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Joe wrote:It was quite impressive that that guy's bone healed to the extent where it pushed the pins out and it is great that he doesn't have to live with the metal in his leg. The doctors do not even care to realize that weightlifting increases bone density, which could probably help many of their patients.
Here is another amazing benefit of weightlifting, it may cut cancer risk by 40%.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/commen ... es_cancer/
Joe wrote:I did calculate my protein consumption and even a high-protein diet falls short of most estimates. I went to try and find some protein supplements without soy or artificial sweeteners today but it appears most brands do have all kinds of fillers and other garbage. So I will check a health-food store.
Joe wrote:Lastly I just wanted to add that most sites say you can only gain 2.5 pounds a month in muscle. So I was a bit worried. But I found that many body builders suggest that you can gain much more than that.
For example, this site says you can gain as much as 10 pounds a month, as a beginner:
http://www.muscleandfitness.com/workout ... -4-weeks-1
Background: We examined the associations between muscular strength, markers of overall and central adiposity, and cancer mortality in men.
Methods: A prospective cohort study including 8,677 men ages 20 to 82 years followed from 1980 to 2003. Participants were enrolled in The Aerobics Centre Longitudinal Study, the Cooper Institute in Dallas, Texas. Muscular strength was quantified by combining 1-repetition maximal measures for leg and bench presses. Adiposity was assessed by body mass index (BMI), percent body fat, and waist circumference.
Results: Cancer death rates per 10,000 person-years adjusted for age and examination year were 17.5, 11.0, and 10.3 across incremental thirds of muscular strength (P = 0.001); 10.9, 13.4, and 20.1 across BMI groups of 18.5-24.9, 25.0-29.9, and ≥30 kg/m2, respectively (P = 0.008); 11.6 and 17.5 for normal (<25%) and high percent body fat (≥25%), respectively (P = 0.006); and 12.2 and 16.7 for normal (≤102 cm) and high waist circumference (>102 cm), respectively (P = 0.06). After adjusting for additional potential confounders, hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) were 1.00 (reference), 0.65 (0.47-0.90), and 0.61 (0.44-0.85) across incremental thirds of muscular strength, respectively (P = 0.003 for linear trend). Further adjustment for BMI, percent body fat, waist circumference, or cardiorespiratory fitness had little effect on the association. The associations of BMI, percent body fat, or waist circumference with cancer mortality did not persist after further adjusting for muscular strength (all P ≥ 0.1).
Conclusions: Higher levels of muscular strength are associated with lower cancer mortality risk in men, independent of clinically established measures of overall and central adiposity, and other potential confounders. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009;18(5):1468–76)
Joe wrote:I hope my story of discovery is informative for others.
I had to get a protein supplement today to assist recovery, I found one that was all natural and good value. My only concern is the xanthan gum which is made from fermented corn sugar. I am thinking that is not good.
I found that it is difficult to get enough protein as Nayto said, and a protein supplement is cost effective, as Nayto said. Also I don't think people should do squats and dead lifts on the same day, I now alternate those. But Starting Strength is at the core of my regimen.
Teutonic wrote:As far as a quality protein supplement, I recommend Gold Standard Whey.
Teutonic wrote:I also don't encourage doing both squats and deadlifts on the same day: deadlifts are primarily a back exercise, and being that the back is our largest muscle, it deserves it's own separate training day apart from legs or any other muscle group for that matter.
Joe wrote:I found that it is difficult to get enough protein as Nayto said, and a protein supplement is cost effective, as Nayto said. Also I don't think people should do squats and dead lifts on the same day, I now alternate those. But Starting Strength is at the core of my regimen.
Teutonic wrote:And if I may also add, if you're into strength training then I also recommend you get on a pill-based Kre-Alkalyn pre- and post-workout supplement in addition to your regular protein supplement consumption, it carries all the benefits of a creatine compound without all the water weight and kidney overworking.
Joe wrote:I hope my story of discovery is informative for others.
Eat plenty fat for your hormones and eat plenty protein for your muscles with a caloric surplus and you will gain strength like clockwork.
Joe wrote:Lev 7:23 `Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Any fat of ox and sheep and goat ye do not eat;
Lev 3:17 `A statute age-during to your generations in all your dwellings: any fat or any blood ye do not eat.'
I have checked the commentaries and it does seem to mean just that. But I am a novice and perhaps I am missing the context.
Teutonic wrote:But to say that creatine is completely irrelevant to strength training? I know of many fitness fanatics, myself included, who have seen gains in strength, endurance and definition from taking creatine.
Teutonic wrote:Perhaps I was misunderstood with regards to training deadlifts and squat on the same day. With respect to one's weekly workout routine, I would say no. Back and legs are both large muscle groups and each deserves its own workout day.
But with regards to the occasional power routine, interspersed here and there to supplement your normal routine, my answer is yes. Such as if you did a power workout: bench, squat, deadlift, cleans, etc.
We don't care about definition anyway, because it is only for vain people. We want to be strong, healthy men, not narcissistic men who apply paint to themselves and show themselves to other men in their underwear
"Throughout all your dwellings"; not only at or near the tabernacle, nor only of those beasts which you actually sacrifice, but also in your several dwellings, and of all that kind of beasts.
"Throughout all your dwellings" - The suet was neither to be eaten in sacrificial meals in the sanctuary, nor in ordinary meals in private houses.
"that ye eat neither fat nor blood"; the Jewish writers think, that this is not to be restrained to the fat and blood of sacrifices, because these were not offered in their dwellings, but in the tabernacle and temple, and therefore interpret it of fat and blood in general; but what fat and blood are meant may be seen in Lev_7:23 the Targum of Jonathan adds,"but upon the top of the altar it shall be offered to the name of the Lord,''which seems to restrain it to the sacrifices.
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