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Decided I wanted to burn off a little fat I gained from Freshman year. Started debating if the supplements or my diet was causing me to see a lack of results. Old routine (6 months, from 180 to 160): -Emerge Pre-workout + appetite suppressor -Take Five Slow Release Protein (Workout) -Whey -Breakfast without carbs (The last month of this routine, I began replacing a meal a day with fruit/vegetable juice. Dropped ~5 lbs in that month.) Began more weightlifting, instead of mostly cardio and core, and switched up my routine. I have definitely continued to gain muscle, but it doesn't seem that I'm converting the fat, just that I'm putting muscle under it, mostly around the waist and chest. New Routine (began 6 months ago 160 to 170): -Emerge Pre-workout + appetite suppressor (Workout) -Breakfast with carbs and protein with every meal) (No juice in this routine, but I intend on starting that today if I can get to the store.) For those that know more, could you help me figure out an appropriate plan for supplements?

Just finished recovering from surgery, so I can get back to the gym. Ordered all my supps: Beta Alamine, to be added to the BCAA Boost from True Nutrition as a preworkout. Whey protein mix from True Nutrition, half non-soy organic and half cold-filtered, and Universal Nutrition's Creatine for post. Half my daily Beta Alamine will be in with the protein postworkout. Since it's been a couple months, figured I'd start over with a full-body routine: Squats, Bench, bicep curls, overhead tricep press, pull ups, and deadlift, with some other things thrown in there to help kill the boredom (plate raises, lateral pull downs, core, cardio). Anxious to get back to it!

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After a little planning alterations, I've fallen into a regular schedule four days a week. 6'0", 168 lbs. Saturday: upper body w/ core and cardio Pushup, curls, tricep press, bench, db bench, pullups, lat pull downs, plate raises (bench and lat pull downs are usually de-loading sets) 20 minute run weighted russian twists, weighted sit ups, leg raises, planks Sunday: Lower body w/ core and cardio Dead Lift, Squats, Calf extentions, Lunges, hip raises 20 minutes run weighted russian twists, weighted situps, leg raises, planks Monday: repeat saturday Wednesday: Full Body Curls, tricep press, plate raises, lat pull down, bench, dead lift, squats, calf extentions, butterfly 10 minute run russian twists, situps, leg raises, planks The three days I miss are due to not having time, and the full body day is to hit all the muscles I didn't due to the skipped Tuesday, as sort of a catch up day. I'm thinking that I need to mix up the core exercises a bit.

I'm continuing the routine, but have converted to a more full-body workout, alternating between upperbody and lower body each day. I cut my cardio time slightly, but have changed to faster paces. I'm going to work to increase my time on these faster paces. I continue my body weight exercises each day I'm at the gym. Results are beginning to show. Cheers!

Oii! Now that I'm in Australia, I figured I'd post the weekly routine I drew up for myself to get some criticism and just update y'all. No pre-workout, just protein powder post-workout. Workout before or after breakfast. Thursday is my day off. Daily Exercises 20+ minute run 25 pull-ups (narrow-grip until I build my shoulders enough) 2 sets of bicep curls (15 reps, light weight) 2 sets of DB tricep press (15 reps, light weight) 50 lunges 50 squats 50 pushups (military) 45 second planks (square and both sides) Oblique Plate Raises (3 sets, 10 reps) Russian Twists (unweighted) Leg Focus Sub 50 squats for 50 power jacks (insanity) Sub 50 lunges for 50 box jumps (.5 metre) 25 tuck jumps Add Leg Press (3 sets) Add Leg Extensions (3 sets) Add Leg Curls (3 sets) Add Calf Raises (3 sets) Arm/Shoulder Focus Add DB Benchpress (3 sets) Add Reverse & Inverted Row (3 sets, 10 reps) Add Delt Raises (3 sets) Add Plate Raises (3 sets) Back/Chest Focus Add Inverted Row (3 sets) Add Pull-downs (3 sets) Add 50 pushups (wide) Add Butterfly (3 sets) Core Focus Sub Planks for Alternating Position Planks (High-Low Planks) Sub Pushups for Oblique Pushups (insanity) Add 20 Leg Raises Add Cable Crunches (3 sets) Add 50 Reverse Crunches Add 25 reverse crunch into leg raise Cardio Focus Sub squats for burpees Add 10 minute run (increased pace) Add 50 high-knees w/ twist Add Plank Run (45 seconds) Add 25 Kick, step backs (insanity) All criticism is appreciated! Seems pretty basic, but the gym here is pretty basic as well. Squats and lunges are just body weight, which I intend to change once my legs become more in shape. Each category is a different day with one day of just the daily's. Cardio begins the week, and Legs is Friday, just to separate them as much as possible. Core is mixed in depending on time constraints/ability due to muscle soreness, but definitely once a week.

I usually workout immediately after getting up and dressed, prior to eating anything, so it essentially becomes that my first meal is juice (well, until Australia makes me eat cafeteria food again).

It changes my heart beat/rate some, but I've been a fan of it since I started taking it. May just try this new one to see how it goes. It is quite expensive though.

Awesome! I may just be taking formulas from other products and making the whey antibiotic free, since I don't feel knowledgable enough to make my own entirely. Also, will probably invest in some fiber supplement. As far as a pre-workout goes, though, any suggestions or advice as to what I'm looking for?

The fiber pill, as I know fiber is suppused to lessen the body's intake of carbs, or something, so potentially helping with weight gain due to beer drinking?! (I assume I'm creating falacies) I never refered to musclemilk. CYO is Create Your Own that TN offers, if that's what you were confused by. BCAA Plus is a pre-workout formula that TN offers as well. Stimulant free, I guess, which would be nice, since Emerge that I'm taking has 4 cups of coffee's worth of ccaffeine in it. I've been cutting back my use of the product purely for that reason.

With regard to Team Skip's stuff, all the reviews seem to think it's best with milk, which I won't be able to store in my dorm. The CYO is intriguing, but I'm not sure I know enough to use it and assume that just about every mixture is already available. Is that the gimmick? Great idea, though. What's the concensus on fiber pills? Could they help counteract beer?! I'm shooting for under $15/lbs, and am really liking the idea of anti-soy, anti-hormone whey I find in the CYO. **edit: Also looking into this BCAA Plus stuff for a pre-workout while overseas.

Unfortunately, I can't choke down the powder without sugar. Had some EAS mix that I threw away just because it tasted so nasty, but I got it for free, so it was hardly a worry. I use Max Triple Whey right now. 26g protein and 3g of sugar, which is a much better ratio than the powder I used to use. Really cool to see that TN ships internationally. May have to ship whatever powder I use to Australia.

Good to know, and as expected from what I know of New Zealand. Eating healthy as a picky eater proves to be difficult, but for the times I do choose a cheeseburger, I always go bun-less. Actually just noticed your sig. I'm checking out that website.

Vodka Tonics with Lime are great, so maybe I will have to start drinking those. Mixed drinks will help me drink a little more responsibly, too. The only poor thing in my diet is the cafeteria food and alcohol.. granted, that's all my diet is during the school year, but the fast food basically stops away from school, and the alcohol consumption dips quite a bit. I do tend to favor 6-8% beers, so I guess that helps some(?), but by far, my favorite liquor is rum. God, (that's a badass way to address someone) hopefully I won't have too much catching up to do. I'll be abroad in Australia the next few months and hope to focus more on my working out, and maybe train like I used to for baseball. Either way, being away for four months has got me motivated to make changes that will make my physical appearance different upon return. The bar scene there, hopefully, will help me limit my over-consumption, too.

Right. Hopefully the moderation comes even with the 21st upcoming.

Just make the flush-mounting ring attatched to the sub, that way you can take out the ring with the sub by pulling up on the ring. Glue the ring to a separate thinner ring that also fits under the sub. If you put a really thin bit of foam under the thinner ring, it should remail airproof if your screws/bolts are tight enough.

Ahh straight liquer kills me, but duely noted. Guess it will all come off after college lol.

I want to burn some fat off and keep it off. My legs and arms aren't too fatty, so lifting is doing them fine, but the core workouts I do are only showing strength, and I'm not getting any visual result from the fat on top of my abs. This is what I want to reduce. Eating well, and less, as well as the aerobic exercise seems to be the right combination. I'm not concerned about weight, just about burning the fat in my midsection. Does anyone know the science of why beer causes so much build up in the midsection, and seems to be harder to work off that just excess calorie intake?

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Unfortunately, growing up in suburbia has made it difficult to find places near me to hike, but I do enjoy it on occasion. I did tone down the running today, 20 minutes @ 150 bpm, 5 minutes @ 130 bpm. I don't really have all that much fat to burn, but I'm trying to define my core some, and I know there's some fat preventing that from happening. Hit style, meaning like boxing? There's a boxing club in town, but I don't really have time or money to switch clubs. I do know a bunch of people who really like it there. Usually my sets are 12, 10, 8 or 15, 12, 10. On days that I just focus on reps, it's usually something like 25, 20, 15, but I'll work backward and move down in weight.

So today was my first workout on the new plan. I have four more weeks until I leave the country, so this will continue for that long. -Wake-up -Pre-workout -Workout (20 minute run @ 155 bpm, curls, dips, free-weight bench, shrugs, 15 minute core workout with 30 second rest intervals, lunges into squats, burpees, and three minutes of walking @ 135 bpm) -Protein shake -Lunch of Juice (1 peach, 1 orange, 3 celery stalks, two kale leaves, 5 cabbage leaves, 4 luttuce leaves, a carrot) and a single serving of yogurt. Any critiques? More aerobics?

Dang. As a (typical.. merp.. stereotypical) college student, junk food and beer are my main food groups. I'll be limiting my junk food, eating healthier, focusing more on aerobics and cardio while still lifting, and shrinking my calorie intake. I'm sure being home for some of the summer will also decrease the amount I drink. Summer is usually my healthier months, and I have lost what I gained freshman year. I just needed a little insight on where to go. I seemed to plateau. Thanks, all. I love juicing. You can make some tasty drinks, and I just replace lunch with a 16 ounce glass of veggies and fruit (did it over winter break). Dinner is usually carbs/protein, and breakfast is somewhat small after my workout (i.e. yogurt and a protein shake).

Thanks! That's great information! So when I start the juicing tomorrow, I can sorta combine my two routines, but alter my workout. Pre-workout, complimented with a predominantly aerobic workout and some weightlifting. After I can drink some protein and do my juicing. Whatever meal follows can have some carbs, but not too many, I take it. I'm happy with my current muscle growth, so toning and running with body-weight exercises should be fine.

Oh wow! That looks great if it's all air-tight! I was trying to guess as to how it would end up looking. Very cool idea. Are you gonna put some kind of fencing over the port, just so random stuff doesn't fall in it, or a border around it so stuff doesn't slide over it?

No lights were left on, no doors were left open (if that could even be an issue since my Ford's lights go off after 10 minutes to save the battery anyway). After getting the batteries charged, I put them in and hope the alternator would do the rest. I left my car running for an hour... Perfect! The battery's voltage tested at 14.4v while running. Then I turned the car off. The voltage dropped to 12.6v, what a fine resting voltage you may think.... After waiting a minute or so, I started to notice that every 5-10 seconds, the voltage dropped by .01v. This was odd, and I'm wondering what's up. I'd love someone to tell me a problem like this is covered under the warranty. Poor college students can't afford XS batts every six months.... I might add that none of my friends' cars have had a problem starting. Just wondering what's up. Not really sure, and I need to get to work to pay for my educacion.