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I've heard the claim on a number of occasions that you have to "eat 3500 calories in excess to gain a pound". Where does this come from, and does it actually have any basis in fact? Given that a calorie is a unit of energy and a pound is a unit of force, it doesn't seem like they could be...

Hi guys, I have a few questions about weight gainers: 1. I've heard that, even though some weight gainers claim to have lots of complex carbs and not much sugar, they have lots of maltodextrin, which is a "crappy" complex carb. Is this true? What's wrong with maltodextrin? Looking at the...

I just saw a bottle of generic creatine monohydrate (London Drugs brand) at London Drugs, and it was ultra-cheap. Would this stuff be OK to get, or would it be crappy quality? In other words, are all brands of creatine pretty much the same, or is it worth it to get a more well-known brand? If...

Hi guys, I have the following situtation: due to my schedule, I always workout in the morning before I go to work. I work at a university, and the gym is in the kinesiology building at the university, so I head straight to work after working out. I'd like to be able to make a post work-out...

This may seem like a strange question, but I've been working out for awhile now, and I seem to have developed a chronically sore jaw. I can't think of any reason this is occuring - I didn't injure it, and I don't grind my teeth or anything. Seems like one might clench the jaw when lifting...

I started working out a few months ago. Before I started, I played tennis quite a bit, and since I'm right handed, my right arm is noticably larger than my left arm. Now that I'm started working out, I've made gains in both arms, but they're still uneven. What would be the best way to "even...