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IMO... Lower body training will develop strength and size. If you are looking for a good strength and base beginning for bodybuilding I would look at Cory Gregory's Squat Everyday. There is a beginning 30 day program and then there is a "2.0" program that follows that really hits on power lifting and strength training.

Currently on day 95 of Squat Everyday program. LOVE this program.

The best chest routine I've personally tried is Arnold's Blueprint (just google that). It KILLS your chest. As far as same body part more than once a week, I have been squatting everyday now for 86 days now and frequently use a push/pull/legs routine. My favorite PPL routine is from here…

This! So glad to see someone besides a "meat head" like me actually RECOMMEND squats for bad knees. So refreshing!!!!

Are you a power lifter or bodybuilder/weightlifter? If you are the latter, then the 30 day program is AMAZING! I was a typical "leg day weekly" type lifter and I was very scared going in honestly. But I told myself that it was only 30 days and push through. I loved it and I am still squatting daily nearly 3 months later. I…

Get ready for everyone here to tell you how wrong you are. Brace yourself. I do one directly after workout, all of my other protein is pulled in from daily meals.

My least favorite would be Decline EZ Bar Extensions/ Decline Skull-crushers. I know they are really effective for hitting all 3 heads of the tricep so I do them but with my tendinitis, it is very painful.

Good mornings are a great sub for leg curls as long as you are getting full ROM. Stiff legged dead lifts or RDLs would be another good substitute as well. Also, if you have a plate loaded leg press, you can put your feet at the top of the platform and it will concentrate the motion on your Posterior Chain, hitting both…

Do you have the ability to do standing leg curls using a cable machine? I found this much more effective and smoother than seated or lying leg curls.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10270428/females-building-muscle#latest This thread might have the ladies you are looking for who can advise. -Mike

I have competed in the INBF (Natural/drug tested organization) and I have my first NPC show in March, currently 107 days out and doing a 16 week prep. You don't really NEED a coach to compete. Unless you are getting ready for a National show or you're an IFBB pro going for a pro show.

The MOST difficult thing to do in fitness is the lean bulk because it is SLOW. I sincerely attempted a lean bulk and this could just be my experience but it was not successful. I then went onto doing a regular "bulk". What I was doing was taking my TDEE and adding anywhere between 500-700 CLEAN. I was treating it like…

1. Squats 2. Pullups 3. deadlift 4. adductor/abductor.... just because of the funny looks I get being male. HAHA

Look at http://www.bodyrock.tv/, a lot of body weight workouts there and a lot of good literature towards cutting and toning that might fit your lifestyle with such a calorie restriction.

HAHA!! There is so much wrong with this statement, it is a little surprising. OP, I am not the know all, end all of fitness but I am certified in 2 different organizations, including Nutrition Specialist in one of those. Take my words below as you will, they are only meant to help. Yi5hedr3 - I would like to apologize in…

If you are going to pay money for the fitbit, pay for the one with the heart rate monitor. You can not truly calculate calories burned without tracking heart rate. ( I know off topic, just throwing that out there)

This isn't how this works. LOL Living CKD lifestyle, I don't "regain" my lost weight when I carb load.

BRAVO!!! So refreshing to hear someone that doesn't look like Pinnacle_IAO or me say this. At least you won't get the "chauvinist alpha male pig" backlash. HA!

So much ignorance in the fitness profession these days. Saturated with Beach Body coaches that wouldn't know how to use a pair of calibers if their lives depended on it. The issue with overweight/out of shape people giving fitness advise is the hypocrisy of it all. I believe if you are a casual gym goer that goes for your…

Your body is your business card if you are a personal trainer, plain and simple. At least if you want to make any real money doing it. Everyone is so sensitive these days when it comes to "fat shaming". I don't care if you are ACE, NASM, UASE, ABC123, certified. If you look more like you are TCBY certified... you are a…