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Thanks for the tips all. So if you had to pick between the 2: One has a quad core gpu for graphics, but the other has a 1.3mp front camera for Skype etc (vs 0.3 for the other). I think I'll go for the zoo storm of the two, but I'll check out the nook in the meantime. I'd take a nexus 10, but I really want a 10" so nexus 7…

Ha! Yeah, I can't afford a named tablet... There's always secret option C - recommend me a tablet that fits the spec - 10 inch, around the £100 to £130 mark...

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What do you do for a living? If you're in an office, it's easy - just sync up your toilet breaks with your water breaks. What I do is knock back 4 glasses first thing (although 2 would probably do it). This forces your bladder into needing to use the toilet about 30-60 mins later. Then every time i go to the bathroom, I…

Fantastic! Looking good and feeling great, that's the name of the game :) Jay

This. Weighted lunges are solid for glutes. Try doing weight based circuit training for your cardio fix - keeps your heart rate up and is more anti-catabolic than the treadmill. Also, accept that you will gain some fat while bulking and you are going to have to diet it back off. It's a cyclical thing... Jay

Low calorie hot chocolate is money for reducing cravings... The ones I get are 42 calories a cup, but there's plenty of choices.

Calories are calories for weight loss purposes - you just don't get much KFC before you hit your calories for the day is all. For body recomp (looking lean and healthy rather than simply skinny) it's all about macros (and lifting) - learn what the 3 major macronutrients are and how to use them. 1 - Fit it within your…

I weigh my food in grams a lot. I also use pre-packaged measures like '1 pizza' - and I definitely wouldn't weigh something like an apple or a tomato, I just want to log one apple or 6 cherry tomatoes.. I notice that some items (generally the things added by MFP rather than users) have a bunch of different units of…

Rest-Pause is a valid method of forced reps IMO. So if you can't get another full rep, pause for a few seconds while still holding the weight and go for one or two more. Drop sets are another forced rep method, so that's gotta be a couple of seconds to switch weight. Any more than about 10 seconds an you're just resting I…

Mine delete when I close outlook each day, so none as I've just logged off :)

Thanks dude. That looks good - not far from what I'm doing except bi's every session and quads/hams split out. The avatar's about a year old (know, I need to get a new one desperately!) and I was just under 11 stone there (154 lbs or just shy of 70kg). I'm about 13 stone now (182 or 82.5kg) with a bit more fat. All told in…

To answer your question though. If you don't like the texture of protein shakes, you can cook with it into oat bars or mix it into greek yoghurt. I sometimes make a big batch of greek yoghurt, honey, peanut butter, chopped nuts and protein powder and eat it through the week - it's delish :) Jay

The key term is 'supplement' not 'substitute'. Remember that not everyone serious about weight training is losing weight. Some of us don't replace calories with protein shakes, we add the protein shake to an already well balanced diet. If restricting calories, the shakes can be restricted too. Finally, whey protein is used…

Thanks bro. Nutrition's pretty much in check. Just finishing off a cut at the minute so it's very clean foods at a moderate deficit (except Saturdays when I eat a bit above maintenance because I just aint got the discipline to go 7 days a week!). In the new year, I'll start a fairly clean bulk in an effort to grow a little…

3 days a week, so I'll be resting 2 or 3 days between each session. The idea is to hit each area with low volume but often rather than high volume and only once a week. So on back day for a regular 4 day split, I'd probably do 3 or 4 back exercises for 3 or 4 sets, totaling about 100 reps. With this routine, I'm only doing…

Did the first day yesterday. I did flat bench, lat pulldowns, squats, smith shoulder press, seated DB curls & weighted crunches. I did 3 sets of 12 on each. Honestly wasn't sure it would be enough - reading it, it doesn't look like much after being used to a split focusing 4 or 5 different movements on one body part per…

Yeah, it's hard damn work, and damn hard to maintain too. Took me about 3 months to get a faint sixer and took me 3 days to lose it at Xmas. As has been mentioned, the closer it gets, the more exacting you have to be with your diet. The last 3 or 4 weeks as you're getting close, you need to be on point 24/7 with no cheats…

Warm up dynamically (moving) for 5-10 minutes before each workout and cool down statically (holding the stretch) for at least 5 minutes after each workout. Devote 1 day a week to a good 40 minute full body stretching routine, or take a yoga class. My tuppence worth ;)

Swear I know this guy...

Remember, strong beats skinny every time! http://www.xtremefitnessathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/strong-beats-skinny.jpg As an added bonus, with more muscle tissue, you base metabolic rate increases so you get to eat more calories to maintain :) When I was losing weight first time round, I was down at 1200 calories…

I get that. I found that simply losing weight by diet alone made me look weedy and skinny. I started lifting heavy about a year ago and now I weigh only a little less than when I was at my top weight, but with a more muscular physique, I look trim and healthy. Try lifting weight to shape your new slim frame, it may help…

Coffee on it's own is calorie free (although diuretic). Switch your sugar out for sweetener and drink an Americano with skimmed or semi skimmed milk instead of latte. About 20 calories a cup with 25ml of milk I think. Just drink plenty of water to get around the dehydration effect.

This... Forget the actual number on the weight and focus on how it feels. If you're shooting for 8-10 reps on a weight, you should start to fail at about 6 or 7. Rep 8 should go up slowly and 9 should be near impossible. If you're actually getting rep 10 all the way up, you need to increase your weight. Same goes for the…

Yep. Lifting heavy is your friend! If I'm reading you right, you're in the enviable position of being a beginner at heavy lifting - which isn't a slur on your form or experience but rather an opportunity to enjoy the best muscle/strength gains you'll ever get (colloquially known as newbie gains). Going from none to light…

I take one shake in the morning every day and on training days I take another shake post workout. That's fixed and I don't have more to try and hit my macro target, so the rest of my protein intake has to be from whole food. But that's just me...

This! Except my protein shake gives me 40g protein per scoop and I get another 5g from the Leucine I throw in on top. 110 scoops costs me £42 so that's £0.38 or about $0.61 a scoop.

I get over 250g most days and shoot for 315g daily as my target. Protein shakes Protein bars Egg whites (not much fat in the whites) Nuts Tuna - you can do 2 tins in one sitting easily with water to wash it down or put a dash of extra light mayo and some sweetcorn in it. Cottage cheese is your best friend Chicken - you…

Food which doesn't contribute effectively to my nutritional goals. That is all. Jay

I like to warm up my legs for 5 mins on the spin bike and then do some high rep bodyweight only squats before squatting - but then you cycle to the gym so you should be fairly warm by the time you get there anyways. Yeah, your hams will hurt a bit as you use a lot of stabilisers in squatting. If it worries you though, you…