Sam_I_Am77 Member

The best information you'll find will be in books / ebooks. Not being a smart-*kitten* either about your question either. "Starting Strength", "Cube Method", "Strong 360", "Juggernaut 2.0", "Beyond 5/3/1" are all great strength training books. All you need is a small notebook to log your plan, then you can put your phone…

Your nutrition will affect your weight more than missing a couple days of exercise.

I'll have to YouTube that one, thanks.

Well, if you play video games on a tablet or phone; connect to wifi and sit outside and play. But give your body a chance to rest or you risk it getting worse and being sidelined longer. ;)

Part of exercise is how well you recover from your exercise. If you're sick your body must work to recover from the sickness you have. I would recommend not causing additional stress to it at this time and let your body recover so you can come back strong and start training again. A couple days won't ruin or hinder your…

If nobody has heard of "Kroc Rows" made famous by the former Matt Kroc, these are great for training the upper back and grip strength. It's basically high rep DB Rows with a little bit of "English" allowed, they're brutal.

Since you're actually wearing the Garmin device, I would go with that number first since MFP's info is more of a swag or generalization and is not based on YOUR actual activity.

That's actually a very good possibility right there. Think about your reps and how they go after the first. Are you trying to touch-and-go or are you resetting to get yourself back into a correct position and then pulling?

Yup, lumbar. Are your lower back muscles or hips "tight" at all? What kind of exercises do you use for your upper back? How is your breathing? Do you take a deep breath and expand your abs or contract? Sorry this is turning into 20 questions; it's just hard to understand without seeing what's going on and knowing some…

If you've been cleared to exercise by your doctor look into finding a trainer with a Corrective Exercise Specialization. Poor balance can be caused by many things and one source of it is in the Core musculature. When a women is pregnant their rectus abdominus actually pulls apart a little, there's added stress on your…

Where is the rounding occurring, lumbar or thoracic spine? What did your total training look like prior to identifying this problem? What kind of mobility work do you do?

There's no way we can tell you without seeing a video. Having a "burn" is not the sign of good exercise or the sign that you're doing something correctly, or lack of burn incorrectly. The OP indicates that she's not sure if she's doing something correctly or not and most of the posts are, do xyz variations instead? She…

Yeah, I ran into that issue with RDL's actually and somebody suggested I use straps too. That's the only time my straps see the light of day. lol

Unless somebody is doing random WODs, then they could be sore all the damn time. LOL.

I'm not disagreeing with you cuz you know your *kitten* too, my suggestion would just be to rotate the over/under grip (one week = left under / right over, next week left over, right under) to reduce those issues. When I deadlifted I rotated my over/under and it was never an issue for me. Anecdotally I had read something,…

^That's really all that needs to be said. Genetics will affect much of your appearance. Make sure your nutrition supports your goal as well.

Some changes are needed for sure. When you hit a plateau you really need to change something and it can be different depending on the person. You have to look at your basic variables, Sets, Reps, Intensity, Tempo, Rest, Frequency, and then you have to look at your exercise selection and identify how your body is being…

Why a hypertrophy versus strength program? The question really becomes, what is it that you want from your training? If you just want to get big and nothing else matters, then yes find a hypertrophy program. If you want to focus on strength then move into something like the Cube, 5/3/1, Juggernaut, etc. Somebody mentioned…

It really comes down to getting a diet that will support healthy fat-loss. The above exercises are good for strengthening the main muscles of the legs. Some of it is genetics and having "thick thighs." My wife, her mom, and her grandmother all have thicker legs, and if you looked at them from behind waist down you probably…

I train early morning and I've found that a teaspoon of Creatine Mono and a 100mg green tea caffeine pill is more than enough and is far cheaper and safer than pre-workout. I also eat two Pop-Tarts and 6oz of Whey Protein, that's my whole pre-workout. Did I mention it's dirt-cheap? :)

Huh??? I think most of the modifications are okay. I would still do some kind of rowing. Chin-ups are awesome but there is something about Rowing you don't get with Chin-ups. Perhaps it's just the added posterior deltoid, trapezius major, and rhomboid activation. Also, it's not unlikely that after 15-months you'll hit the…

You're probably best off find a personal trainer that can work with you to determine what will work for you.

It's going to happen as you try new things or up exercise intensity, change variables, etc.; it just shouldn't be something to shoot for all the time and it seems like that's a common view. Just like sweating your *kitten* off or puking seems to be common. Somebody was talking to me after a squat session where I was just…

I would be curious to know what your exercise regimen / training has looked like for the past 12-months. Something isn't right with your training or possibly in your recovery so to some degree nutrition could be related. We would need more details related to both training and nutrition over the 12-months.

If you've been training for a while I think it's important to look at what you did in the prior day, or sometimes current day, to cause this soreness. For example, last week I started a new macro-cycle and I decided to add Romanian Deadlifts for moderate volume; I did not do these in my prior macro-cycle. The upper part of…

Based on what I see; I would speculate that unfortunately people think being sore all the time is a sign of progress in the gym or is somehow good.

That's a really good point actually. Studies have also suggested, and their numerous out their to research, that a weak Transversus Abdominus is related to lower back pain. Others have suggested a weakness in the TrA is related to different sports injuries such as shoulder injuries in pitchers. It's an interesting muscle…

If you have access to a good gym, you might be able to do some of this. Studies suggest that Squats or Deadlifts at an intensity of 70%+ 1RM are the single-best exercises you can do for your posterior Core muscles. I noted that you had a back injury but that doesn't mean these exercises are out of reach for you, as I am in…

More specifically I would say that a wide Sumo Deadlift would be more effective on inner thighs than a more Conventional Deadlift. With that being said, make sure you nutrition supports fat-loss as well or the exercise will not matter much. From a unilateral perspective I also like Side-Step-Ups and Side Lunges as well.…

If it's in-the-cards for you, buy an exercise bike. It'll come in handy when winter hits and other bad weather.