Forum: Exercises
08-07-2008, 12:33 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,239
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Forum: Fitness
07-08-2008, 01:48 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 6,200
Re: What do you do when you are tired?
Suck it up.
I've just finished a week with extremely poor sleep each night, bad food and some stress, and I hit 3 PR's yesterday.
It's all in the mind!
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Forum: Nutrition
07-08-2008, 01:44 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,323
Re: Smoking or Losing Weight
Stopped smoking 3 times – approx. a years duration each time – and each time had it like Travis describes: constantly thinking about smoking. 4th time, I told myself, I would make sure to erase it...
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Forum: Nutrition
06-25-2008, 05:59 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,204
Re: Paleo: Am I doing it right?
Lost 25 kg in paleo myself (after fighting hard loosing the first 15 kg over the course of a year and a half with 'traditionel' methods, equaling a total loss of 40 kg) so I believe my words to have...
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Forum: Nutrition
04-08-2008, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 9,076
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Forum: Nutrition
03-23-2008, 02:06 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 7,279
Re: Not to start a flame war but...
Why hyper-complicate it???
Just try it! Dive in and if you get a headache SOOOO WHAAAAT???? Take a nap if you're low on energy or WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH IT!
ACTION will get you somewhere, and...
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Forum: Nutrition
03-22-2008, 12:49 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 7,279
Re: Not to start a flame war but...
I don't eat to get calcium, in which case I'd eat chalk. EVERYBODY i know who's following general commonsense diet advice are fat or somehow malnutrient. I've helped a friend getting his colon...
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Forum: Fitness
03-17-2008, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,960
Re: How do you measure neuroendocrine response?
A simple measurements for increased testosterone are flag raising in the morning, if you catch my drift :D Increased selfconfidence and libido and general well being are more diffuse indicators, but...
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Forum: Fitness
03-13-2008, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,235
Re: Scale or continue as is???
When I started I often scaled, but it didn't push my limits awfully much.
The breakthrough came when I had to do Linda for the first time. I never thought I could make it, so I began with an easy...
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Forum: Nutrition
03-09-2008, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 12,994
Re: How Much Weight Loss Do You Contribute To CF
My way towards the 80 kg started at 120 kg. Ate less, ran and biked more (between 2-10 K running and 50-500 K biking per week). 15 kgs off within a couple of year. Ok, that a pretty lousy return on...
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Forum: Exercises
03-08-2008, 01:31 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,985
Re: Kipping pullups for the very tall
I'm there too, and have simply given up on kippers.
Besides my gym have the crossfit dependant apparel positioned so far away from each other (different floors), that the 'for time' element MAY...
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Forum: Fitness
03-08-2008, 01:10 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 5,459
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Forum: Fitness
01-15-2008, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,115
Re: Articles of Interests
LSD is fun and HIT boring??? What's cooking in the mind's of people who make statements like that?
Well, currently I'm training for a marathon and I simply find LSD BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORIIING!!!!...
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Forum: Nutrition
01-11-2008, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 22,013
Re: How Has Paleo Worked For You?
Jack. It went on and off for a couple off weeks. More like confusion and slight dissyness. When it comes to the physical side, I was more tired, but not noticeable. Mainly because I switched during...
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Forum: Nutrition
01-09-2008, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 22,013
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Forum: Fitness
12-17-2007, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,321
Re: Need help with My Brother.
Don't give up on him, just gear down on him. He's a free individual (and a free individual that's 15!). He won't respond well to pressure, probable will even become in opposition.
I recommend that...
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Forum: Fitness
11-19-2007, 01:18 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,866
Re: Where are you the most sore?
I'm almost never sore anymore, except when I do something new or something I haven't done in a loooong while.
Yesterday I played high intensity soccer for 2 1/2 hrs. That has really kicked my...
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Forum: Exercises
11-17-2007, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,665
Re: Biceps
Supersetting chins and power cleans and finishing with a PR 500 meter rowing time seems to do it for me, bicepswise ... And then again: Nothing wrong with some sets of curls. They are actually...
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Forum: Exercises
11-14-2007, 03:45 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,726
Re: Dumbells?
I'd say stick with the dumbells for a while. They actually aren't too silly when it comes to things like cleans, clean & presses/jerks and are ok for front squats aswell. You can deadlift with them...
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Forum: Exercises
10-31-2007, 01:15 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,841
Re: 45 1/2 bodyweight thrusters
Tested again. 3 sets of 21, 13 and 11 with approx. 1.5 min. rest between.
Today I'll test if I'm capaable of doing 45 consequtive front squats with 1/2 bw and afterwards 45 push presses 1/2 bw. If...
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Forum: Fitness
10-26-2007, 10:23 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,325
Re: potential dumb question about ABS
Actually the abs are crossectional muscelfibred (or whatever it's called in english) like the musclecells in the heart, and you can therefore work the abs everyday, just like you never need to rest...
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Forum: Exercises
10-24-2007, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,841
Re: 45 1/2 bodyweight thrusters
OK, so I went to the gym, doing the 45 thrusters, which I haven't done in some months.
Result: 45 thrusters! ... split in sets of between 16 and 5. DAMN! Former PR is 21 as far as I remember.
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Forum: Exercises
10-24-2007, 01:17 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,841
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Forum: Exercises
10-23-2007, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,841
Re: 45 1/2 bodyweight thrusters
Yeah, it still seems like madness to me! All other level II are checked, a good bite of the level III's and closing in on level IV at some, so it still looks like a grave error to me, even though...
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Forum: Exercises
10-07-2007, 12:59 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,732
Re: Can't do dips.
A good guess would be that the dip station you're using has the handles too wide apart. Even though I'm a big guy with long arms and a wide chest, I find the handles are too far away and I get these...
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