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  1. Organic Meat

    After I ate my lamb tonight I thought I would compliment the chef on how nice and juicy they were. Very lean and tender. He said that were organic. I'm converted. ???? Organic is better..right?
  2. Suggested calories?

    This may possibly belong in the nutrition section, but thought I would post here. i haven't trained for a year now, since the birth of my daughter, and got back into the gym this week. i put on plenty of fat, and got a Dexa scan today to calculate my fat free mass, which was 95.6kgs, 91 Lean...
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    workout review

    Hi guys, I'm new here, and maybe new to the fitness world. I would like to get my workout reviewed by more experienced people. I just use bodyweight exercises, I want to gain some mass and muscles but not like a body builder. I'm 30, 1.80m tall, 70kg. I'm quite lean but no muscles. So my...
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    Wimps are 'stronger than bodybuilders', study finds

    Wimps are 'stronger than bodybuilders', study findsA gram of bodybuilders' muscle is less powerful than the same amount of tissue from someone who did not weight train, tests show Bodybuilders are only strong because they have so much muscle mass, research suggests. Photo: Getty Images...
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    The benefits of beer for runners

    Beer contains antioxidants.The barley and hops used in beer contain flavonoids that, when consumed, fight oxidative stress in the body. Antioxidants play a key role in recovery and in overall health, and the antioxidant levels in beer (especially darker ones) are found to be equivalent to those...
  6. As you get stronger

    Does the ability to recover increase in proportion to our ability to get stronger (more muscular)? please share your experience, only if you have been working out *continually* for no less than 3 years. i suspect we need to do less overall exercise to continue to even stronger.
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    Measuring body fat percentage.

    Ok, first post, It's a bit random and I hope I've put it in the right spot... I'm just curious which method people are using to measure body fat percentage. I have a set of scales that supposedly measures fat and water percentages but I have never trusted it. I know of the pinch test...
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    Evidence-based recommendations for natural bodybuilding contest preparation: nutritio

    Evidence-based recommendations for natural bodybuilding contest preparation: nutrition and supplementation The popularity of natural bodybuilding is increasing; however, evidence-based recommendations for it are lacking. This paper reviewed the scientific literature relevant to competition...
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    Skull Crushers vs Close Grip Bench

    Which one of the two exercises do you feel adds more mass? Skull Crushers vs Close Grip Bench.
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    What's the worst fitness product or supplement you've wasted money on?

    What's the worst fitness product or supplement you've wasted money on?
  11. Full body.

    These are good. I'm going back to full body. Very busy at work. I wanna sleep more. Train 3 days only, but hard. http://ditillo2.blogspot.com.au/2009/01/full-body-workouts-cs-sloan.html?m=1 Full-Body Workouts by C.S. Sloan In the era of go-for-the-pump bodybuilding we’ve forgotten one of...
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    Pubic hair on your partner. Yay or Nay?

    Do you like your partner to have pubic hair? What do you prefer.
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    What's the worst diet advice you've ever gotten?

    What's the worst diet advice you've ever gotten?
  14. [Article] Overweight? Full of hot air?

    Despite a worldwide obsession with diets and fitness regimes, many health professionals cannot correctly answer the question of where body fat goes when people lose weight, a new study shows. The most common misconception among doctors, dieticians and personal trainers is that the missing mass...
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    Here is why we don't mass delete posts

    While we are happy to delete a post here and there when requested of when the thread gets spammed etc how ever we don't mass Delete posts as it screws up the order of threads, which means that threads need to be re-indexed by search engines before they return proper results. Deleting posts...
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    The Temple of Perfection: A History of the Gym, by Eric Chaline

    Why do people go to the gym? In this comprehensive history of the gym from its origins in the Greek Golden Age to the present, various answers are put forward: to train the body for war; to fulfil one’s deepest potential; to look like Superman; to fend off perceived effeminacy; to dominate the...
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    Incredibulk?

    Has anyone tried incredibulk by PS nutrition?
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    Mass nutrition, 30 million dollar turnover

    Luke McNally's story reads like Redfern-meets-Rocky. It is your classic tale of the scrawny kid who beats the odds and becomes a world champion. “We are absolutely not at our peak. We get 15 queries a week from people wanting to join us." The founder of vitamin and mineral/supplements business...
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    New workout routine for building mass, please help!

    My current cut routine (sets/reps): Deffschema Pictures, Deffschema Images, Deffschema Photos, Deffschema Videos - Image - TinyPic - gratis vr bilder, foton och video So the plan is to start with my new routine, for gaining lean mass, next week and I need some help with it. What I want to do...
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    Beginners workout [ mass & strength optimized]

    Got this sent to me via email Beginners workout [ mass & strength optimized] This routine is to be done 3-4 days a week on an ABA basis. For instance: Week 1 Monday: Workout A Wednesday: Workout B Friday...