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Bump to decreasing your calories.

The 10X BW rule kinda goes out the window when you're 25% BF plus. While you can run the danger of losing muscle by going too low, it's safe to say you'll be...

I really don't care how someone else lives their life, if they want to be fat, so be it. But what pisses me off is the drain they are to our health care. Other things harmful to your body likes...

The ADD lifter.

You know, the guy who does one exercise, leave all their weights on the bench, then go somewhere else, then somewhere else again. Before you know it they've got weights...

A marathon runner would probably say similar things about bb'ers.

How could it possible be healthy to strain your joints by lifting lift huge amounts of weight until you puke and then follow it...

Under certain cirumstances, it doesn't take much cardio at all to burn muscle. Specifically, fasted cardio. If you haven't eaten and do cardio, there is little to no food energy available. So the...

Check out this website for treadmill reviews and a good buying guide.

http://www.treadmilldoctor.com/reviews/newtreadmillreviewsindex.htm

Used it to buy my treadmill and the advice was great.
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Depends on the person, depends on your form. There's no one answer that's right for everybody.

Once you use a machine a lot, you're body becomes increasingly effecient on it, which negatively...

Calgary in December is not ideal weather for running outside.

In terms of general cardio, ellipticals are on par with a treadmill, and stair climbers and rowers aren't far behind while a bike...

Above is true, but overtraining symptoms don't neccesarily extend beyond the gym. I've overtrained before, and felt great through the day, but as soon as I'd hit the hit I'd get dizzy and...

No.

You have to think about the meaning of efficiency in this sense, because maximizing efficiency should not be your goal, rather it should be burning the greatest amount of fat (actually,...

Speaking from a metabolic rate point of view, I would think a cold shower would have a negative effect. Met. Rate and body temp are related, so I've always taken super hot showers after a workout so...

I bought the South Beach book for the hell of it but only read maybe a third of the way into it. IMO it's for a beginner or someone with next to nothing for nutrional knowledge. Anyone who's...

Dead on.

Fat/skinny and "build" are two entirely seperate things. Build is something you are born with and you can't change, but anybody can change their BF%.

Using myself as an example, even...

No, it's that he makes it looks like he wrote it when in fact it's just plagiarized. I find it disconcerning that someone would make a post like this without any reference to the original.
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Wow. You're a genius. I wish I had your kind of knowledge. :rolleyes:

http://www.bodytrends.com/articles/weight_loss/water.htm

Not cool.

Taking a break can be a good thing to do. Just remember that taking a break doesn't mean eating with reckless abandon. Still plan out your meals, but bump your calories up to maintenance. Maybe...

IMO there are way too many factors at play with limited information available to come to these conclusions. You have to track fat and muscle loss/gains over weeks and months to really tell what's...

How do you know that you lost muscle last week but gained this week? I would think that the error in any BF testing method is too great to track results that small.

A few suggestions:
-1700 calories is awfully low. Generally, 10-12X bodyweight is a good target calorie range, although at your weight going slightly lower probably wouldn't hurt. I would up your...

They're not salty, it's just that most that you buy have a ton of salt added. If you go to a health food store, you can buy them unsalted and in this case they are very good for you.