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...or you could just go and enjoy yourself and eat whatever you want. You can't deprive yourself of all enjoyment or the weight loss / diet will never stick. Just make sure that you leave as much wiggle room in your macros that day as possible and then just get back on the wagon the next day. No harm in splurging every now…
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Not to be mean, but it just sounds like you are making excuses. If you want to gain weight you will need to eat more. It really is just that simple. There are PLENTY of ways to do this even with your current living situation. You don't have to eat elaborate meals that need to cooked and refrigerated start basic and eat…
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Muscles retain water to repair themselves. This is most noticeable after weight training when you tear the muscles and they then go into repair mode. Muscle is HARD to build. If it was easy then everybody would be walking around JACKED! It takes years and years to build a solid muscular foundation and even then is elusive…
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Answer: Easily! Full Body 3x a week is more than enough for most. You are most likely not making the gains you could be because of your over training. If you were to cut that back you would probably see better results. Direct a little of that OCD to some research online and you could find all the answers that you need.
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Cold shower/swim before deadlifting??? :)
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This! Do not put together your own program...stick to one that is proven to work.
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3 bowls of Life cereal, 1 protein shake with 2 scoops Gold Standard Whey, 2 bacon/egg/cheese breakfast wraps, 2 donuts and a large iced coffee! WINNING!
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Did nothing for me in terms of strength and muscle building, but the stamina increases for me were nothing short of astounding. I could easily tell a difference between long cardio sessions where I used Epicatechin and where I didn't.
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With no resistance training the weight gain will simply be fat gain. Make the most out of your gains and start the gym. Worst case scenario as above start a body resistance program.
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SL 5X5 is popular because it simply works! No need to change everything up. If you change it up than you are no longer doing SL 5X5, but rather some other bastardized workout. If you REALLY feel the need to add additional exercises add assisted dips on bench day and assisted pull-ups on deadlift day. Those are the…
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You are definitely not doing Stronglifts. You are doing another workout that you just made up. Stronglifts was designed the way it was for a reason. If you change it...it is something else.
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On bench day add in dips and on deadlift day add in pull-ups. Anything more than that and you will overwork your body. I am currently doing the program as well and I can attest to the fact that when the weights get heavy it becomes VERY taxing.
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You could: 1) Remove some of your bones. Do you really need them all anyway? 2) The body is known to carry excess blood. Drain it out! 3) Not all organs are needed for survival. I would recommend removing the non essentials. 4) You can still live without all of your extremities. Figure out which ones you use the least and…
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No squat rack and no deadlifting is reason enough for me to look elsewhere. Oh and would probably throw up if I had to workout in a gym smelling of pizza.
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LOL!
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Currently bulking around 4,000 calories a day. 2 pounds from Goal weight when I will switch to about 3,200 maintenance.
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Makes no sense for a bulk! Just eat a lot and lift hard...the rest will fall into place. People make this WAY too complicated.
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You are not counting accurately. Like was said before you would have to be eating a TON of that food to get 4500 calories. Why not eat more calorie dense food like peanut butter and whole milk instead of soy milk? Also if you are eating that many eggs a day and that much chicken why are you drinking whey protein...and 3 of…
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Saving my first Beast for Killington in September! Good luck!
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Getting calories in should not be difficult. You could easily prepare a morning shake with milk, protein powder, banana, PB and yogurt that could easily get you 1,000 calories...and that is before you even leave the house. Add in a lunch and dinner (of whatever you want) and then a giant serving of Ice Cream for dessert or…
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Pretty much this! Lift hard and eat everything! There is no such thing as a hardgainer...there are only people who don't eat enough!!!
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This!
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Sorry, but a round of golf does not burn anywhere near 1200 calories. An average male RUNNING a half marathon burns just barely over 1200 calories! And to think that you will have leftover calories to eat pizza and beer because of golf is just laughable!
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Registered for the Sprint and Super in Barre, MA and the Killington Beast. Also have F.I.T. and BoneFrog on the calendar too.
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^ That is actually not a full burpee. A full burpee actually includes getting your chest on the ground and then a push-up to get back up. Doing the above would get you a DQ from an elite heat. For more info and video check out the Spartan Page:…
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Check out the Spartan website too. They have WODs posted there and are really good at getting you prepared for the Sprint. They help to mix it up rather than just all running. Also do burpees and then when you can't do any more burpees...do some more.
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...again...just do it!!!! Buy the DVD's and push play.
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On Gold Standard without a doubt! Nothing even comes close to it imo.
