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The Romanian and the SLDL are two different lifts.

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Hamstrings/BBStrBackStrLegDeadlift.html

http://www.bsu.edu/webapps/strengthlab/exdetails.asp?exid=182

You're overtraining. Most notably your abs. Would you train your biceps 5 days a week? The abdominal muscle should be trained as any other muscle. When performing basic compound movements such as...

I second Maranne's reply. Great post! It's a pleasure to see such common sense in this world of More is Better. More cardio, more dieting, more stress, more dysmorphia...........but worst of all...

Excellent decision not hiring one of the kids from the gym! And yes, you can hire a trainer without belonging to a gym. The trainer will come to you. I'm the head trainer at a gym but I also work...

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exercises.php?Name=Romanian+Deadlift

Otherwise, My quesiton is, for a girl who is trying to lose fat, and get lean, is Max-OT a good program to start out on???


In a word, no. Max-Ot is a hypertrophy specific program (muscle mass,...

LOL Ms. Fit (by the way, I love your newsletters!). I am a self-admitted peanut addict. Trader Joe"s dry roasted, low salt peanuts are a staple in my diet. There it is, the truth is out!

Let's put it this way. Do you train any other muscle this hard? Do you perform 25 reps, 2 sets , 3 exercises 3-4 times a week on any other muscle group? The abdominal muscle should be trained in...

[QUOTE=imperfectly_lou]I never said squats were bad... I have had fantastic results from squats, but now I am at that point where I have gained a little bit too much mass for my liking. As I am not a...

Wow, first we're insane then we're nuts..............I love this board.

Wait Lou! I have 34 inch hips and wear a size 1/2, sometimes a 3. What can't you fit into?

LOL Yeah, it's her money we want! Sprint squats are a plyometric move Lou.
You can perform them with either a BB or DB's. With a BB: Place BB in position as you would a normal squat, only reduce...

Hi Lou. This is 100% correct! This is why I stick to sprint squats and plies (with db's). The stabilizers are not called into play in the same manner as with a heavy BB squat. Lunges, great...

To answer the first part of your reply. Performing an anaerobic circuit without rest elevates the heart rate as if performing the same amount of cardio. The answer to this is EPOC.

Now on to the...

The basis of core activation is the drawing in of the transverse abdominals. Pretend as if your belly button is being pulled in to your spine. I work with clients initially in a supine position on...

As I've said before, the answer is in the acronym EPOC (excess post-exercise oxygen consumption). EPOC is attained and sustained via anaerobic (weight) training, not aerobic activity. The benefit...

Also, keep your cardio short (20-30 minutes tops) on the days you are doing weight training. A longer duration is fine for your off days.[/QUOTE]


Ego's posts are excellent. The only comment I...

This lunge, "your lunge" is one of the variations of lunges found in any sports specific exercise program. Sorry, but it is used by many of us CPT's The client performs this lunge with a medicine...

The Adductors are a group of muscles that include: the Adductor Magnus, Longus and Brevis, the Gracilis and the Pectineus. The Adductors originate on the pelvic bone and attach at intervals along the...

Sorry for this second post but truer words were never spoken. In the world of anaerobic training, less=more.