For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

[stewaat]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

Calories are calories.

False.

[TMagic]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

False.

Good call...Lol

[USF11]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

False.

In the terms of weight loss yes they are.

[stewaat]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

In the terms of weight loss yes they are.

In the terms of fat loss they are not.

[Double Eights]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

It's 11pm, and I'm starving. I had dinner around 6:30pm, yet I am hungry again.

What is a quick healthy snack? I'm really tempted to get some ice cream, but then today would have been a waste.

[Scott]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

It's 11pm, and I'm starving. I had dinner around 6:30pm, yet I am hungry again.

What is a quick healthy snack? I'm really tempted to get some ice cream, but then today would have been a waste.

celery and low fat peanut butter.

[Double Eights]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

I've got some all-natural peanut butter with that Omega 3 stuff. I'll give it a shot.

[Hassan Darkside]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

I need to get a scale and I was looking at ones that show body fat percentage which got me thinking...can scales even accurately measure body fat percentage? I know there's a chart that takes into account your age, height, and weight and uses that to determine it and that makes me think that a scale is programmed with that information. Maybe I should get a normal cheap one...

[larrygiterdone]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

Hmmm...not so sure of this.

Cardio can actually inhibit muscular growth. This is because of how muscle adapts to endurance training. The body adapts to this training by decreasing muscle fiber size. This is because it allows for better gas exchange. With the muscle fibers being smaller, gasses are able to pass from fiber to fiber much more efficiently and quickly. This allows for better, more efficient, gas exchange. This is an adaptation to cardio and endurance training.


Clear example of this is long distance runners. This is the reason why distance runners are ALWAYS so skinny. You never will see a huge distance runner....NEVER.

i would agree if we are talking distance running, but i think the poster meant short interval running (like sprints)

if doing sprints, i would agree with him, but if hes talking distance running hes wrong

[superjames1992]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

Calories are calories.

Not true because one Calorie equals 1,000 calories.

Just messing with you man!

[eDotd]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

Any suggestions for relieving tension in the back? I started working out again about a month ago (heavy cardio, little to no weights), just trying to burn some fat I picked up over the past couple of months. Problem is, and I've always had this problem, everytime I workout my mid-lower back is very tight to the point where I have to can't even lay down straight (I have to ease into it).

[The GIGGAS]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

Not true because one Calorie equals 1,000 calories.

Just messing with you man!

OMGz SCIENCEZ!

[Hassan Darkside]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

Any suggestions for relieving tension in the back? I started working out again about a month ago (heavy cardio, little to no weights), just trying to burn some fat I picked up over the past couple of months. Problem is, and I've always had this problem, everytime I workout my mid-lower back is very tight to the point where I have to can't even lay down straight (I have to ease into it).

How much do you stretch before you workout?

[eDotd]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

How much do you stretch before you workout?

I stretch for about 5-10 minutes, mainly my back and my legs, before and after every workout.

[stewaat]

Re: For all you guys wanting to gain muscle, size, etc.

I stretch for about 5-10 minutes, mainly my back and my legs, before and after every workout.

Stretch and honestly...lift some weights man! You don't have to kill yourself but it might be good for your back to strengthen it.