Something about the combination of your avatar and that picture is amazing.

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Went to the farmer's market this morning. Spent about $30.00 and had to make several trips to carry everything back to the car. This was one of about half dozen different fruit and veggie stands stands competing for business at the market.



Best scores:
Strawberries - $11/flat
Oranges - $1/8
Habanero peppers - $1/pint
Tomatoes - $2/bowl
Bannanas - $1/5

Not a lot of reason to be buying produce at the grocery store with this at my fingertips. What was I thinking?!? Putting more of this in my diet should get me closer to fixing my one ab slab problem.

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Color me jealous...

How many days a week do you all lift?

twice, both upper body days.

I put between 150-180 miles a week on my road bike and I surf whenever the waves are good so my back/shoulders and legs/hips get plenty of work outside of the gym.

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Four days a week. I follow Wendler's 5/3/1 program. One main compound lift a day for strength (3 working sets), then cut the weight to 50-70% of your max and do 5x10. Follow up with an assistance lift or two. Works like a champ, I highly recommend it.

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I've been doing shoulders/chest/back, biceps/triceps, and legs all on separate days then doing that cycle twice each week for a total of 6 workouts.

I'm thinking of doing something similar...my quads are getting enough work through the running and biking I'm doing. Only leg lifts I feel like I may need to add are hamstrings. Maybe I can just do all of my lifting the same day, but have rest days and only hit the gym 2-3 times rather than 6.

The weather is getting nicer as well, so I don't necessarily feel that I'll have to do all my cardio at the gym, even though I'm trying to burn 1000 calories a day above my BMR 5 days a week.

My quads are ridiculous from the bike, out of proportion to the rest of my body. Hams and calves looking good too. I have big shoulders traps and upper back from paddling.

My upper body workout is pecs, abs, tri, and bi. 3x15, goal is to hit failure at the end of the last set, if I just moved up in wight not gonna hit 15 last set, maybe 12. If
I can push out 20 it's time to add 5 more lbs next workout. I used to use a system for sets and reps I got out of a book. I had a next door neighbor who was a D1 scholarship baller and still looked thick years after school, they call it what 'yoked' now? Anyway when I asked him what he did, he said 3x15 to failure. Simplicity makes for consistency which is the most important thing. Being consistent, not missing workouts, not missing meals, the less thinking and decisions you have to make easier it is.

my objective is 1kcal of exercise above bmr 6 days a week until I hit the body composition I want so it sounds like we are on a similar track.

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Powerlift training - 3 days.
HIIT/Tabata/Some form of Interval Training - 3 days

Have any of you used a machine called "Jacob's Ladder"...it totally kicked my ass.

Is it better to do cardio in the morning to burn calories or does it not matter as long as it gets done that day?

It might matter to someone who is already lean and trying to get extra-lean, but if you aren't to that point it doesn't. Don't waste time worrying about advanced (and dubious) details like that and just exercise and eat right.

And don't be scared of a barbell like Jester is.

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Did you mean barbell or dumbbell?

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Haha, good deal. Does anybody here take testosterone to help fuel workouts?

If I could get some I would be dumb enough to try it.

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Just wondered, as I see alot of "supplements" for it at the health stores...

Riggo, if you're asking questions about beginners weight training, you aren't ready for anything beyond whey protein.

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I've actually been working really hard between weights and cardio...

Snake oil...

Yea. The real thing requires a blood test showing low t to qualify for a prescription. The stuff on the shelves at gnc is just a bunch of expensive junk that does nothing but seperate you from you money.

Killed it at the farmers market this morning. Filled my trunk for 31 bucks. Screw you grocery stores.

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