Recent content by JGuthrie

Are full situps on an incline bench with weights ok for your back? I recently bought an incline bench that came with some small weights (like 8lb) and when I do a full situp, right about at a 90degree angle, my lower back makes a nice little crack. It doens't hurt, but man, it's disgusting to...

Before I lost some weight, sitting for long amounts of time would give me red creases under my chest where the man-boob ;) would hang/fold over. When I took off my shirt after working on the computer all day, it was embarrassing. That's all gone now so I believe it can be taken off with...

I'm 27, weighed just about 200lbs about 6 months ago or so and for about the first 2-3 months I ate Special K for breakfast (used to skip breakfast) and for the most part worked my way up running on my treadmill from 15minutes to 60 minutes over that 6 months. I ran approximately 5.5mph for the...

How intense of a cardio is recommended directly after weightlifting and what type of protein refueling is best when all this is done at night? I lift 30 minutes M,W,F and cardio 60 minutes M,T,W,T,F so I have 3 days that overlap the two and it is back to back. I am only interested in cutting...

First, greetings all, this is my first week here and my first post as well. I have been searching the boards for a couple of days now and have found some very good threads on serious physical conditioning. I wanted to post a simplified version of my workout/routine for the intent of posing the...