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Aug 4	comment	Where should our legs be when we do pull-ups or chin-ups? Also, I don't know what's a NAPFA test, sorry.
Aug 4	comment	Where should our legs be when we do pull-ups or chin-ups? I've added a full answer below, with a link to an interesting article regarding ab muscle activation.
Aug 4	comment	How to get started with exercising without any previous experience? +1 for advice 1) and 4)!
Aug 1	comment	How to train up to 50 pull-ups? @Pacerier: This is ok, the biceps aren't actually involved very much in pullups (chin-ups emphasize them more, they're still not the most important muscle involved). On the other hand, you use your forearm muscles to maintain your grip and they are constantly under tension. In fact, I've seen many athletes whose main weak link was their grip/forearm strength. One simple way to train your grip strength is to wrap your pullup bar with a towel and hold onto that - a thicker bar equals more work for the forearm.
Aug 1	comment	Where should our legs be when we do pull-ups or chin-ups? Straight down on both accounts.
Aug 1	comment	How should I be exercising during the Ramadan? I still wouldn't do it. Not drinking water in such high temperatures is dangerous enough, additionally exerting yourself is just begging for dehydration or something worse.
Jul 31	comment	How to improve pull-up rep count This is not the answer you are looking for, but doing 1 pullup is quite enough to exercise by "doing more pullups". The problem is that you need a pull up bar at home. If you've got one, then just do a pullup (somehow!) whenever you pass by under it, even if you are jumping up every time. Once you can do a few (eg. 5) you can focus on perfecting your form.
Jul 27	comment	How much water is too much? -1: The brain is actually NOT good at telling you when you're thirsty, if you're thirsty it means you're already dehydrated (as a comment to the question notes).
Jul 26	comment	Pulled a muscle - How to heal and relieve pain Also, you shouldn't ice more than eg. 15 mins in an hour (so 1:4). You could also consider ice massage for a shorter time period - it's supposed to be more effective.
Jul 19	comment	How can I gain a lot of weight in one month? +1 for GOMAD...
Jul 14	comment	Any trick to make going to the gym less intimidating? Maybe not applicable in your specific situation, but a good idea is to simply bring a friend: it will be more fun and in all your confusion someone might just randomly answer what you wanted to know. Of course, if your friend is more experienced than you, then he'll just show you what to do.
Jul 14	comment	How to do a one-arm pushup? Note: I've accepted Greg's answer below, but if someone comes with a more detailed answer I'll gladly accept that instead.
Jul 11	comment	How to strenghten my wrists? Yup, I know. I'm somewhat afraid of my fingers but I'll try to work on it too.
Jul 11	comment	How to strenghten my wrists? This looks useful, unfortunately I don't have access to a lot of weights usually - do you think this is still good with eg. 1-2 kgs only (a bottle filled with water)?
Jul 11	comment	How to strenghten my wrists? Unfortunately, I don't have regular access to a gym and so anything that requires a lot of equipment is not a real option (I'm otherwise aware of the benefits of deadlifts, squats and other compound movements). Still, +1 for the stretching links!
Jul 10	comment	How to strenghten my wrists? I've been doing the first four exercises in that link already (albeit without a resistance band). I guess the problem might be flexibility after all (or I should get a resistance band and load my wrist some more).
Jul 10	comment	How to strenghten my wrists? @michael I don't know, I feel my flexibility is fine (better than my peers at least), but it could be. Is there a way I could test my wrist flexibility?
Jul 10	comment	Help me calculate my “Meursault / Hours” equivalent? @joe Basically, measuring it directly is quite hard (you need to measure eg. the heat released by the body), so you'll usually just roughly estimate like @Ivo did and then modify according to results. In any case, unless you are really counting every calorie you eat a small error in estimation will even itself out in the long run.
Jul 9	comment	How to strenghten my wrists? Just to add, my grip strength is quite ok, it's the wrist themselves that are the problem.
Jul 9	comment	Help me calculate my “Meursault / Hours” equivalent? Ethanol is 7 calories per gram, and that bottle seems to be 13% alcohol, so it's actually ~680 calories (even worse than your estimate)!