Recent content by bignascarfans

Last week this fat ass was doing crunches and talking on his cell phone! What an idiot! I wondered if the person he was talking to was thinking "what the hell is the heaving breathing all about dude?".

I'm 4 weeks into my second cycle of the Madcow 5X5 DF, have made great gains and love it. I'm trying to decide what to do after completing this cycle. About 5 weeks after completing this cycle I know that I'll be traveling for about 2 weeks and will not have good consistent access to lift...

I've found it to be slow and frustrating.

I have a bananna on the way to the gym every morning. If I don't have one I feel like crap and have a horrible workout.

What's the deal? No one every slows down for a week?

I'll finish my first round of the 5X5 on Friday and have made some great gains. I want to start it again but feel I should back off for a week or so before I do. How have others "taken it easy" before starting another round of the 5X5? Should I do some lifting next week, but scaled way back...

Diet, cardio, weights, and time, and more than a couple of months. You have to stay with it, continuously fine-tuning your diet. You cannot change 100% of your diet over night, but make small changes along the way. This has worked for me. I saw significant progress after year 1. Have spent...

I completed week 5 of the 5X5 DF last Thursday and am really enjoying this program and feeling the gains. I knew I'd have a few down days before moving into week 6. However things have changed due to traveling and the holidays. It's looking like it might be Thursday before I'm back in the...

Thanks for all the feedback. I appreciate it. Free weights it is from now on!

Yes. Just trying to understand the pros/cons. Why do you asked?

I'm interested in finding out what are the pros and cons are of using the Smith machine for Squats and Bench press? Thanks!