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heavy duty nutriotn by mike mentzer. its amazing. it has helped me realize how rediculous my eating habits were. it is a timeless read. i suggest it to anyone trying to maximize muscle gains. i have never realized how few calories and protein i actually need.

Its time for some new clothes. My chest is too big for a medium, and my waist is way to small for a large. what does everyone think is worse- clothes that are maybe 2 or 3 inches too tight through the chest, or those that are 4 or 6 inches too large through the waist. ladies of IM, youre...

what percent range do you want to work with certain rep schemes? [how many times should i left 90 percent of my max in a set]? id like to know this for the following rep schemes: 12 10 8 6 5 3

Do microwaves destroy the nutritional content of food?

Old school, new school, no school? how do you lift, and why?

A year ago, after my diagnosis of TB and severe weightloss, i set a goal to get back up to 190 by march. Today at the doctors office i officially weighed in at 191- 2 months ahead of my goal. This is the biggest goal i have ever set for myself in terms of weight gain, and i came through. I...

http://www.ast-ss.com/articles/article.asp?AID=255 where do you guys think the limits of acceptable cheating should be drawn? Does this include skipping out on some of the ROM (ie not touching chest on bench)?

Edit: NVM, i figured it out on my own.

do you need time to recover from stretching? could you stretch every few hours without injury, if you so pleased?

as you train and your muscls get bigger, do your tendons get thicker as well?

please throw up some honest opinions on this routine, and be sure to tell me how i could improve it. to clairfy, my goals are mass with a nod towards more strength, so i will be going with the lower amount of reps and heavey weights. the "*" means the sets pyramid. Exercise Sets Reps Monday...

If all goes as planned, i will stack 1-ad and 4-ad together, but i was curious as far as how much and what not. I have been completely natural untill now, but due to a sudden illness a year ago i lost a lot of weight. I am down to 180 now and was thinking about doing 900 mg of 1-ad orally with...

I was wondering if anyone had any tips for training long arms. Lately my focus has been on bench, deadlifts, and rows of all types. My triceps have grown a fair amount, and my biceps have gotten a lot stronger while maintaining a similair size. for long arms- to see an increase in...

I read in an article (cant remember where) that doing pullups would be better than doing lat pulldowns, because the muscle recruitment is different. the article didnt go into any detail why, but i was curious if anyone here knew the difference and could explain it, or give me a place to look...

Olympic weight lifting, or Powerlifting? which do you prefer, and why?

i just found this website ( http://www.fitday.com/ ) its amazing. you type un everything youve eaten and it breaks it all down so you can see how your diet looks on pie charts and shite. then you can type in your daily activities and it gives graphs of what all is burned and what not. you...

My legs are waaay to big for my upper body. in an effort to even out, this new temporary routine is supposed to bulk my upper body (mainly arms) and maintain my legs. the HIIT that i do is sprints, and i feel that they are adequate to keep my legs up to par. I threw in a deadlift day just to...

Lately.. when i work my triceps really well... ill notice that if i flex it really hard, or near the end of the concentric movement wheni squeeze.... it feels like there is electricity running down my tricep.. this used to happen a lot on overhead presses and i was told to strengthen my...

the hammer strength precher curl machine.. what are your opinions on it? i found that i got more sore, had more of a pump, and felt better when i used that machine instead of actual preacher curls in conjunction with my arm workout. my arm day looks like this (i didnt bother to type the...

Im just curious... why do we all lift and try to be so massive? ive tried to come up with a reason for myself, but i cant. so what are youre reasons for it?