline level of intensity and encourages progress and setting PRs which is a great way to make gains. If your goal is to progress to the advanced range it…

You should be incorporating sets to failure for each muscle group each week. How often depends on your recovery. But studies have shown that failure results in the most hypertrophy. What is your current split? I can't really make recomendations without knowing it

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I like a 4 day a week alternating lower and upper body for female novice trainers. So for example mon-lower tues-upper thurs-lower fri- upper Neither freeweights or machines are better than the other. they do different things very well. keep ranges between 8-15 reps. try to get one set per exercise where you hit complete…

I don't think you are exercising too much. The best way to lose fat though is through resistance training(weights). They really fire up the metabolism and turn your muscles into furnaces. 18lbs before school? which is like late august im guessing. It is possible, i try to get people to lose 1-2lbs a week. I would probably…

Lack of energy is due to an overall diet deficiency, not just preworkout. When do you train? Morning? Night? I find intraworkout nutrition to be the best for energy. Everyone is different in how they respond to different preworkout nutrients. Many days I do no carbs before a workout, but have them during the workout. If I…

Not always. Hormones play a huge role in weight loss. I've seen lots of people do near starvation diets while doing 2 hours of cardio a day and not lose weight. Leptin plays a big role. If your leptin levels are high you will lose more weight than low levels while calories in/out remain the same

not making an arguement for overall health. just simply weight loss. I find it strange that you use Int. fasting but still take this stance. IF is based primarily on controlling insulin in a fasted state

its to show that there is more to weight loss than calories in vs calories out. if it were this simple then 2000 calories of sugar would work just the same. my science is based on years of teaching it, training in it and training countless other people

if a person ate 2000 calories from nothing but sugar and took a few omega 3 and amino tabs to stay alive I promise you they would lose weight more slowly than someone eating 2000 from protein and fat

you will probably get some good gains for a while. when you switch up your routine like that you generally do. After a while though you will probably stall out a bit. i highly recommend PHAT(power/hypertrophy training). I do it quite a bit and you get the best of both worlds.…