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cottage cheese and raspberries nat yogurt and raspberries gorp..."camp" trail mix of grains,oats,raisins and peanuts..easy to carry around good on canoe trips....

my creaky old frame hurts a lot ...think I have pulled more than I know the names of...just rest it and back off on the heavy 1RM ...worst pull was under my arm just above the oblique , took about 2 weeks before i tried DLs again, and at a lower wt..

sweep is the outside muscle in the quads ... you tend to develop a sweep in the quad when you squat with your .....oh h*ll don't remeber the best stance ...can someone else tell us???

point taken gorpo ... not easy to imagine but understandable ...think I would be the opposite...had a cast on one leg for 6 weeks and hobbled around on crutches ...when the cast was off my right leg was sooooo skinny i didn't wear shorts for months...too me this is atrophy to an extreme, but...

I'm a big fan of dips and chins ....think your pack idea is sound but I would use it in front .....I've got a belt and chain now but have used a carpenter's pouch with a few plates and even the dog's leash around my waist with the plates in the choke chain before.....

hmmm....thought you need to stop using them to shrink them....and lower cals.... just read something interesting here's an exerpt from a T-mag article Maxim # 2: To lose muscle, you must temporarily stop training it. Yes, there are ways to train muscle and minimize (not stop) hypertrophy, but...

http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html check out the hyperlink above for the exercise directory (same as on top left) and the link below for deads http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/GluteusMaximus/BBDeadlift.html

try 5 g glutamine, 25 g whey and 50 +g carbs post work out, don't forget to stretch and cool down with a light movement for the same muscle group, also try a 50 or 100 rep set (@ 30-40% 1RM) on the day after to get some blood back into the recovering muscle....and take an extra day rest if...

hey nifty ....getting back to your food ???s for T ....have a look at the article below for T and eating... http://www.t-mag.com/articles/192test.html

lots of opinions on this....if you've got ten minutes read this article for a new view... http://www.t-mag.com/articles/193prot.html

here's a couple http://www.theministryoffitness.com/exercises.htm http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html good luck

interesting answer gorpo, I seem to train the same way as honeybee here's what i do now on training mornings coffee with sugar @ 5:45 train from 6:00 to 6:45 and drink about 1 litre of water 7:00 have a protein shake Shake is 1 scoop of whey 5 grams glutamine 1 banana 125 ml nat yogurt 12 oz of...

when did you guys start creatine? after 6 months ? 12? or when your gains slow down? thx

bought a pair of 8 lb dbs and 15 lb dbs and moved them everyway I could think of ....then a month later when it got easy I added 20s .....next step was an ez bar with 4 - 10s and 2-5s over the next few weeks added a couple pairs of plates ....after about 2 months I bought a bench and a standard...

thx guys...very cool info!