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I'm pretty sure a boiled egg has only 6-7g of protein.

Your body doesn't really absorb the cholesterol from eggs, it's the cholesterol your body produces from too much saturated fat that you need to worry about.

White rice is considered a carb as it is high in carbs. On days where I burning off a lot of calories, once I've added all of my fruit and vegetables to my food diary, I get most of the rest of my carbs for the day from rice. I used to use only brown rice, but I was getting too much fibre on days where I was eating a lot…

I have between 4 and 8 eggs per day. There is no need to limit them unless you have been advised to by a doctor. They are a great source of protein, fat, and vitamins and minerals.

Protein powder is just protein, like you would get from other food but more convenient. You need enough protein to build muscle, though the amount you need to consume is often over exaggerated. Protein powder is just like any other food - it has calories, and if you consume too many calories in your day/week then you will…

I'd just go with: 'I hope you die soon'.

If you feel you have become too skinny but don't want to put on fat, use resistance exercise to put on muscle instead.

Makes pretty much no difference when you take them, or if you take them at all. When you work out you will still be digesting protein from your last meal, and may have protein in your system from the day before. You don't need to have a protein shake before, during, or after, or at all if you are getting enough protein…

Ah, ok, I'll give the overhead squats a go. Yeah, I think I need to do a lot more stretching and mobility work. It's just hard to keep doing it every single day, especially when I don't see results. I've had some good suggestions from people on here though, which helps. Thanks everyone.

Yeah they are, but I think it's mainly for people with real injuries and problems rather than just someone with bad posture, so I would feel bad trying to access it, like I was wasting their time. Plus, I assume they would just give me some core strengthening exercises to do anyway, which is what I was hoping to just find…

I can't save up because I don't have a job. I borrowed £10000 to study for a masters degree, but that isn't even enough to live on, but I can't get a job because I don't have time, and other reasons, but that's not really relevant. Most people seem to be saying I should be doing the exercises I'm already doing, so I guess…

I can't afford a physical therapist unfortunately. I should probably do planks more often. I have had a hamstring injury which has stopped me deadlifting for months. I've not been benching either, as I have a kyphotic posture and don't want my pec muscles pulling my shoulders down even more. I squat and overhead press as…

Is a front squat hold like a front squat but holding the weight at the bottom or something?

I have pretty much been doing all of those for a year and it has made no difference. I need something that works my core directly.

I'm pretty good with thoracic extension when I exercise (I think). I don't drive, but I sit at my laptop pretty much all day (more than even 9-5 as I'm a student), and find it near impossible to keep my back straight and my shoulders back. My body is so unused to it, I may as well be sitting on my head for how unnatural it…

Yeah, I guess I just need to be more patient with it. It's just so frustrating! I used to do shoulders and back on the same day, and do a lot of chest work, but for quite a few months now I have back and shoulders on separate days and have stopped training chest. This has allowed me to focus a lot more on reverse flyes and…

1) Noob gains. 2) Free bar squats are better than Smith machine squats. It's harder because you are using more muscles. It will get easier as you get better at it over time. But Smith machine is better than nothing.

Well I wasn't using them for stretching as such, but for high rep warm up exercises like the 'shoulder dislocation' and reverse flies to stretch out and strength the right areas. I was doing yoga postures regularly, but I got lazy and got out of the habit. They seem like one of the best options for me though, so thank you…

I couldn't agree more!

Sounds like a great idea to me.

Shouldn't be a problem. Saturated fat is the one you need to keep an eye on, though it's unlikely you're consuming too much of that.

Thanks for the tips. Unfortunately I've had a hamstring injury for months, which has stopped me deadlifting for a while, but I'll give everything else you've said a go.

Bump.

I did yoga for a bit, and to start each session we would be told to lie on our backs with our palms facing up, which I could never do (not a great start when doing yoga). I've been doing reverse flies, and face pulls, and every type of rowing I can, but no luck so far.

No such thing as 'toning', all you can do is make the muscle bigger or smaller, and make your body fat percentage more or less. Exercising your arms will make the muscle increase specifically in that area, but not decrease the fat specifically in that area.

Yeah I know, and I'm on track with my diet an exercise, probably better than I ever have been, and have always included resistance training in my exercise. I am trying to lose 0.5-1lb per week, and have lost 5lbs over the last 4 weeks, so all is good in terms of burning fat and being in a caloric deficit, I just thought if…

Yeah, I already do 80-120 minutes of weight training plus 10-30 minutes of cardio, 5 or 6 days per week, but I was just wondering if things like green tea (and other 'fat burners' like capsaicin, conjugated linoleic acid, tetradecyl thioacetic acid, etc.), when added to training and a caloric deficit, would help me get rid…

You've answered it yourself - exercising on an empty stomach. Your body needs calories to exercise, especially if you are doing it with any real intensity. Some people can exercise fasted, but not everyone, and the people that can are usually on a higher amount of calories and have eaten enough the night before or in the…

If you go any lower than a 500 calorie daily deficit you are going to lose muscle.

Anything by Kubrick. Amelie. Annie Hall. Mulholland Drive. The Before Sunrise trilogy. Stalker. Kill Bill. etc.