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Yeah, very few calories burned from standing. Standing still is your body weight resting on your skeletal frame, you're not working muscles. Muscles only come into play to maintain balance, but very little. I wouldn't even bother tracking standing as exercise.

First off, congratulations on achieving your weight loss goal! I would recommend you start with a workout program for beginners, like Stronglifts. This program will help you with getting used to the compound movements, and you can work on your form as you start to build up your strength. You can google stronglifts and get…

It all depends on the resistance you have set on the bike. A high resistance setting will obviously burn more calories because your muscles have to work harder.

Curse the inability to edit posts!!!! No worries, I type before I think all the time!

One thing that helps me when I haven't worked out in a while is to take it slow. I take one week where I lift fairly light, just to get a milder version of DOMS. The next week I increase the weight to a halfway point, and there is still soreness, but it's just not as bad. By the third week, I'm lifting heavy and I still…

There are muscles in your face, and with training they can become tighter, giving you a younger look. You look funny doing them, so I suggest you do them at home. Here's an article to give you some face exercises: http://www.stylecraze.com/articles/10-yoga-exercises-for-slimming-your-face/

Here's some info on the Heart and Stroke Foundation's webpage: "Research from the 1970s reported that high-cholesterol foods, especially eggs, raise blood cholesterol levels. These early studies included foods that were rich in both cholesterol and saturated fat (such as butter), so scientists incorrectly believed that…

I actually laughed out loud at this part. :laugh:

To answer Q2 - As you add weight, you shouldn't be able to lift the weight more times than you did with a lower weight, unless you are way under your limit. The point of lifting weights is to nearly fail after every set, if you aren't nearing failure, increase the weight.

Foam rollers and/or stretching the sore muscles help as well.

Pretty much this. Might as well just eat 1g per lb of body weight, since the extra protein won't cause any problems. Keep in mind that by eating more protein, you are increasing your total calories. Adjust accordingly by taking some calories out of fats and carbs.

Dude, I'm done arguing with you. She said she knows she needs to do more core exercises and said she was looking online for more exercises for her core. The information I gave was correct based on the information that she had already provided.

I did similar, but I took the sugar out and changed the cream to 2% milk (I go skim milk if I'm feeling especially healthy that day).

Good for you. I think you're doing fine. Keep monitoring whether your muscles are sore or if you are hurt. There is a difference and you'll know the difference if it ever happens. Given that you have cardio days in between workouts means that you are giving your muscles time to relax and rest. Walking is great to get the…

I'd focus on one of the compound lifts per day mixed with 2-3 extra isolation exercises.

Core is beneficial for more than just your squats and deadlifts... No where did the OP say "crunches", she said "stomach", YOU jumped to that conclusion.

You should always be doing core exercises if you do weight training no matter what stage you are at. The core and shoulders stabilize everything else.

If you have sufficient time between your two full body workouts (I'd suggest 2 days), then you'll be fine. Don't do two full body workouts on back to back days.

I don't think anyone here is qualified to give you advice. My suggestion is to seek a medical professional and ask their opinion. Wanted to add - you will lose more of your gains if you injure yourself and are out for a few months.... just to put it into perspective.

Negative reps are good, but I'd also check if your gym has assistance bands that you can use to assist you while doing pull ups. Do a few reps with the assistance band until you can't do anymore, then do your negatives immediately after (no rest period). Ex - If you can do 8 assisted pull ups on first set, then do 8…

I don't think anyone can provide an honest answer. I'd check with your doctor.

Short answer, it doesn't really matter. Do what you feel like. I like using circuits when I'm training my arms because I want to spend less time at the gym. Doing circuits between a biceps, triceps and shoulders exercise lets me finish my arms in about 30 minutes.

I think he has a problem with your statement about 170 cal meal with 60g of protein. This is impossible as each gram of protein is 4 cals. 60 x 4 = 240 calorie minimum not counting any of the other nutrients in the food. Your math is wrong, but he's being a bit of a jerk about it.

This. I'm sorry, but GOMAD is just plain bad advice. There are so many other ways to get the required nutrients each day without forcing down a gallon of milk.

You can get a trainer if you want, but I don't like the idea of trainers. To get used to lifts, start light with the weight and focus on form until you're comfortable, then up the weight. Look up 2-3 exercises on youtube or an exercise site to see how the exercise should be performed and work on your technique. After a…

I'm not sure why you do chest, bicep and back workout one day then do a chest, shoulder and back workout the next day. You're not giving your chest or back muscles time to recover, which means that you aren't able to push your muscles harder on each workout day. Try to do several exercises for each body part in one day. I…

My mistake, the site still works for male or female. Good luck! :)

I agree, 1200 cals for maintenance seems really low, even for a small male. Try recalculating your daily expenditure here: http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/ Increasing your daily consumption by 500-1000 cals seems reasonable. I would then suggest you track your macros very closely, use http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ to…

You eat it spread out throughout the day (eat 5-6 times a day, 3 meals, 3 snacks). It gets easier the more you do it. I found that when I started my bulk, I worked my way up to 3500 + cals a day. Start by aiming to get 2500, then slowly increase your cal intake over the next couple weeks so that you won't feel as bloated.…

There are so many routines that you need to do a little research and pick one that is right for you. It also depends on your body type and how your body responds to exercise. Currently I am doing a routine that I built myself. I do three weeks of strength workouts (keep my lift reps in the 5-8 range), then a week of…