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May 9 |
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Is there any way I can convince companies I'm in great shape, despite my BMI results? What other data do you have? Marathon/10k times? Lift numbers? VO2 max? How can you demonstrate your being in great shape to them? |
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May 9 |
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Clicking in knee w/o pain when walking @Handprint Why I thought the last paragraph of your question was off-topic is because you haven't actually told us what your injury is, only symptoms, and we are very rarely able to diagnose an injury. Had you asked something about a specific, diagnosed injury, like "I've pulled my hamstring while doing squats. How should I return to activity?", that would be better (meta.fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/17/…). |
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May 9 |
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Clicking in knee w/o pain when walking @Handprint I don't have any more sway than other users. Discussions about scope happen at meta.fitness.stackexchange.com. |
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May 3 |
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Clicking in knee w/o pain when walking The rest of the question (asking for what other people have experienced with PT) is off-topic. Please read the FAQ. |
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May 3 |
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Clicking in knee w/o pain when walking Part of this question is a duplicate: fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/12317/… |
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May 1 |
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What should I be looking for in bio monitors? What to measure depends on your goals. What are your goals? |
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May 1 |
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Should I reboot Starting Strength program, to get better results? @TCSGrad You shouldn't base your calorie intake based on what you believe is maintenance. You should base it on what is needed in order to make consistent, predictable progress on your lifts. If you're reliably adding 5lbs to your squat every time you go to the gym, there's no need to eat more. If you start plateauing, the first thing I would try is increasing your calorie intake. |
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May 1 |
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Will Musclecore x and Androsolve help bootstrap my fitness routine to lose weight? Given your goal, have you considered switching to a proper strength training plan and diet? There are many questions on this site that answer questions about losing weight and building muscle. |
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May 1 |
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Will Musclecore x and Androsolve help bootstrap my fitness routine to lose weight? 1. Check the ingredient list. 2. Probably not. 3. This site isn't well suited for giving advice about pharmaceutical products. |
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Apr 30 |
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Should I reboot Starting Strength program, to get better results? I agree about the irrelevance of long-term relative strength goals. As a novice, it only matters that are able to lift more each workout. |
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Apr 30 |
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Should I reboot Starting Strength program, to get better results? About point 2, the initial workout of Starting Strength is not the empty bar. The initial workout has you find the weight at which the bar speed starts to slow down, and then gets you to use that weight for 3 sets of 5. |
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Apr 22 |
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Need exercise recommendations for abs, triceps and biceps to incorporate into Stronglifts 5x5 Sorry if it seems I'm just answering questions with questions, but I believe stronglifts is a fairly well-balanced program, and deviations from it should be justified. |
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Apr 22 |
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Need exercise recommendations for abs, triceps and biceps to incorporate into Stronglifts 5x5 How are bench and overhead insufficient for triceps? How are pull-ups/chin-ups/rows insufficient for biceps? Have you started to plateau on your main lifts? Your abs will get stronger in proportion your need for their stability as you progress on your main lifts. |
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Apr 19 |
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Exercises that make the 'Core' strong This is a nice related article: startingstrength.com/articles/core_stability_rippetoe.pdf |
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Apr 17 |
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Stronglifts 5v5 : Where do I go from here? This is a little off topic, but doing the standard stronglifts workout 4 times per week is too much, especially at your numbers. I'm surprised that hasn't caused a strength plateau due to insufficient recovery. |
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Apr 17 |
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Stronglifts 5v5 : Where do I go from here? @MarcoLeblanc At your level of training, you probably will need to pick one of the two (strength or increasing definition) as a primary goal. You're past the novice phase where those two could easily go hand in hand. |
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Apr 14 |
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Bulking up in a 2 month time span Welcome! I voted to close as a duplicate because I believe the linked question should answer your question. If not, please add something distinguishing about your situation, and we should be able to help you! |
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Apr 13 |
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Can adding a weight vest improve fat loss? @DustinDavis I think Megasaur is suggesting that this is an instance of the XY problem: meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem. But in your case, you have been given piece of equipment, and you're wondering if it's useful... so not quite the typical XY problem. |
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Apr 11 |
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I am hitting walls with my lifts, how can I progress? @mcdonasm The reason for plateauing when properly following stronglifts or starting strength is due to moving past the novice stage of strength training. At this point, the amount of stress necessary to cause an adaptation is more than can be recovered from with a single day of rest. At this point, you can't simply add weight to the bar every visit to the gym. One must switch to a weekly periodization, but not for purposes of muscle confusion or being stuck in homeostasis. |
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Apr 7 |
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Going from training 3 days/week to 4 days/week Has your strength gain plateaued? |
