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Just getting back into a bit of fitness after a couple of years of not doing very well. For my strength stuff I’m using the Exrx guidelines (https://exrx.net/WeightTraining/Guidelines) and therefore doing a single set of 8-12 reps of my max-before-volitional-fatigue with a half-weight warm up set. ...

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Kenny Croxdale

There's probably no reason to stretch all your muscles, nor are there enough hours in the day to do that! Try to determine what needs to be stretched, and stretch that. The stretches aren't so much by the particular muscle, but more by a particular movement around a particular joint. For instance y...

I started an Extrema Fitness Challenge Class at my gym 8 weeks ago and I've been doing great at the fitness part but I just can't seem to get myself to eat right. You're Not Motivated It come down the fact that you are not motivated enough to to eat right. Until you are motivated to "Eat Right", it...

hi, i am a little confused about the amount of protein should be consumed. i have heard that our bodies can only take in 50g a day, "Believe Nothing You Hear, and Only One Half That You See." You heard wrong. More than 50 gram of protein day is needed even for those virtually nothing. With that sai...

my Mrs thinks I’m crazy for eating so many eggs. Lack of Nutritional Knowledge You're wife has been subjected the dogma that eggs and saturated fat are bad for you. Unfortunately, that is old information from a different centruy, the 20th. The current research from the 21st Century has dispelled th...

Why can't high school gym classes teach high school kids the basics of barbell lifting? Since kids aged 15 or 16 are all still very different in their sizes and development the training should focus on form. High School Coaches They know something about the sport they coach. However, they are cluel...

I'm 24, a novice/intermediate lifter. My goals are hypertrophy and strength gains associated with hypertrophy. Hypertrophy Hypertrophy will increase strength to some degree. However, Hypertrophy fall more into the category of Endurance Training, less in to Strength Training. I just finished going t...

The 3 site test tells me I am at about 16% bf. I am 52 years old). Questionalb Body Fat Percentage I doubt that you are 16% body fat. That because all of the method of measuring body fat percentages are unreliable. Specifically, what protocol did you use? The average when all is done well is weight...

I do 1 set of everything w/8-12 reps until volitional fatigue (per guidelines I've read about here on ExRx.net). Periodization Training Someone new to training can push everything to failure or near to it. However, it is eventually counter productive. At some point, a Periodization Training need to...

I've been looking at German Volume Training to switch up from my 3X Full Body routine for a while because I like to alternate between high volume and high intensity. The only thing that bothers me is that there doesn't seem to be enough exercises to hit every movement. There's only a limited number...

To get in shape, your fitting calorie consumption level depends on your sex and weight: Overweight ladies in the vicinity of 130 and 210 pounds ought to lessen calories to around 1,500 calories for every day. Ladies 210 to 300 pounds lessen to 1,900 calories. Overweight men in the vicinity of 150 a...

In my opinion, the Mediterranean diet is great for older people since it can lower cholesterols and it promotes heart health. I think this article https://www.dietspotlight.com/mediterranean-diet/ is an excellent resource for those interested in the diet. Blood Lipid Profile Lowering Cholesterol is...

... red meat is to be avoided as much as possible. Red meat can be eaten in low amounts, but meals should not be centered around it because of how it affects the heart. Fiction Red meat isn't much of a health issue when it come to cardiovascular system. A good example of that is... The Ketogenic Di...

Increased Muscle Mass, Increased Metabolism This is one of those statements that is vague. The question is, "How more does an increase in muscle mass increase your metabolism?" The answer is that an increase in muscle mass only minutely increases your metabolism. What most individuals are unaware o...