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the only real benefit of a Olympic bar over a standard bar, is the strength of the bars. If you are going to be lifting at home and you are really pushing yourself then an Olympic bar and plates will allow almost limitless progression. but if your not dead lifting or squatting 300lbs+ a standard bar should be fine.

it is possible to to re-composition, that is to loose some fat and gain some muscle, but only under a some very limited circumstances, and to be honest unless you are taking a lot of steroids the amount of muscle you can gain is really fairly small amounts and isn't going to offset weight loss in any meaningful way.

The question is what are your priority's, yes you can do lots other forms of exercise with strength training, but doing to much may mean you may not make the same progress. Though this will depend on the intensity of the yoga, most serious strength athletes do mobility work on their rest days so doing light yoga would be…

no I googled red meat consumption. they were literally the first three links that came up. I live in the UK so my google results may differ from yours. no need to get insulting.

I don't have an ax to grind either way in this discussion but these are the first few results of a google search http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/diet-and-cancer/diet-facts-and-evidence#diet_facts2 http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/06June/Pages/Red-meat-consumption-linked-to-breast-cancer.aspx…

the best exercise for building a big bench is with out doubt bench pressing. if your worried about lifting without a spotter then either bench in a power rack or learn to either do the role of shame or how to dump the weights.

Monday = is volume day. pause squats, pause bench, deficit deadlifts , close grip bench (and any other accessory work). Tuesday =gpp day mobility(particularly shoulder and hips for me) accessory work, and conditioning. Wednesday is my light day with front squats, inclined bench and weighted pull-ups. Thursday =rest day…

you can't control where fat goes, but you can add muscle which can help to make you look more shapely

this nuts are supper high in calories, and re easy to eat as a snack

id love to but my dog just doesn't make a good running buddy, he likes to stop and sniff to frequently.

Pause squats 4X6 Pause bench 4X6 deficit dead lifts 5X2 Shrugs 10X3 weighted pull-ups 10X3

why no reply? you ask a silly question and get a silly answer

eating nuts or any kind of nut butter can add calories very quickly and easily coconut oil -900 calories per 100g peanut butter - 600 calories per 100g Cashew nuts - 530 calories per 100g almond 570 calories per 100g Macadamia Nut 720 calories per 100g

how much food do you eat? the only way to gain weight is to eat consistently more calories then you burn. I'd suggest weigh all your food and record exactly what you eat on MFP start with your maintenance calories as calculated by MFP , then add 200 extra calories. eat this amount every day without fail for 1 months. if…

probably something to do with your age, being that your 97

Gaining weight is only achieved by eating consistently in a calorific excess. how much are you eating? do you weigh your food. there is a simple way to gain weight, measure/weigh everything you eat and record it on MFP. set your self a calorie goal it doesn't really matter what that is to start, for ease say 2500 calories…

Hi its probably best to get yourself on a good program and follow it, it will then guide you through increasing the weight. something like starting strength is a good option. most beginner programs will have you adding weight to the bar every workout.

follow the program, ie if you fail then continue to then end of that day workout and then next session lift the same egg workout a you squat 200lbs for 5, 5, 4, 3, 3. then next time you lift 200lbs again. if you fail three times in a row you reset by 10%. If your cutting you may find that you hit plateau that you can't…

I agree with this, to the OP ask yourself what your end goal is, while there are lots of cross overs training for muscle growth /aesthetics and training for strength are really different animals

whey protein + any soft fruits(strawberry, blackberry, blueberry, banana etc etc) + any nut butter(peanut, almond, hazel, cashew, coconut etc etc)+ liquid of your choice (milk, almond milk, soy milk) = lots of calorie goodness :)

this ^^^^^^ body weight exercise are fine as a starting point however in order to build any real muscle mass you have to apply progressive overload. yes if you're really dedicated and really inventive, and have good genetics then you may be able to build muscle with body weight exercises. But for the majority of people…

eat them back or don't it does not really matter the only thing that matters is that you're in a calorific deficit, and your loosing weight at a sustainable rate. if your note eating the exercise calories back then you jut need to average out your total energy expenditure.

As others have said 5-10lbs dumbbells are ok to start with but they will soon feel too light. the key thing to building any kind of muscle is progressive overload (lifting a little bit more every day). working out at home can be a economical way of training if you are prepared to invest some money in equipment. if you…

no, I haven't skipped a work out due to ill health, then again I'm fairly healthy and haven't really been sick in the last few years. in any case unless I am on deaths door I would still prefer to workout but just use the opportunity to have a de-load week

what weight would you be happy at? what weight I am happy with my be different from what weight you are happy with, your priorities may be different from mine. A marathon runner will have a complementary different concept of of ideal body weight to a football player.

because 120lbs for a man of 5'8" would seem incredibly low

It has me as over weight, no surprise really but then I don't put a great deal of value in BMI. what is surprising is that at 5'8" 120lbs would be considered in the healthy range,really? for a man?

do you know how much you actually eat each day, do you track your calories? gaining weight is simple, eat in a calorific surplus consistently , e.g. if you need to eat 2500 to maintain your weight then eat 2700-3000 calories every day

look at yourself in the mirror, are you happy with the way you look?