mad_lifting_runner Member

Ugh. 1. Troll asks for advice they have no intention of following. 2. Someone (most likely troll-friend or maybe even troll-in-costume) magically shows up and says "go buy this snake oil!". 3. Troll ignores everyone else, apparently goes and buys said snake oil and then actually comes back to say they did so. Now...how…

Absolutely. That plan is absolutely worthless. It's great that you're taking a look at Stronglifts - except that you won't be able to get most of it done at Planet Fitness. If I remember right they don't even have squat racks (and no, Smith Machines don't count) and some a-hole might hit the ol' LUNK ALARM on you if you…

This!

Remember that the instant alcohol hits your system your body stops metabolizing anything else in an effort to get the poison out of your system. Which means everything else gets stored because the liver simply doesn't have time. So if you have a good deficit for the day/week already that'll help quite a bit.

I came VERY close yesterday on mile 3 of what was supposed to be a 5 miler; felt like my entire body was about to fall out through my as*cough*le. Ran home instead...gravity didn't help matters much at all. Glad I made it. :neutral_face:

Depends on if you like Indian food or not. :) If yes, there's ideas for days. If not you sorta end up with the same ol' meat-with-a-side-of-rice-yay-my-favorite or overcooked-stir-fry story. :(

Standing desk FTW. :) At this point I'd quit any job that didn't let me stand all day.

Yep...always weigh it in grams. Then add about a third more for that whole extra scoop you tried to sneak in AFTER you weighed the serving. :)

Yep...i had my original barbell in for like 6 years and took it out back in 2001. I can still get the original piercing gauge through it 13 years later. Everyone's different.

Let's just put it this way...if someone were of the mind to log 200 cals for drinking ice water, I can't imagine what other fairy tales would lie in wait in their food diary.

QFMOTHEREFFINGT.

I just crossed back into the 700 club after some deload time in the sixes (250 squat, 105 shoulder press, 370 dead, all 5x5 except for deads which are 1x5 per session). If I went for 1RM on each though, I'm pretty sure I could get into the nines.

Patience is very much a virtue...when I first started out I didn't check weight but once a week, maybe. It was easy to see the progress. Later, I got a bit antsy and started weighing in every day. Of course, the problem here is that you see the water weight or the digestible weight as well as the bodyweight and you can…

It's important to realize that the majority of the muscle glyco you'll be using to lift tomorrow was eaten today. So eat well before bed. The morning snack really shouldn't be very heavy. I prefer yogurt or a good protein shake.

If you always remember that, everything else will fall into place. :)

Took a look at your diary...you're not going to want to hear this but you're really not eating enough.

Same here! Every day at the pizza buffet I have at least 4 diet cokes (you know, because I'm trying to watch my figure) and it hasn't slowed me down one bit! :)

You're welcome to add isolation, but you really don't need to. Your biceps and triceps both get a workout from doing the bench press, overhead press, bent-over row and the deadlift is an explosive use of your whole body. Trust me...once you get high enough in weights, you won't have the energy to do any isolation. :)

I'll always suggest people start with Stronglifts 5x5...especially beginners because you start with an empty 45lb bar and work your way up from there. That way you never have to worry about starting too heavy; you'll always be starting below and working up to your limit. Not to mention that most isolation exercises when…

Deadlifted 375x1 this morning. Pretty happy about it. :)

A million times THIS.

^Yep. The short answer to your topic/question is: IT DOESN'T. It builds fitness, yes...and a fit body in turn burns fat more efficiently...but the reality is that you can do all the cardio you want but you can't outrun a $hitty diet.

My knees are awesome. Started at 357, at 255 now. What kills knees are A: Bad shoes and B: Heel striking. Your feet were designed to land on the ball and absorb the shock of that landing, but when you wear the wrong shoes (basically anything with a overly built-up heel or really cheap outsole foam material) and land on…

Personally I don't care, as long as they re-rack what they use. 90% of the people in the rack are doing quarter-squats anyway.

I used Allen Carr's book: http://www.amazon.com/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Stop-Smoking/dp/0615482155 ...and it worked amazingly well! Be careful with replacement therapy (patches, ecigs, gum, etc) as you're simply addicted to nicotine, not addicted to "smoking". Any form of delivery of nicotine is just going to keep you…

I've done this without soaking the oatmeal before...it still gets a pretty good texture during cooking. Tasty stuff! Thanks for sharing!

Other than eating at a deficit I'd say WALK. A lot. It'll help a lot more than you think.

It really just depends on your goals. The gym is a swiss army knife...only when you know what the goal is do you know what tool to use. Hiring a trainer can help, yes, but honestly I've found about 1000% better advice over at bodybuilding.com or at scooby's site than I ever did from working with a trainer.

5:2 works awesome...as does everyday 16:8 IF. Just make sure you get adequate protein and weight train 3x a week so you don't burn LBM and get all skinnyfat.

I will also add that it takes upwards of a YEAR to transition to minimal running SAFELY.