Recent content by MindanaoMike

This is an interesting subject for me. I am 74, and have been weight training since August 2005. I am squatting 217, bench 108, press 77, and barbell rows 119 pounds. I use a power rack. I have added 24 pounds of muscle, and lost a lot of fat. And I feel great. I am currently doing Pavel's...

Hey man, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. You're training for yourself...so go for it on your plan.

Great idea. My property is on a hill, and there is a paved pathway leading down to the beach, about 45 meters below. There are 60 steps in several flights with short stretches of sidewalk in between, and I wanna tell you, that gets the old ticker going. You can do laps down and up, vary the...

Hey that IS a good deal. One 5 lb bag has as much protein as 67 cans of tuna, and offers an easy way to get more protein into your diet. Add it to blended drinks, maybe even beat it into an omelet or something... I just ordered some and will give it a try. :)

I love to use anchovies, oil and all, in tomato sauces for pasta or pizza. Get anchovies packed in olive oil. I suppose if you are worried about sodium, that anchovies may be a no-no. Otherwise, they are great - even the oil can be good for you, IMO.

YES! By all means, bread made with ground flax seeds and other seeds/nuts (sunflower, sesame, almonds, walnuts, peanuts) coarsely ground is a wonderful, nutritious bread. Just remember to add some (40-50g) of wheat gluten to the mix so that it raises properly with all the stuff you've added...

Hello. Like you, I am pretty new at this, but my one experience with bulking was characterized by more fat gain than I wanted. I gained a lot of lean body mass too, but my waist got bigger than I wanted. I've been leaning down for the past 6 weeks by cutting my calories 300 below daily...

I am not using shakes too often, but routinely add raw oatmeal to my breakfast fruit bowl. I take 4-5 kinds of fruits (banana, papaya, pineapple, mango, all fresh) cut up with 20 grams of a mix of wheat germ, ground flax seed, raw peanuts, sunflower seeds, raisens, sesame seeds, and black...

My high blood pressure is well controlled with medication, and I have a very clean diet, body fat around 9%. I enjoy weight lifting, and use a Suunto t6 heart rate monitor which I really like. But it does not measure blood pressure. I sometimes wonder how high my BP gets during a high...