Recent content by rkurashima

Taken 5 APR 04. I was in Iraq for 7 months and this was taken days before I came back home.

OK I walked into that one :booty:

I just don't feel a good pull at the bottom just going to the floor. I feel alot better being elevated about 5-6 inches. I do make sure that I don't arcl my back though, especially at the bottom of he movement. I tend to go lower when I'm doing SLDL's focusing on the Hams, but also tend to stop...

"The late Mike Mentzer, whose Heavy Duty Training system remains popular even after his death, was adamant that the best way to stimulate muscular hypertrophy (growth) is to continue a set until you reach the point of concentric muscle failure." I can find a dozen more who support it and a dozen...

inevitably you're gonna feel it in your back. The trick is to keep your back straight and solid from start to finish. When you're coming up do not flex your back. Does that make sense? Don't flex it, ujst keep it solid and sturdy through the entire range of motion.

Makes total sense Solid. Stick your ass way out and come down low. Keeping your back ridged but never "pullling" with it. I love the burn!

The ultimate goal is to get bigger, stronger and/or ripped. The goal for each and rep should be fatigue. TOTAL MUSCULAR FAILURE. I know some techniques call for stopping short of failure. That's fine...for the folks with a specific plan in mind and know exactly what they are trying to accomplish...

I do Stiff legged dead lifts for my Hams and lower back. I can only do them every 9-11 days though. I am still sore 1 week later!! that's 7 complete days!! Am I doing something wrong? I could do them again at the 1 week mark, but they'd still be a little sore. Is this ok or should I wait for...

You need to focus on each and every rep you are doing. Concentrate on the exact muscle you are using and contract it with all you got no matter what weight you are using for that set. If you are are shooting for 10-12 reps per set make sure that you abosolutely cannot push it past 12. If you can...

I am in no way an authority in this arena so my advice is really open to anyone out there that can steer me the right way. For BigE's benefit and my own. With that said... You definitely do have to watch those calories. No calories are freebies. Fruits have fructose which is pretty high on...

I don't drink Crystal Light right now, but I used to. I used to drink a gallon of the stuff a day no problem. Was it the aspartame that was messing your stomach up you think?

Unless he REALY NEEDS the fruit for something, why would he want to keep it in lieu of something with a lower GI? I don't think someone weighing 255 lbs. @ 6' with a concern for losing unwanted BF will benefit from fruit unless he isn't getting the vitamins he needs from other sources or...

Four meals per day isn't enough. Meal one is almost exactly what I eat for breakfast, but the rest of your "meals" are not descriptive enough. Are you doing cardio? What are you doing in the gym? You're a big guy and I would suspect you aren't taking in enough carbs to sustain a steady fat...