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First, I would recommend you commit to the nutrition SE site in Area 51: http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/44550/nutrition
It depends on the supplement, what it is designed for and the composition. It can be very complicated to outline, but there are various nutrients, vitamins and minerals that depend on the presence of other substances to be ...
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Good routine? Bad routine? Towards what end? What is your goal?
If it's to be "more fit" for Krav, your listed routine likely will work because the bodyweight work will bring enable your body to work with itself better, handle the intensity of a Krav class, etc.. But if you want to get bigger and stronger, that routine won't take you very far. Bill ...
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Congratulations on opting for a healthy lifestyle. It is way too easy to get into the trap of a sedentary lifestyle. The younger you start getting back in shape, the easier it is with more lifetime benefits.
If you have any medical problems check with your doctor first. (Standard disclaimer, but worthwhile. Even at your age you may have signs of a ...
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It could be a combination of both. In order to be 100% sure I would need to see how you do it. In any case, if it's unsupportable pain I'm guessing there's something wrong.
If you are ALWAYS sore after doing that exercise (even after a few weeks of doing them), you might be compensating.
Concentrate on the glute contraction and everything should fall into ...
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It's important to gain muscle for weightlifting. Fat doesn't lift things, but higher overall mass can provide a more stable foundation for lifts. In case you are wondering, you can get too fat to perform the lifts properly. In an ideal world, you will start lean (in the 10-12%), and dial things down when you edge up towards 15% body fat as a man. Add at ...
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One of the problems with competitive or repetitive sports on the growing body is that they can cause the body to grow with asymmetries. Young athletes who do not have knowledgeable enough trainers are likely to develop problems over time with muscles, fascia and joints as uneven strains are created. Now you are left with figuring out how to correct the ...
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Doing push-ups and pull-ups is great. However, since you're doing them so frequently and with so much repetitions, your muscles are getting used to it.
You have to shock your muscles to get them to grow. Now, what does that mean? Actually it's simple: switch up your rotation! Try 1 push-up over 12 seconds: push up slowly, then hold, then go down slowly ...
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I think the problem is you are doing a large amount of repetitions on a limited number of exercises. It sounds like you are only doing two exercises.
Bodies are designed to adapt, if you just do the same two exercises over and over again you are only focusing on a limited number of muscles and they will easily adapt to this limited set of exercises and you ...
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If you want to gain weight, then you can, but you can't do it halfway.
I was skinny all of my life, averaging 6 foot four and 170 pounds. About a year and a half ago, I went on Mark Rippetoe's plan (minus the gallon of milk a day).
Within nine months, I was deadlifting 300 from practically nothing, and benching 225.
My weight went from 170 to 205.
Two ...
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You need to know that BMI is a poor indicator if you are not middle aged with a sedentary lifestyle.
BMI was developed as a tool to look at averages across a large population not as an individual assessment tool. Although, due its popularity has become a defacto tool used by many to do this, when it wasn't designed that way.
You have two options, you can ...
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