Recent content by GainMuscle

What's a chin up? :roflmao: (joking) I hate weighted chin ups so tend to gravitate to the lat pulldown for lower reps. I usually use a couple sets of chin ups to warm up for my back work. Recently I added pull overs (like skull crusher with straight arms) and am really liking them so far.

I know what I want for my birthday!

She's an animal!

Looks like pretty good progress over the past few weeks! Great Job! I am just getting back into training again too. I actually started with all body weight exercises for a few weeks before I started lifting (but part of that was that I was recovering from a broken elbow).

I went to that site and plugged in the numbers for a BMR of 1833. My maintenance is estimated at 2520 with the "lightly active" 1.375 ratio- so that puts my BMR at 73%(approx). (note I used total body weight not lean mass. The lean mass calc cuts about 200 cals out of my BMR for about 1650)...

Thanks Built, I actually do mean Basal (at full rest requirements). It is about 75-80% my Maintenance requirements. I dont actually do this for long periods of time, but it does give pretty quick fat loss results. After a while I move it up to just under maintenance (at least what it seems...

I haven't seen any studies taking about specific dangers... although a lot of the studies performed are tend to be sponsored by supplement manufacturers... so why would we see those kind of studies? (not suggesting there are dangers) I do consume some whey protein, but attempt to get as much...

Diet by far is the best way to promote fat loss. I am going through this now and keep my daily intake to average about a 500 cal deficit. I keep protein intake up to help with maintaining muscle growth and limit carbs as much as I can without going crazy (sometimes you just need to eat a...

These are all really great responses. I recently came back from a long period off from any type of training. I am about the same age and height but a bit lighter. I also had a few pounds of fat to shed...still do but I am making progress. I cut my caloric intake to a 500 cal deficit from my...

Thanks for the warm Welcomes!:hiya:

This original post very re-affirming for me. The 4 split methods you describe is how I change up my routines every so often- more to keep my mind occupied and keeping from being bored than from a muscle gain perspective. Though now that I think about it, I probably should go back through my...

Really enjoyed this thread. I use to be very flexible from Martial Arts training, still am a bit, but not as much because I don't focus on the stretching. One thing I do find is that if I stretch before weight training, I just don't get the same strength that I do if I just do a quick...

Love the 007 pose!

drooling...

My name is Troy Cleido and I just wanted to check in to say "Hi" as a new member of the forum. I feel strongly that a majority people want to gain muscle and would prefer to look like a Hollywood celebrity or underwear model versus giant hulks. And thus tend to talk about building muscle for...