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You are not weak! Seated dumbbell curls at 40 lb * 8 reps is probably well above average for most beginners. The other results are to be expected, chest and shoulder muscles are weak because it's a set of muscles that is very rarely used outside the gym. You will get much stronger over time...

Try to move your feet forward as much as possible and lean back against the bar. This makes the movement better, however free squatting is still much nicer. If you have heavy dumbells at the gym, you could maybe do dumbells squats instead. It requires a bit more balance to pull off with...

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You might be overtraining yourself. That means the body never has time to build new muscles, it's barely able to repair the damage you do when you work out. Try skipping one of your workout days and take that day off from any demanding physical activities. It's a very individual thing, but i...

The best by far is USDA Nutrient Database by the US government. http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl Has nutrition information about nearly everything edible. It's great, try it.