Posts by zeke2

Original Post by spirochete:

Huh? 5x5 is a beginner program and hardly an advanced routine

 

I wouldn't say that. If you're actually pushing yourself with a 5x5 that's lots of weight for a beginner. Good way to get hurt with bad form. Not to mention better to let the body adjust to the weight training. Some thing like 3x10 is easier on the body.

What percentage of your max are you lifting on a five rep set?

5x5 is common for advanced lifters. I'm not sure I'd suggest going that heavy for somebody just starting. You're lifting a higher percentage of your max each rep. That means your form needs to be that much better.

I'd suggest trying to put together a good plan. Starting with 5 reps and not upping the weight until you hit 10 reps sounds off to be. I'd rather suggest starting with 3x8 or 3x10 and when you can easily do 10 reps on the last set up the weight. Easily doesn't mean no effort but easy enough you could do 11 or maybe fail on 12.

12 reps is still fairly high. Better then 25 which just tends to be aerobics.

Nothing wrong with 45 minute work outs.

The one handed ones are dumbbells. The long bar is a barbell.

Long term you want both. 

Dumbbells let you do some things that a barbell can't. Barbells can handle much heavier weight and let you do some things a dumbbell can't.

So a good set tends to include both. If you get plates and bars then the added cost is pretty low. Just the cost of the added bar. 

Okay for the most part if you eat at maintance you won't gain weight.

You might gain some water weight.

You might have a little extra food in your stomach when you step on the scale .

But we aren't talking a serious gain here. What will happen is your body won't drop weight.  

2500 isnt' that hard. Imagine if you try gaining weight -)

Nuts are your friend. So are other good fats. But honestly I'd have no problem hitting 2500 with just one snack of nuts.

If it runs on diesel then you'll always be able to fill up with all the other diesel trucks on the road. Look to your left. Look to your right. I bet your highway is full of diesel engines.

Okay to address the alleged 100 mpg with what sounds like a hybrid. If you check the hybrid numbers from real users you'll see the actual results vary alot depending on your driving patterns. If your driving doesn't fit the pattern you'll get worse mileage. Remember those batteries are heavy and you haul them around 100% of the time.

Something like the Citreon C4 already gets almost 70miles to the gallon with the stock diesel engine. Not a hybrid. Just the normal diesel engine.

The similar diesel engines are common with the various European car companies. 

The problem is getting clean low sulfur diesel fuel in the North America. 

I think most would consider it an advanced method.

You do half in the morning. Then eat some more. Letting your body recover. Then work later in the day. Eat some more.

If you aren't over working yourself it shouldn't matter. It's hard to tell from your description how much you are actually doing. 

Not only can you redo the fitness test you're supposed to every so often.

If you saved the results then yes the watch uses the fitness number to determine calorie burned. Along with all the other data you inputed.

Just check the manual. I don't know which buttons to push on the F11 but it shouldn't be too hard to find.

Try to do it first thing in the morning. Before your coffee. Best would be before you get out of bed but I can never manage that. I put the strap on and go crash on the couch for five minutes. Relaxing for five minutes or so. Then I do the test. 

If you're working alone I'd stick to dumbbells for bench and for squats. You really don't want to get stuck beneath a bar. Or worse .

http://www.amazon.com/MegaTuff-7ft-Squat-Cage -Commercial/dp/B0006U86E6

That looks like a nicer one. I don't have the ceiling height so went with something simpler. But I'm moving soon and when I'm settle next year I'll be getting something like that.

http://bodybuilding.com/fun/likness23.htm

Breating squats are explained near the end of that.

 One more thing. If you're having trouble with the weight of the Olympic bar you could get  a cheap standard weight set. The bars will be much lighter.

If your heart isn't racing you aren't lifting hard enough.

Curls won't get your heart going. Squats/deadlifts will. Which one builds more muscle? 

You can try the pushup variations. They'll be tougher.

You can do crunches instead of situps. Hold a weight [could be anything even a full water bottle] on your chest for extra gain. 

Fat is 9 calories per gram. So I'm guessing butter or lard -)

Pasta with a tomato sauce wouldn't even be half that I bet.