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Military over head press help.
Hi I need help with these. I'm new to weight lifiting well sorta new I'm more of a calistentics person I just got a new set of weights today and when I attempted to do overhead press to work my triceps,shoulders,upper middle back,neck. I can never seem to feel or get my triceps and shoulders to work and feel the burn the…
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Can a 21 year old be stronger then a 30+ year old?
Can a youth say in their twenties be stronger then a man or women say in their thirties plus ages older? Say like in a wrestling match or fight or weight lifiting competition can a youth hope to succeed in this? The reason I ask is because I always hear that a youth is a boy and girl compared to Someone older. But why cant…
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Is it really true you can never become stronger then your father?
I always here stories you can never become stronger due to "old man's strength" if this is true then how do you be able to surpass your father or a old person? So is it true that us younger generation can never succeed them in strength and skill, etc no matter what?
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Weighted calistentics
Can weighted calistentics make you strong enough to lift heavy objects and people or just weight lifiting only do that?
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Bodyweight training question?
Can bodyweight training make you stronger or just lifting weights can? If not why cant bodyweight training make you stronger?
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Calisthenics and strength?
Why can't bodyweight training make you strong? Like why cant it make you strong to lift people or things? Why is weight lifting the only option to getting bulk mass and monster strength? Please someone explain this to me thank you!
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I'm not growing for some odd reason!
Okay I do mixed martial arts and I been working out for 4 years Now I do a lot of bodyweight training and cardio despite all of that I'm still weak and my bodies strength just wont grow my muscles won't grow I do a lot if weighted push ups and dips and alot of modified workouts to get stronger but for some odd reason my…
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Hm... There is something wrong with me.
OK so I been working out for two years now because I do mixed martial arts and I run/sprint and do push ups and bodyweight training all the time. Ok now here's the thing I do all of this all the time but for some reason my progression is going down. Meaning I run slower I use to can to 30 push ups now I can only do 10 to…
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Help how do I know of my body stopped naturally producing l glutamine?
I been taking l glutamine supplements for a while now... And I'm scared that I messed up my body natural ability to produce glutamine. How do I know if my body stopped naturally producing it on its own? Please help. The reason I ask is because I here a lot of people say supplements and creating can make your body stop…
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I'M getting fed up with all this weight loss crap because really i dont know whats going on.
Ok let me start explaining my story. Hi my name is taylor I am a 5,9 male weigh 161 but you know what's crazy im not even below 20% body fat yet and I started working out and cutting calories since the beginning of this year and the thing about its is I use to weigh 225 and again I am now 161 but my weight loss platued in…
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bodyfat percent question?
Hello everybody I have a question about my body fat Percent. Ever since I took everyones advice on lifting weights I think my bodyfat kinda shrunk. But anyway here are some pictures tell me what you men and women think where my body fat estimate is now because I dont have a way to accurately measure it im just guessing it.…
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Can you build muscle on a low fat diet?
Do you need dietary fats to build muscle mass or just excess calories?
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calories in vs calories out question.
Hi myfitnesspal! I have a question? I study nutrition because after I graduate from high school this year i'm going off to school to be a nutritionist. But any way when i started losing weight and I has counting calories and working out. Also I forgot to mention a nutritionist gave me a book to study and learn how we…
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calories burned during workout question?
When burning calories during exercise do tens digits count? Like say you consumed 1880 calories and you burn 80 calories now subtract 1880-90 which would equal 1709 doesn't this still apply or you have to burn a full 100 to subtract down from the hundreds digit if any of this make sense?
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can you eat 158 grams of protein in one meal?
If you cant what would happen if you do? Because I always manage to eat that much in one meal.
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If I take 2 to 3 rest days will my maintenance calories decrease?
Like usually I work out 7 Days a week because im a athlete. If I take 2 to 3 rest days because I really need them badly will the calories I eat to maintain my weight now decrease to a lower intake? Or when do they decrease?
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Ok! How does cortisol stop fat loss, make you lose muscle mass, make you burn few calories?
Ok so I lift alot of weights Now and I keep seeing all these articles about how high cortisol can cause leptin/insulin resistance and fat gain around the stomach. And now people keep saying it cause you to burn few calories and causes fat gain no matter if you are in a deficit because its going to make your body target…
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healing legs, feet, shoulder tips?
Hi everyone I have a question. I jump rope and run alot like everyday no rest days also I walk alot to and lately I think I been pushing myself to hard lately. I'm doing a refeed today for a workout tomorrow and i'm pretty sure I ate into a big surplus but the only problem with that is I was planning on doing some intense…
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two night binge! :(
How do i make up for this! Because i can't stop binge eating! :( . Do i gain fat after a two night binge or what? When do you gain fat?
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help please! everytime i do bicep curls my biceps will not isolate but for some reason my wrist,etc
Every time i try to curl my biceps never work but my wrist and forearm is getting worked and its stressing my arm out. See this is why i hate lifting weights because it never seems to be working.
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metabolic damage= weight gain while in deficit???
How can this be? How does that happen?
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do calorie burn really slow down at rest when leptin is low and your body thinks its starving?
Like what i 'm saying is you know over a period a time if you keep cutting your calories so low say to 800 oour leptin and metabolism decrease and adapt so low and quickly no matter what weight and size we are that's why we plateau early a lot of times even when we're not as lean as ripped to the bone or our abs show. But…
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accuracy of f7 polar heart rate monitor?
Hi everyone happy new years! :D I hope everyone had a great Christmas I did. But anyway I got a heart rate monitor for Christmas to keep track of my ffitness and calories burned. But my question is do you believe they are accurate? I got one with the chest strap and watch so it feels accurate to me but what do you think?
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does caffeine in green tea extract hurt adrenal glands(aka adrenal fatigue)?
Like does it raise cortisol levels to stop fat loss or does it lower cortisol levels and aid fat loss? Because I know when I first started cutting calories and working out since now that I'm a athlete I was taking green tea to aid me in my fat loss and I mean yes it worked well! But I was wondering could green tea wreck my…
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hormone issue???
Help! I think I have a hormone issue. Because right now i'm not at a lean body fat yet. I'm at least at 21% but no matter how much I eat or cheating I do my body still craves and my body never gets full when I eat. Also my weight loss been stalled for 3 months straight and its still not progressing a calorie deficit isn't…
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im not understanding the energy expenditure.
Here's my question why cant a sedentary person maintain on 3,000 calories but a active person can?
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results are in!
well i went to my doctor today like i said i would and GOODNEWS EVERYONE! I'm not diabetic my blood sugar was 12.09 (if i typed that number right) my urine was negative and my hypoglymia was 13.5. He says i'm good! :smile: But that still dont answer why am i craving so much and why is my fat loss stalling plus it seems…
