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That would be about 8 teaspoons of table salt. So unless it's pretty darn salty, it's not likely correct.

The rich already pay far more than their fair share, and this is coming from a guy who most certainly is not rich. If you really want to level the playing field, everyone should pay the same tax rate instead of penalizing success and subsidizing failure and laziness.

Get yourself a book like "Starting Strength" by Mark Rippetoe, and look into a program like Stronglifts 5x5 or similar. Be careful with some trainers in commercial gyms because they are probably going to want to point you toward machine isolation exercises or the Smith Machine. If you want to train free weights, insist on…

I'm a police helicopter pilot. I first learned of the attack on the radio while driving to work. I came in in the middle of it and didn't know what I was hearing. I thought they were talking about some hypothetical situation. When I got to work, they were watching it on TV. All civilian air traffic was suspended. As law…

Get up early on your work days, even if it's just a little early for a short workout, then hit it hard on your days off and on Thursdays since you go in late that day. If you have rest days, make them your work days and that will prevent you from having to get up early more often than you would like.

My police department is even having a difficult time obtaining practice ammunition because of the shortage. I think it's a ploy by the feds to create an artificial shortage, and thereby create artificially high ammo prices which will price most average citizens out of the market. If this administration can't get the gun…

The goal is to have a vertical bar path. So the bar travels in a straight vertical line as you squat down and back up. When you set up, get nice and tight, take in a full breath into your belly and hold it. This helps keep a tight core. Start your squat by breaking at the hips and pushing your butt back. This helps keep…

Whether you need to or not, starting out with just the bar is a good idea. It gives you the opportunity to work on your form before the weights get heavy. Look into something like Stronglifts 5x5 for a good beginner weight training program.

Free weights and compound exercises like squats, deadlifts, bench press, etc... Maybe a program like Stronglifts 5x5 I found I lost weight most easily by doing lots of cardio (trail running), but weight training makes my body look better and of course makes me stronger. The problem is, the two can work against each other…

It seems like it was marked low because the judging criteria included difficulty to maintain, which I can understand. But all the diets are evaluated apparently based on conventional wisdom (low-fat, whole grains, etc) that Paleo purports to defy anyway. So it makes sense that a diet that goes against conventional wisdom…

Yup barefoot or Converse Chuck Taylors.

I stopped worrying about this the first time I had over a year of consecutive logging and lost it when I went camping for a weekend. I was upset at first about breaking my streak, but then reminded myself that it was pointless anxiety, and spending a weekend camping with my family and friends does a lot more for my…

You will lose weight with strength training and no cardio, but diet is most important. If you want to add cardio, you can do cardio after your strength session. I will sometimes do light cardio on my rest days. A lot of trainers don't know much about free-weights so I wouldn't worry about not having a trainer. If you do…

Check out Stronglifts 5x5. It's a great beginner's strength training program using free weights. It's basically powerlifting 101. You'll be doing squats, bench presses, overhead presses, deadlifts, and rows. It's set up for a workout 3 days a week.

I actively seek out half-century-old chicken. It's hormone and antibiotic free! ;)

It's enough because the program uses compound movements that train almost everything. I add pull-ups and dips just because I want to get better at those also, but they are also compound movements. I still do some running too, just because I want to be comfortable running those 5ks and obstacle races.

I just ordered one. Gotta figure out where I am going to anchor it though. None of my back yard trees are big enough yet.

"Art of Strength - Providence" DVD. You will need a kettlebell. It will smoke you if you haven't used kettlebells before.

The Mayo Clinic is in north Scottsdale. There is the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Clinic Hospital, so actually there are two campuses up there. Scottsdale is unfortunately not the most affordable place in the valley, although with the way housing has been I'm sure you can probably find something affordable nearby. Scottsdale…

I have done many, from some basic 5k ones (Warrior Dash, Rugged Maniac, Devil Dash, Survivor Mud Run), to the longer and more difficult Spartan Race and Tough Mudder. They are a blast. My advice is to be at least somewhat conditioned to run so you don't have to walk the whole thing, but a lot of people do walk them so…

Like everyone has said, just do the best you can for your ability. Chances are you'll be a little faster because of the adrenaline of the event and the presence of other people. But depending on which event it is, you'll be surprised at how many people walk almost the entire thing. So no worries! Which one are you thinking…

I just sit down with a tub of it and a spoon and actually have a hard time stopping before it's all gone.

If it's a stabbing pain on the outside part of the knee it's likely IT band syndrome. I had horrible IT band pain in the past. All through the police academy many years ago, and again more recently when I took up trail running a couple years ago. For me, the situation was directly related to my foot strike and my shoes.…

Way to go!

@HarleyQuinn_1 Yay, found my twin! Almost literally because I think we're a year apart.

I've been doing it long enough to have failed on everything at least once. Pretty much, you get to where you just can't lift the weight for a full rep. For the press, bench press and row you'll maybe get it half way up when you fail. I've always been able to still lower the weight under control when it happens. For the…

I'm in week 28, but I've taken two 2-week breaks in there due to injury or illness. The press was my first stall at 95 lbs. I'm switched to 3x5 now and I'm still stalling at 110 lbs. I've deloaded on the other exercises, but nothing else has switched to 3x5 yet although it's coming real soon. Rows are stalling at 155. I…

It sounds like you are looking for an interval timer, not a stopwatch. Here's a link to one at Amazon and you can see if it does what you need. If you search on there and elsewhere you will find similar devices now that you know what they are called.…

I have some that I got for my wife a long time ago. When I get home I will try to remember to look at what they are and post it here. They are foam with a spring steel insert so they store flat but snap into a circle around your wrist like the smaller novelty snap bracelets you may have seen.

I use a Garmin for actual run stats, but a totally fun running app to make runs more exciting is "Zombies, Run!". It interjects a storyline in between your playlist songs and you also get randomly chased by moaning zombies which builds in a little interval training for you. It also keeps track of speed, time, distance,…