As it turns out, getting 100 body weight chins total for the week as recommended by the 5/3/1 book is going to be more difficult than I thought. Obviously, I knew I couldn't do it in 5x10 fashion,...
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As it turns out, getting 100 body weight chins total for the week as recommended by the 5/3/1 book is going to be more difficult than I thought. Obviously, I knew I couldn't do it in 5x10 fashion,...
I don't appreciate the zealotry of your response. You're defending this lifestyle like a religion. You even have the typical arrogance of a Crossfitter. I'm not going to waste my time trying to...
I know you said it wasn't essential, but what is you're reasoning on swapping some of those? Rows and dips for instance: I figured after the bench press, I would be fresher for the dips if they were...
A couple of "developments" have happened before I saw you're very well thought out post. First, I read somewhere that just because I'm following LeanGains does not mean I need to eat a calorie...
As I understand, protein is more satiating than fat. So how could that be the issue? Besides, my carbs are so low on rest days that even with all that protein, I still manage about 100g of fat a...
Okay, I have binged on all the bad foods that we're not supposed to eat a few times over the last couple of weeks. I don't know if my calorie deficit finally caught up to me, or if it was something...
I eat high carb every workout day to keep leptin levels high, which helps with fat loss. Granted, I've read that only really lean people looking to get even leaner need to worry about it. But I was...
I'm going to try out the 5/3/1 program because it looks like it will be good while eating at a calorie deficit because of the slowness in which weight is increased (longer recovery). Also, each...
Unless someone requests it, I'm not going to describe every detail of my routine. For now, I'll generalize. My goal for a while has been fat loss. Second to that is gaining strength. I am following a...
I've always been keen on strength based training, following StrongLifts 5x5 for a while, and when not doing StrongLifts, I still enjoy low rep, heavy compound lifts. But for a long time now, my main...
I am well versed in StrongLifts. Progressed fairly far. Then I herniated a disc. Didn't realize it was herniated so I continued to work those heavy weights for another two weeks because I thought...
I understand where you all are coming from. I may have implied that I would do kettlebell HIIT everyday. I meant just a HIIT workout of some sort everyday. That's why I'm interested in the...
I really wanted to believe this. I used to sprint only once a week, walk on all the other days and strength train 3 days a week. I ate at an overall calorie deficit, cycling those calories and the...
Due to a recent desire to perform HIIT workouts as often as twice a day to keep my endomorphic metabolism going, I got interested in the kettlebell. It seems to me that most HIIT workouts emphasize...
Sprinting doesn't seem too taxing to me. Though I think I have pretty powerful legs (actually a trait of endomorphs according to some of my reading). I always wondered why heavy squats were my...
Just to clear up potential confusion: Is HIIT the same as the sprint workouts Mark puts out. Where one sprints for about 50-100m, then rests a minute, repeated about 6-10 times. Those take me about...
Heatseeker, another thing...
When you discovered that HIIT was the key, how often were you doing them. I realize that HIIT workouts cause an afterburn affect hours after exercise, but I think...
I wasn't saying I don't have the time during the week. I definitely have time for a 15 minute workout everyday. What I was asking is if I could get just as much benefit or more from using my freer...
Unfortunately, all your advice seems to jive with what I read. More HIIT. Exactly what I don't like. But if it is what's necessary, than so be it. In the Convict Conditioning layout, the exact...
I have come to the conclusion that I am mostly endomorphic. I haven't made this conclusion lightly. In fact, I used to believe that body types were just a myth. What I have read across the...
But I already do all that. I strength train 5 times week and sprint one, sometimes twice a week. I have recently taken to long periods of stretching and foam rolling to increase hip mobility. All...
I guess there's one last thing I need to know. So far, my schedule has been so busy during the weekdays that I have to make walking a scheduled part of my routine (35 minutes a day exactly). This...
I'd still like to know if I would see any difference between keeping my heart rate at 75% vs 55%. But I like the suggestion of adding weight. I'll look into that.
Having read an article on MDA about all the benefits of walking or other low-level aerobic activity, I noticed there wasn't a mention of anything directly related to fitness. Sure, walking helps...
jfreaksho,
That was extremely informative. Thank you
Though it looks like I should be safe and add in some high-rep endurance work once in a while.
