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You can make strength gains on a caloric deficit. Also, lifting heavy (and eating sufficient protein) will help preserve your muscle as you lose weight so that you avoid the Auschwitz look as you get leaner.

Squat. You have a much better negative rep than you get from a deadlift. Going down on a deadlift is awkward at high weight, which is why you rarely see heavy deadlift rep schemes featuring high volume per set. My deadlift is significantly higher than my Squat, but that doesn't make it a better exercise. Also, although the…

Wrong. Arm exercises won't spot burn fat off the arms, but without muscle underneath the reduced subcutaneous fat from diet/cardio/compounds, the arms still won't be tight. "Toned" arms are the product of heavy resistance training for the bicep/triceps and overall training/diet to drop your overall bodyfat levels.

"Flabby arms" are the result of too much subcutaneous body fat over the arms (which you can't spot reduce) and too little muscle in the upper arms. You need to reduce your overall body fat percentage while getting extra muscle in your upper arms, and it doesn't take much. If you have a dumbbell (or a bag you can fill with…

Using this, http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/OneRepMax.html Bench: 260 Squat: 330 DL: 405 OHP: 175 Row: 253 Clean: 225 Push Press: 225 Clean, PP, and DL are tested 1RMs. I've DL'd 192 KGs (422 lbs) before, but I haven't hit more than 405 for 1 for a while, so I feel more comfortable posting that. Tomorrow I'm going for…

N.O.Xplode 2.0 Just make sure that you slowly figure out the dosage you can take, or the only xploding you'll be doing will be in the bathroom. Otherwise, the stuff is amazing.

On leg day I warm up with: Snatch: 5x65 lbs 5x95 lbs 5x115 lbs 5x135 lbs then I transition to the Power Clean 5x135 5x185 225 to failure (right now I can only get one) Once that's done I move on to the Squat: 3x5@295 lbs I then superset leg press/calf press 3x10 (each) @ 470 lbs I finish up with a seated leg curl 3x10@200…

2010 Population of Australia: ~22 Million Murders in Australia in 2010: 260 http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/0/B/6/%7B0B619F44-B18B-47B4-9B59-F87BA643CBAA%7Dfacts11.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Australia#Population 2010 Population of the USA: 309 Million 2010 Murders in the USA: 16,259…

Get a barbell

The difference is that you're willing to shoot. If you don't have the will to pull the trigger, you won't. Therefore, if you don't have the will to use a weapon, you shouldn't carry one. No, I don't have a study to counter your highly scientific test :-)

there's never a good time to use a smith. You're just robbing yourself of important core work.

First off, you won't accidentally get a female fitness competitor physique, let alone a male bodybuilding physique. The amount of dedication, sacrifice, and effort that goes into looking like that is insane, so that shouldn't be a concern of yours. Second, if you want to add strength and muscle from a beginner's…

"How many sets do you have left" appears to be the clear winner.

Are you experiencing signs of overtraining? If not, continue working out.

For all intents and purposes, a kettlebell is a dumbbell with a particular shape. If it weighs enough, it will be challenging(read that as heavy) to you from a resistance standpoint, otherwise it won't be. I have never used one. I don't intend to ever use one. If they feel comfortable to you, use them. I'm not a big fan of…

I wouldn't call it an outbreak so much as a constant presence. Violent crime has always been a part of our society.

First, I hope that you're doing the walk through during the time of day you intend to workout. Second, I would look at these factors: -Lockerroom: Do you need to shower there? Does the locker room look clean? How comfortable do you feel in there? Do the members just go in, quickly change and leave, or is there…

I take ON's AmiN.O. after workouts, N.O. Xplode and Creatine/Terragon (spelling?) before, and supplement with lots of whey. That helps a lot.

Persons unprepared to use a gun lethally should never have a gun. More likely than not, their weapon will just end up getting used on them.

I wouldn't carry a knife or a tazer for any reason either, it seems pretty bulky. You're lucky the guy backed off. If he'd been more committed, he probably would've just knocked you out to shut you up. Stay safe.

I love all of the posts that are along the lines of "I'm glad I don't live in the US because then I'd have to carry a gun." If you're a woman carrying a firearm in the US, you're probably more concerned about getting raped by an unarmed assailant than having a shootout. Now, I had been living in Europe for 2.5 years until…

If it's really rough, I'll use some IcyHot or any other topical analgesic. If necessary, Ibuprofen. I'm on a 4-day split (chest/legs/shoulders/back) so I've usually already recovered before it's an issue. Make sure that you're getting enough sleep.

Take rest days when you need them. Just make sure that it's a rest day and not a "I just don't want to go to the gym today" day. Depending on your training split/goals/lifestyle/fitness level/age, you may need more or fewer rest days than others.

You've been lifting for 3 years. Go to a 3-4 day split, and give up arm day.

I like the way my wife looks at me when my shirt is off.

I don't even know that a .357 would stop a bear. I'd be incredibly uncomfortable trusting my life to a pistol. Bears have incredibly sensitive noses, which are pointed right at you when they're charging. If you open up with the bear spray they're going to stop. Apparently the pain situation is akin to being lit on fire.…

What kind of short-armed disproportionate people are you working with that have parallel arms when the bar is at their chin? The bottoms of my elbows are a full 8" below the plane of my shoulders when the bar is at my chin...

OP's question, however, is "what is good form". I've yet to see anyone mention a benefit to going down to your chest. It sounds like a good way to A) add strain and B) take tension off the shoulder, defeating the point of the exercise. At 6'2, bringing the bar to my chin and extending to just shy of a lock (again, time…

Both, and I use a handheld bodyfat analyzer. What I worry about most are the measurements. What's important is just understanding the info that these tools give you. It's also really important to take progress pictures. Oftentimes you can't recognize steady, incremental progress because you see yourself every day. If you…

Do a full body workout on alternating days until your lifts become heavy enough that your compound exercises begin to interfere with each other. Once that happens you can go to a 2 day split (upper/lower or push/pull) until your lifts start interfering with each other at which point you can go to a 3 day split…