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Memorial Day Weekend disaster and recovery During the holiday, I missed my back and chest workout. No good, and while my diet wasn't perfect, it definitely could have been much worse, given the environment I was in. So now I'm back on track. Wed night, I did my leg workout. No aching...

Stiff Leg Row problem Last night I did my leg workout. Everything was going good until I did the stiff leg bent over row. On my second set, I felt a sharp pain in my upper back, near my traps. For the next couple of minutes, it was very uncomfortable--the type of pain you get when you hit...

Chest and Waist Measurements I should have done this two weeks ago, but better than never. Chest: 41.5 Waist: 41

Weight Update Monday, May 5, 191.7 lbs Tuesday, May 13, 189.1 lbs Wednesday, May 21, 192.2 lbs overall net: +.5 lbs

Monday, May 19, Chest/Tri/Delt I arrived at the gym at 8:25Pm and started the lifts at 8:35PM. One thing I noticed, however, was that my reps were going so slow that each five-set exercise was taking me a whopping 15 minutes! When I concentrate on my form a lot, even if I try to count in my...

Wed,May 15, Leg/Ab Workout Last week, I did my leg workout on Friday, but that's not a good day for me to do it as I have time on Sat to do my 4th workout. So this week, I did my leg workout on Wednesday night. Strangely, the weights I was able to use were about 20% lower than the weights I...

Same question. I'm guessing that we do 1 set of exercise 1, 1 set of exercise 2 and 4 sets of exercise 3. Correct?

Weight Update Monday, May 5, 191.7 lbs Tuesday, May 13, 189.1 lbs net change: -2.6

question about abs My phase I email says to work out legs and abs as per the black swan principles. However, after reading the abs article, it says that I should only do them in the last 8-12 weeks. Can I assume that was a typo and I *shouldn't* do them for a while?

Workout Notes for Wed, May 7 Muscle Groups: Back, Delts (again), Biceps, Traps This workout wasn't quite as painful as the Monday chest workout. Took me about 50 mins or so to get through all the exercises. I have fairly weak arms, and with the chambered bar, I couldn't add any weight, and...

Diet for May 9 Breakfast 3 whole eggs 3 egg whites 1 WW english muffin 1 WW bagel 45g protein, 18g fat, 50g carbs Morning Snack 1 WW bagel 50g carbs, 6g fat, 2g protein Lunch Whole Wheat (double fiber bread) sandwich with 2 ounces roast beef, lettuce, 1 slice cheese 40g protein, 16g fat, 40g...

Diet for May 6 Breakfast: 4 egg whites, 3 whole eggs, 2 whole wheat raisin English Muffins Snack: 1 whole wheat bagel Lunch: 2 slices "double fiber" whole grain bread, 4 ounces turkey breast, 1 slice cheddar cheese Snack: muscle milk shake mixed with water Dinner: Two 94% lean beef...

First Chest/Tri/Delt workout on May 5 Wow, what a pain in the ass that was! lol Seriously, I had a girl bench pressing dumbbells next to me, and they weren't much lighter than the ones I was using, and I'm sure I was grunting twice as loud. heh How long do these workouts take for most of you...

Some questions Pros and cons of my first day's food choices. Meal 1 (example is whole grain bread and eggs) I don't think the Egg McMuffin is the villain that the second poster makes it out to be. It's just a plain English Muffin with a slice of ham, an egg, and a slice of low-fat cheese...

Stats Age: 37 Height: 6'0 Morning Weight: 191.7 Bodyfat: ~18.5 Planned meals for today: Breakfast: 1 Trader Joe's Whole Wheat Raisin English Muffin, 1 McDonalds Egg McMuffin Lunch: Trader Joe's Frozen Shepard's Pie (380 cals, 7F, 46C, 36P) Snack: Muscle Milk Shake Dinner: 2 90% fat free...