Recent content by luke77

Try pubmed/medline. If there has been a legit study on it, it will probably be on there.

Why aren't the capsules as good as the real thing? I've been taking capsules because I don't really like the taste very much and a lot of times it's inconvenient to get 1-2 cups of tea in a day...but I will switch to the real stuff if it's truly better. Is there anything in the tea besides...

Yeah, I agree. But why are you taking it with protein? Do you mean post-workout? You want to take it with a meal with some fat in it because some vitamins need fat for the body to best absorb them.

Also, if you have a Sam's club membership they have by far the best prices on fish oil. They also sell more concentrated fish oil that has something like 450 mg epa-dha, so you take fewer pills for the same amount of omega-3's. They are also enteric coated so you don't get nasty fish burps.

I honestly don't understand how some people have trouble eating enough...I have the opposite problem. But if you simply get full too easily, you could try drinking some calories (eg. milk) or adding more calorie-dense foods like nuts, pb, etc.

The omega-3's in the seed aren't any better than the one's in flax oil. However, the ground seed does contain things called ligands which are healthy, as well as fiber and I believe some antioxidants as well. Don't take flax seed for the omega-3's, but it does have other beneficial properties.

Actually cold temperature increases your metabolism, although I am not sure how much. Your body has to work to keep itself at equilibrium temperature (~98.6), so if it's 30 F outside (and you aren't wearing heavy clothing), your body expends more energy to maintain its temperature.

Diet sunkist is so good...

If you want something quick, how about just 3 sets of 12-rep squats, 3 sets of hamstring machine exercises (forget what the technical name is) and 2 sets of calf raises? The squats will hit just about everything, and the other 2 exercises will get everything they miss.

If you are doing it just to be healthy (which is a good idea btw) I wouldn't recommend doing hiit...I would do moderate intensity cardio 3x a week for 30 minutes. This is what the American Heart Association recommends for cardiovascular health, and I'm not sure hiit would cut it. I've got...

Wouldn't a dumbell deadlift be about the same as a dumbell squat?

I think it's funny how they describe their product - "a no calorie water". What other kind of water is there?

Which one is listed first in the ingredients list? Like reelbigfish said, fructose isn't the best source if you are using ONLY fructose but along with dex and malto it should be ok.

I look at percentage increases as more important that gross weight increases. For instance, if I increase by barbell curl by 20 lbs. that's much more significant than increasing my deadlift by 30 lbs. because I'm lifting so much less weight to start with with my barbell curl. I guess that...

IMO there is no way to compare leg press and squat based on how much weight you can leg press. Start very light with the squat because even with very low weight you will be sore in muscles you didn't even know you had the next day. This is how I squat...