If these results really are true, then what is constituting all of the protein powders? It can't be fat as there would be an obvious texture problem...
Whilst I agree that deadlifts will help with shoulders, a push press or shoulder press is a great exercise to futher strengthen the delts and a great compound exercise for anyone.
Nice reply Kyle - my only addition would be to throw in an exercise for the back and possibly shoulders... while the shoulders will get some action from the bench press, I would still add barbell row...
When you say you don't eat very cleanly, how badly are we talking about? Care to post an average days food consumption and your weekly training schedule?
If you are concerned about your bodyfat level, don't start packing on the calories just yet... even though you are quite new, you may not get the fat-loss-muscle-gain effect that _some_ new lifters...
Well you are intending to wrestle which requires both strength and endurance. So you will want to keep up your cardio work in combination with the strength training. Also, because you will need...
I would say most of your meals need to be a little bigger. For example, each time you have the chicken breast, have some tomatoes, reduced fat cheese or avocado with it, perhaps some...
As with most things, it is all about moderation. Having an enormous amount of caffeine will obviously be detrimental, whereas having it in moderation allows you to enjoy its benefits and ergogenic...
Compound exercises do tend to be more functional and useful as they transfer to real life situations (e.g. how often do you do seated leg curl in real life or sports? you may use your hamstrings, but...
I would spread it out over the day, so you could perhaps add 1 more egg to your breakfast, have a yogurt with the grapes & granola bar, add a slice or 2 of reduced fat cheese to your...
It depends on the noodles, but more often then not, yes the sodium is in the flavouring packet. Also, some 2 minute noodles are prefried and then dried, so if you are concerned about fat intake, buy...
I would recommend doing whatever is most convenient for you and whatever keeps you from getting hungry. If you have the time to have 5 meals, then by all means, break up your protein intake into...
It looks like a pretty clean diet to me! Looking at your height and weight and the fact that you are strength training, I think you could possibly increase your caloric intake slightly if your long...
The "generally accepted" range for hypertrophy is 8-12 reps with a 60-90 second rest between sets. If you are going for pure strength, you will want to do less repetitions per set (<=6)...
