I had the same thing going on... joints, especially shoulders, ached all the time. I took a week off from the gym and increased my caloric intake. Both helped tremendously.
Are the 2 - 3 beers and munchies calculated into your daily intake? Depending on what beer you're drinking that could be an additional 300 - 800+ calories. Add in the 'munchies', whatever that is,...
My advice would be to not make huge adjustments at one time. Add 10 - 15 grams of carb and/or 5 - 10 grams of fat, monitor your progress for a few weeks and make adjustments if necessary. Make...
No kidding, I feel like I'm in the twilight zone.
Winging it shouldn't be a problem for you. I have a feeling you know what 6 ounces of anything looks like after tracking for so long.
I thought I'd post some pics of my 3 month deficit. I lost a total of 14.6 pounds and 3 1/2" around the waist. I still have a few more pounds to lose before I start up a surplus.
I have many to chose from but limiting it to one would have to be my midsection, particularly the love-handles. The plan: continue to maintain my nutrition plan and workout with intensity. ...
Are we talking about 'absolute strength' or 'relative strength'? Absolute strength I believe corrolates with body weight. Where as relative strength does not. So if you're dropping weight your...
To me the question is, What would be optimal? Good nutrition + good workout = optimal results. You might do well with just one of the two...but would that yield optimal results?
Isn't one of the aspects of Layne Norton's P.H.A.T. to use lighter weights on hypertrophy days, concentrate on explosive concentric motion, but do more sets? Of course, you would be doing without...
