What kind of special forces? Seals? If it were me, and I were getting myself prepared for special forces training, I'd be seriously looking into Crossfit. That will get you into no **** best shape of...
Most likely. The things that will generally aggravate a back injury are things that compress or place stress on the spine. Pullups obviously won't do that.
I'm still here guys (sort of) Work finally blocked BB.com(it was inevitable really). So, what interaction I have here will be limited to the evenings, and I've been a busy little bee with my project...
Bad enough that I would say it's decently unhealthy. That's a heck of a lot of strain on his heart, pumping blood for 375LBS of mass. He should be down in the 250 range after he's been lifting for a...
Your statement needs some serious qualifiers. It holds true for a 175 guy who has been lifting for a while. If you are trying to cut off 5 or 10 pounds, yeah, gonna be hard as hell to get stronger. ...
That would be impossible. If the weight is truly your 5RM, there's no way you should be able to get 5 sets of 5 reps with it. Your 5X5 rep max will be somewhere around 90-95% of your 5RM, give or...
Part of the problem might be activity level. HIT is probably not where a man of your size should be. Get your ass busy, and work out 4-5 times a week. 2 weight sessions, and 2-3 anaerobic cardio...
Do a search on "stretch marks" here on the forum. There's been plenty of discussion on the subject. I think the gyst of it though is certain kinds of moisturizers (did I spell that correctly?) can...
Could work, except you will very soon need more resistance. The problem with body weight only exercise in terms of gaining muscle, is the exact muscle fiber's being recruited for the movement. For...