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hey...don't point

Sigh....me too. Feel like I'm just a big bag of owiees. :'(

Why all the concern with sodium (assuming you have no pre-existing health issues)? If you're training hard and frequently you will be sweating a lot. Unless you're a lump on a couch your body needs sodium. Keep your water intake high, eat plenty of vegetables for potassium, you'll be fine. My sodium is routinely over…

Smile is too friendly, have to go with prey

Good luck! Tear it up :D

Lack of calories has been covered. But if I'm reading this right....with very little prior exercise experience you undertook 6 sets/day of eccentric exercises for a week straight with no recovery time between sessions. Eccentrics cause much greater muscle damage than standard reps. They also require more recovery time, you…

I'm absolutely positive that you can quote numerous studies regarding this topic, as well as every other fitness related issue. If you find value in that, good for you. I prefer to trust experience and real world results over studies, particularly when there is almost never a solid consensus reached. Mr.byte is simply…

True, but no ratios pre and intra cut were discussed, so the results would be entirely speculative. Regardless, I was simply commenting on the misconception that "a calorie = a calorie" that seemed prevalent in the thread.

Have to agree with mrbyte here. The amount of actual energy available to your body is lower from a calorie of protein than from a calorie of carbs. Carbs require less processing for the body to convert to energy. Proteins require more processing, which expends energy. This leaves less net energy.

She was not impressed when my ink washed off in the shower

Cause you look great in short jean cutoffs;)

I just got the Adipowers delivered, but won't be trying them till late this week. I've read they're narrow, but they fit true to size for me. I wear size 10 Adidas adipure runners, and the size 10 Adipowers fit perfectly. Apparently the powerlifters heel starts to flatten under load at about 500lbs, that's body weight plus…

Happy to help :D

My experience is if you're doing light to moderate cardio of short duration, 30 min or less, a fasted state yields the best results. I take BCAAs and extra leucine about 20-30 min beforehand to ensure my body won't be breaking down muscle in case I up the intensity too much. There's always contradictory studies on things…

LMFAO Best thread ever.

Why not? Cute and fun sounds like a great combo to me.

Left arm yes, right arm not too sure.

Like to think yes, but probably not.

Good luck trying to accurately gauge a 200 calorie surplus. Even if you weighed every ounce of food you ate, there's too many variables to be that accurate consistently. Shooting for a 500 cal surplus is reasonable, and should at least keep you on the positive side.

Start digging a hole in the backyard to hide the body. WWYD if you could become invisible?

No power rack at the gym where you can set the safeties? If there's a Smith machine you could take the last few sets to failure or a rep shy in safety. Yes I said Smith. Nothing wrong with them. I like your current routines of heavy followed by lighter burner sets. I always train to failure or beyond, and focus the work on…

Lol. Yah that should about do it.

Slipknot - Custer. As loud as she'll go. That should do it.

This. It would actually be so bad that you could potentially cause a chain reaction of really bad *kitten* that would ultimately collapse the sun into a black hole and destroy our entire solar system. Or you might just really screw up your back.

Gripping the floor isn't necessary, especially at this point. Once you have your form down it's something you can try. Then you can see if you prefer it, if not go back to your original style. Breathing - try this now, you don't have to be under a bar. Take a deep breathe, but draw it into your belly, and expand your belly…

I've tried this, I actually feel it helps me engage my quads more. Personal preference I suppose, but this guy has a massive squat and he recommends it as well. Brian Carroll, author of the 10/20/Life training book, helps you to weed through all the poor squatting technique advice, and improve your form, safety and gym…

I'd have to strongly disagree with the sucking in your stomach part. By filling your belly with air you'll have a stronger base and protect your spine. Can't do that if you are sucking in your stomach. Same procedure for deadlifts. Watch a video of a PL doing a squat, they are not sucking in their stomachs. But don't take…

I got one from Elite Fitness, nice bar. They were on sale, but I think it might have ended yesterday.

After coming off a very low carb diet in a fully depleted state I will usually increase my body weight by 12-15 lbs in a two week period of slowly reintroducing carbs. That's just glycogen and water going back into the muscle. The OP didn't gradually increase carbs, he flooded his body with them in a short period of time.…

Sorry, you're looking to the wrong guy if you want to discuss studies or research papers. It seems for every study that reaches one conclusion, there is another that has found the polar opposite, I don't waste my time. When I make a recommendation it's based on my own personal experience or on tried and true methods that…