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  • that makes sense to me. thanks.

    that makes sense to me. thanks.
  • quick question: group exercises by muscle group, or not?

    i may somehow be blind here to an obvious answer, but--whatever.

    if on a given day i am working, say, my chest and my triceps, is it better to group the exercises for each muscle together, or to...
  • thanks for the reply. your explanation does seem...

    thanks for the reply. your explanation does seem to make sense...

    i figure i'll work some back (and forearm) exercises into my routine very shortly. any other comments about my split and my...
  • WHY the different splits? My new routine...

    I'm working on making myself a routine, and I've got a basic three-day split that I made by slightly adjusting the ones I saw posted here by some of the more well-known bb members.

    Anyway, I've...
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    walking eighteen holes carrying your bag is...

    walking eighteen holes carrying your bag is supposed to burn a couple of thousand calories. my club's course is hilly as hell, and if i carry my bag for all eighteen i haven't necessarily had much...
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    sounds good. i'm definitely going to try holding...

    sounds good. i'm definitely going to try holding it at the bottom next time.

    as far as the grip, i think i may be holding it a bit narrowly on the wide-grip pulldowns. i've got my hands around the...
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    not feeling it with lat pulldowns?

    this last time i was at the gym doing lat pulldowns, more in the case of the wide grip ones than the narrow grip ones, i didn't feel like i was really hitting my lats like i should have been. i only...
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    both extremes cause your body to burn calories,...

    both extremes cause your body to burn calories, whether to maintain body temperature by turning stored energy into actual heat, or by using energy to make your body sweat, thereby cooling you off.
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    Sure there can be a bit of fat there; there's fat...

    Sure there can be a bit of fat there; there's fat evenly spread out throughout every part of your body in addition to the obvious areas that show most on people with higher bf%'s. I think that it...
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    sawastea, i see how you calculated everything...

    sawastea, i see how you calculated everything except the BMR. can you give me the formula for that? i'm interested to know...

    thanks :D
  • unless you're drinking an insane amount of water,...

    unless you're drinking an insane amount of water, you don't have to worry about flushing out your electrolytes. if you want to be cautious, though, just drink some gatorade. it has everything that...
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    it looks like you lost mostly fat, since you say...

    it looks like you lost mostly fat, since you say you're thirteen pounds lighter. but thirteen pounds in seven weeks is losing weight pretty fast at your weight, so you were probably pretty prone to...
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    Re: Do analog scales work?

    lol @ that...


    i have an analog scale, and i can tell you that yes, they work just fine. if you want to have your readings be as consistent as possible (and this should be true for any scale) you...
  • i did a rough calculation a while ago on this....

    i did a rough calculation a while ago on this. assuming that you drink your water at 38 degrees F, or 11 degrees celsius, and pee it out at your body temp (i.e. 98.6 degrees F, 41 degrees C), and you...
  • Thread: Kj or Kcal

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    the calories that nutrition information on food...

    the calories that nutrition information on food boxes refers to are scientifically kilocalories-- we don't use scientific calories when referring to food because it would just be adding a lot of...
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    Getting in shape

    I just registered at mybodycomp.com, where the site told me I had 20.6% body fat-- 32 pounds on my 155 pound body, with 123 pounds LBM. I'm 5'11" and almost 17 years old, and now that I have a good...
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    i find that simply using mustard instead of mayo...

    i find that simply using mustard instead of mayo to mix whatever tuna you have does just as good a job, and i like the taste of mustard, so if you do too, you should try this. if you use the same...
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    yeah, i looked through a lot of old threads, and...

    yeah, i looked through a lot of old threads, and i found an overwhelming amount of information. a general consensus was against pre-cardio fasting, but i was really unsure after i read all of it as...
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    cardio questions...

    I'm confused. I hear that you do not want to do cardio on an empty stomach. I guess this makes sense, because then a lot of what your body has available to burn is muscle, but then I was rethinking...
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    what about the second part of my post? is...

    what about the second part of my post? is 40/40/20 a strict diet layout, or just a guideline? which numbers are maxima and which are minima? i assume that protein would be sort of unlimited, while...
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