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I'm in the market for some good protein bars. From your experiences, what would you recommend? I'm looking for a healthy post-workout bar with high protein. Any recommendations?


If there was a thread already talking about this, please post link.

Thanks

It`s been raining for 5 years here(seems like it) and im getting fed up with it.


So if anybody out there would like to take me on i would truly appreciate it (except Karky it`s very cold and snowy in Norway........................... which is only cold rain)

I`m house trained, will not eat all your food (unless youy have trotters in the fridge).

I have a passport and an english accent (think hugh grant with an attitude) (and balls)

I`ll also pretend to be gay for any f$g hags out there......so come on take me in i cant stand this weather (also open to any guys out there who want a talking point at parties etc.






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Alright, I've never been big on wearing belts, lifting straps, gloves, knee wraps, wrist wraps...etc. I could go on. To me, it's completely unfunctional to wear something to "assist" a joint in a specific movement, and says something about the imbalances in one's body. But damn the man who put a cyst...yes a cyst in my wrist, a pronounced one at that. I've never heard of training making cysts grow bigger, but it does produce more pain. I only wish exercise could get rid of it, but that is not the case.

unfortunately, since I have to wait to get this fixed, in order for my training to continue, I have gone and purchased some wrist wraps...and I already hate them.

Hey, im going to buy some cyclone maximuscle weight gainer powder.

but i need to know when to use is, as im short on money and cant really afford to spend £40 a month, so, what is the best times to use it?

here is my training scheduale:

Monday: FBW apart from my legs
Tuesday: Rugby (uses legs alot)
Wednesday: Arms and abdominals work out
Thursday: Rugby again
Friday: FBW apart from legs
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Rugby Match

So when is the best time to take the maximuscle cyclone?

Thanks in advance :)
Sam

The past couple of times I've been in the gym I've done some workouts that specifically called for an exercise rep to failure as the last exercise of the routine. For instance finish with decline pushups 3 sets to failure and today weighted dips 3 sets to failure.

I noticed on both workouts that the first set I failed at say 25 reps, then the 2nd set I crapped out at like 30 reps, then the 3rd at like 22.

Same thing happened with the dips today. Anyone know why this happens?

Logically I would think as I progressed through the sets I would be able to do less reps, not more. Of course I have found little "logical" with my body! :D

Yo folks

I've been weight training for the last 5 years, but (and I know I'll get friendly abuse for this) have never done a proper deadlift session until now. The story behind this is that basically in the last 3 months I've lost about 28lbs of blubber and am finally back to the stage of being able to do pullups, instead of just sitting on the lat pulldown churning out sets and not improving as much as I could be.

Anyway now that I'm back to pullups I decided to work other compound movements into the routine, and so finally I attempted some deadlifts. I dont really know why its taken me this long to incorporate them into my routine, and unfortunately I'm faced witht he realisation that I could have used the last few years training a lot more effectively. Anyway I know I dont need to tell you guys this, but MAN those things are awesome. I could really feel it working my back, glutes and core, and I felt awesome afterwards like I'd really given my body a challenge. Because I was cautious of never having deadlifted I kept the weight low and worked my way up to 100kg over 5 sets of 5. Once I feel my lower back has acclimatised to this new stress I will start to up the weight and test things out, and hopefully get my name in a decent place on the deadlift chart.

Just thought I'd share this little anecdote. Deadlifts will now be a very firm feature in my weekly routine.

Cheers

Xav

Hi all

I am trying to get better at pull ups. I have a few background goals for this - to suck less at rock climbing, to improve posture since I sit all day at work and to get rid if possible of some back pain. I was looking online for a program and I found something promising at pull-ups-training.com. (I would post the link but it seems I am not allowed until I become more involved here, which I will :)) Before I start onto this path I would like to hear from people who already did this or something similar or maybe to find out about a completely different approach. Thank you all in advance.

Well I was almost kicked out of the gym for wearing them. They(the people who work at the gym) said they would let me workout for that day, but next time I would have to wear something that is apropriate for working out. So can you guys tell me what is appropiate?
I was wearing black cargo pants that day and they thought I was wearing jeans. They said I would damage the equipment for wearing jeans. Since jeans and cargo look a bit similar do you think they would kick me out for wearing cargo pants?

I've never talked about this before, but I really need some advice on what could be a crucial decision. I’ve suspected for some time now that my wife has been cheating on me.

The usual signs… Phone rings but if I answer, the caller hangs up.
My wife has been going out with the girls a lot recently although when I ask their names she always says, “Just some friends from work, you don’t know them.”

I always stay awake to look out for her taxi coming home, but she always walks down the drive. Although I can hear a car driving off, as if she has gotten out of the car round the corner. Why? Maybe she wasn’t in a taxi?

I once picked her cell phone up just to see what time it was and she went berserk and screamed that I should never touch her phone again and why was I checking up on her.

Anyway, I have never approached the subject with my wife I think deep down I just didn’t want to know the truth, but last night she went out again and I decided to really check on her.

I decided I was going to park my motorcycle next to the garage and then hide behind it so I could get a good view of the whole street when she came home. It was at that moment, crouching behind my bike , that I noticed that the valve covers on my engine seemed to be leaking a little oil.

Is this something I can fix myself or should I take it back to the dealer?

Last Tuesday I was doing the 3 cone drill with my trainer as it's part of my gym's fitness challenge. I've never done it before and wound up rolling my left ankle. Afterwards I could still walk on it, although it felt sore and tender, and I decided to finish the training day as best I could. I've taken a break since then, because of a long trip of the Labor Day weekend, hoping it would be enough time for my ankle to recover in order to participate in the fitness challenge this weekend.

As of today my ankle is still sore to walk on and I'm not sure if I should try to undertake this. There's going to be a lot of running and agility tests and I'm afraid I might aggrivate it more or roll it again! I can walk on it, but I still have to compensate a bit and wind up with a small limp still. Is it a good idea to just continute to let it heal? How long do these take to heal?

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I have been working out for the last 5 months I started off weighing about 285 bench pressing about
350. I have since then lost about 40 pounds and still losing but my bench has dropped to about 280.
I have lose a few pants sizes so I am sure I am losing some fat but it seems to me that im losing to much muscle. A friend told me to first just concentrate on losing the fat then start putting muscle back on later. I currently run between 1 to 2
hours a day 7 days a week and lift 3 days a week.
I eat about 2000 calories total a day. I would like to know am I helping or hurting myself and also any advice you could give me.

I've been in the gym for two months. I used to go before but I used to stop for personal reasons every once and a while. Now I'm in for good. I want some advice on my workout.

What I think is wrong with it:

• I haven't changed much in the chest workout.
• The back routine isn't that varied. (Its not that bad but I think it can be better).
• I don't think the leg routine is perfect.
• A trainer at my gym told me that I should try power lifting because when I finish my workout I'm not tired at all. In fact some days I have body combat class before workout and I can workout easily without getting tired. But I have no idea how to make a power lifting workout.

I've attached two workouts. Old workout is the one I used to follow before the current one and I think it was fine. Current workout is the one I'm using now and have doubts about.

Edit: My main goal is to develop strength and muscle size in a balanced manner.
Attached Files Current Workout.doc (56.5 KB) old workout.doc (84.5 KB)

So I've decided that I'm going to start taking Whey Protein Isolate, I'm not sure what brands have good reputations so I guess I'll just start off with Optimum 100% Whey Protein - Gold Standard or should I go with Complete Whey Protein by CytoSport

Anyways, my question is when do I take the whey, and what should I mix it with?

I've read that you should take a gram per every pound, so me weighing 135lbs I would take 135gs daily, correct? Also I've read you should take whey as soon as you wake up, 40 minutes before a workout, and immediately after a workout. And I've even heard before bed? And what about days off?

This is a repost from the weightloss forum, but I wanted some opinions from the body builders as well. :)

Hey Gals and Guys!

I'm 19 and in college, currently 6'0 at 175lbs. I don't know any of my other stats. My main goal for the last year has been weight loss, I'm down from 250lbs (See my Journal) and I'm actually pretty happy with where I am at the moment!

What I'd like to do now is continue my weight loss, I'd love to be around 160 or 165, but start getting more toned! Right now I have a lot of fat and not a lot of muscle. I'd like to keep getting rid of my fat but start building up some muscle to get more toned.

I'm wondering what people would suggest in terms of what sort of foods I need to be looking at, and what sort of exercises I should focus on. I'd mainly like my upper body to be a bit more defined, not ripped, just some general shape and form. But I also want to build up some leg strength.

Does anyone know a good workout routine I can get into or look up? What sort of exercises can I do for this? I DO have access to weights, but not that often, so the more I can do with just dumbbells (2-20lbs) in my dorm room the better, but I WILL be hitting the gym more this semester so I can use equipment there.

So to recap:
For getting toned and building muscle while maintaining some weight loss I'm looking for:
Tips on Nutrition (Foods such as oatmeal, as well as what I need to get such as protein and avoid)
Tips of Excersices: if anyone knows/has a good workout plan or can give some tips of a few exercises that might work well that would be the bomb! Or just a place to look them up and read on how to make my own workout schedule.

Running a half marathon October 11th. Some people have told me that they feel running that kind of distance is better done with "flats" rather than a typical running shoe. I've always worn Asics and have never had a problem. I have a neutral foot so what is the opinion of all you runners regarding flats for a half or full marathon? Are there any better benefits? I'd like to complete the half in under 90 minutes and was told I could shave 10 seconds off my time wearing flats. HMMM, what do you guys think?

Helloooo... I just have some questions regarding swimming and a form of exercise. I'm aware that its a really great form of cardiovascular exercise and good for muscle tone, although I'm not too sure on how much to do.

some background on myself: i enjoy running/jogging but i can't do it as much as i would like to because it can start to hurt my knees. also the top half of me doesnt really do anything so i dont really have any upper body strength. i also find it hard to fit into my daily routine of going to uni, and i dont really like going the gym because i think its boring and im not interested in becoming huge anyway. I recently (as in about a week ago) started swimming before uni and i find this fits in great with my daily routine and i feel every part of my body getting used i really like it.

At the moment i'm only swimming like 500 metres because I'm just dont have the endurance and upper body strength yet. I'm aware its very early days at the moment and I'm fine with paying my dues and I don't plan on adding on extra laps until i feel i can do it comfortably (for lack of a better word) while still pushing myself. I'm planning on doing this 4 days a week and theres no foreseeable reason why I can't.

I'm obviously planning on building up the distance eventually, but my question is this: if i was to swim about 2km/1.2mile (eventually) 5 times a week would this be sufficient to achieve good upper body strength and muscle tone (read: swimmer's body).

any comments/suggestions would be really appreciated thanks a lot

Ive started using this,however im wanting to train to do some fat burning also,will this be ok?

Hey Gals and Guys! :)

I'm 19 and in college, currently 6'0 at 175lbs. I don't know any of my other stats. My main goal for the last year has been weight loss, I'm down from 250lbs (check out my journal, link at the bottom!) and I'm actually pretty happy with where I am at the moment! :D

What I'd like to do now is continue my weight loss, I'd love to be around 160 or 165, but start getting more toned! Right now I have a lot of fat and not a lot of muscle. I'd like to keep getting rid of my fat but start building up some muscle to get more toned.

I'm wondering what people would suggest in terms of what sort of foods I need to be looking at, and what sort of exercises I should focus on. I'd mainly like my upper body to be a bit more defined, not ripped, just some general shape and form. But I also want to build up some leg strength.

Does anyone know a good workout routine I can get into or look up? What sort of exercises can I do for this? I DO have access to weights, but not that often, so the more I can do with just dumbbells (2-20lbs) in my dorm room the better, but I WILL be hitting the gym more this semester so I can use equipment there.

So to recap:
For getting toned and building muscle while maintaining some weight loss I'm looking for:
Tips on Nutrition (Foods such as oatmeal, as well as what I need to get such as protein and avoid)
Tips of Excersices: if anyone knows/has a good workout plan or can give some tips of a few exercises that might work well that would be the bomb! :) Or just a place to look them up and read on how to make my own workout schedule.