Recent content by Uncle Lewis

I see where your coming from, but I would argue that the more often your body is "on guard" and ready to process the food, the more active the metabolism and efficient at processing the nutrients in the food. I would also venture that fat gain is more likely when meal frequency is decreased...

I agree. You will keep you metabolism up by spreading the cals over more meals.

Yup, nothing has helped my squat more than Ripps detailed description of the importance of keeping the femur and foot parallel to one another. Once I kept the knees OUT, knee pain went away.

I know it is not Kosher to mess with the 3x5 program...but to get my hammies stronger, whether it be through GM or other means, would you or anyone else suggest adding this supportive work early on until I get my squat form down?

WOW, thanks for the links! When you say "don't waste my time until the mobility is good", I was thinking of starting the 3x5 soon. Should I wait until I get these areas limber or start it and add squats in once I get this stuff figured out?

Thank you. I will try this next session.

Thanks for the suggestion. I will order the book from Amazon tonight. Regarding the stance. I have long legs for my 5'9" frame and have begun to widen my stance to try to get below parallel. It was when I did this, that I felt a tightness/strain in my hip. While I am waiting for the book...

I have never gone below parallel before and am having trouble reaching the depth required to do this successfully. So far, I have been simply working with the bar and my hip gets really tight trying to get that low. Any suggestions? Thanks.