this is good news, pedro
sometimes i do get very worried about consuming so much beef....sometimes up to 300g per sitting! all that saturated fat..... hehe.

mine's due
but i wanna do a round of good ol' offseason eating first!!!!

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Added on October 12, 2010, 2:54 am1lb = 1g.
it SEEMS alot but when you actually get down to the eating its not alot at all.
personal experience.... im about the same weight as you are and i eat 1.5g per lb. and i STILL HUNGREE.

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Added on October 12, 2010, 2:56 amumm... ive never seen rice protein powders.... but i hv seen rice milk in organic stores and some branches of jaya grocer. =/

This post has been edited by LadyVanity: Oct 12 2010, 02:58 AM

u mean stiff-legged deadlift?
if so, yeah they are essentially the same thing... but with minor differences. SLDL is straight at the knees completely, all locked out, whereas the romanian has a slight bend in the knee. both are great ham/glute workouts.

*some variants of SLDLs take the bar so low until the lower back is rounded - absolutely not recommended for beginner lifters or for heavy poundages!

rounding of the lower back. get someone to spot you. never take form for granted doing deadlifts. one tiny error could mean a slipped disc. ive seen and heard it happen so, so many times.

umm... i dont exactly know how to describe the feel to you >< personally, if my back starts to round i feel a certain "pull" on my spine and the tension actually going off the targeted muscles... and i know very quickly that i gotta fix my form or drop the weights if they;re too heavy. not sure if that makes sense to you.... x.x

some tension on the lower back is fine. the deadlift is an exercise to work ur lower back anyways... a sharp pain would be a surefire indicator that you hv done something wrong lol but i think once u feel that sharp pain its too late and u might hv done some damage to urself.

i only do till parallel but thn again im no pro, cant say i have superb leg development.
i dont free squat due to a chronic injury (no pain alrdy thanks to my superb therapist, but still mobility is not 100%), but compensate with the hack squat and vertical leg press.

umm ok heres the thing. SLDL, Romanian deadlift... i cld b wrong, but to me they both target the same muscles. hams and glutes, and lower back involvement is minimal (frm what i feel at least). honestly sometimes whn i look at myself in the mirror it looks like im doing a Romanian, but i call it SLDL anyways since my legs do not move, and a slight bend in the knee is mantained, together with the hip pushing to the back as the weight is lowered.

now some sites advocate that THATS the way to do RDLs, and that SLDLs are done with knees completely locked out, and some variants are done to the extent that the back is rounded slightly. but then again i have seen many different sites with varying explainations and definitions of the SLDL and RDL. some people even say the slight rounding of the back in SLDL and locking is wrong. perhaps the RDL is the SLDL after all, just slapped with a fancy name? im not sure. so to me, SLDL = legs not moving. hamstrings and glutes hit. simple as that. i personally do a mix of both locked out and slightly bent knee, the reason is that the slight bend in the knee allows me to lower the weight farther, whereas the completely locked position allows me to get a burn / muscle tension with a very small ROM and lighter weights

unless if people are confusing the terms with the regular DL. and in this case there is a big difference between RDL and the normal DL, or SLDL and the normal DL.

overgrowth of hip? i really dont think this is an issue with deads. as a matter of fact i think squats cause more hip growth than DLs.


then again... i cld be mistaken. pros are welcome to critique and correct this statement

no lar... i dont think so....
unless if ur alrdy on d thin side to begin with and still wanna whine abt "slimming down"... thn yes ur sick.

personally ive not been labelled as crazy or mad for keeping fit... neither hv i heard of anyone getting shit about having a fit and active lifestyle, or wanting to have such a lifestyle. i think d word ur looking for is to bulk up or become more muscular. thn yes... ive observed both guys and gals alike that hv adverse feelings towards higher degrees of muscularity

speaking of which, ive hit my 60kg! wahahaha

time to cut tho dont think the 60kg were good quality gains. i feel like a lardy porkass. wheeheehee

umm.... personally i think 66kg is a little thin =/

watch out imma catch yooooouuuu

umm.... i really think the juice thing is a joke loh lol.
i really went to google ur apple for bicep, kiwi for tricep etc (LOL!!!) and theres no sources that i can find to support that...

i really think its an analogy ur using to say u just dont train bis and tris together on d same day. hehe
and that any juice is fine? cos the carbs and sugars in the juice are good fuel for workout, doesnt matter what juice? lol

here is an apple link! http://www.buzzle.com/articles/losing-weig...ith-apples.html
i dont know bout "burning" calories apart frm the thermic effect of food, which will b present with whatever food you consume (hey even if u went n ate cheesecake and burgers and fries it wld still hv thermic effect!) but the reasoning here is that apples make u feel full faster so u dont eat as much.

i duno lol i was just trying to make sense of the apple kiwi thing XD

but i think there r many different opinions re training these small muscles... some ppl say hving arm day on its own is overtraining these little muscles and will cause them to shrink since they r alrdy incorporated in ur other workouts.... and some say their arms wont grow unless they r pounded mercilessly in one long sesh.... so i really cant speak for that. just do what works for you.

with regards to bis and tris, i personally train them both on the same day cos i hate training arms (worst day of the week!!!) and lump them together so i can get them over with asap on one day, not stretched over 2 days. bleargh.

have tried training bis/tris on seperate days e.g chest + tri, back + bi.... really cannot cut it. im just too damn exhausted to work them properly

lucky u. i practically hv a man's chest. lol especially whn im dieting. my gym buddies r all WTF-ing. but now ive not a lil more "meat" there cos im not dieting and have put back around 10kgs but cant have it all.... i have thick rolls of meat on my waist too!

great that ur hubby is supportive! many guys that i hv met say that they like active muscle girls... but whn it comes to the grind of dating a gym freak that eats 24/7 many draw the line too especially guys who dont workout themselves. so i went hunting in bodybuilding forums and shows and found my current bf.... XD

lol. jk. XD i think it's luck diff gals attract diff men also~

This post has been edited by LadyVanity: Dec 1 2010, 04:39 PM

lol damn.... i got an unopened tub sitting around my house... good luck to me finishing that one

dont feel too bad... sometimes a break is good and u will bounce back with more determination, refreshed and well rested.
get all those cravings out of the way, eat what you want and enjoy... thn come back in full gear (but well, make sure you DO come back )

strong? no lah not anymore. look like oildrum alrdy.... roll and flatten u maybe can lah
laid off training for awhile myself. took a break for a few weeks.... then whn i started back got an injury out of sheer stupidity and recklessness in the gym. have this god-awful swelling on my upper back now which has set me back another month.

video title is incorrect. thats not anabol. its synthol. it is not a steroid.

hey dark, just wondering whats ur perspective on core bracing using the Valsalva maneuver? no good? since u did mention about the "insane intraabdominal pressure", im wondering if its not very relevant for very high poundages (is that what u meant? ><) i hv been cautioned that it can trigger hypertension and heart failure... but ive been practicing this for my leg presses, squats etc and i find they help tremendously, and is the reason why ive not had the need for my belt for so long

http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/en.wikipedi...lsalva_maneuver
http://www.healthline.com/hlbook/strt-powerlifting

thankiu in advance!

This post has been edited by LadyVanity: Dec 24 2010, 11:24 AM

i am ABSOLUTELY dreading shopping this year for CNY. ive been trying to stay as far away from it as possible, and do as little of it as i can get away with. ive gained alot of weight compared to the prev year, daresay im at my heaviest (but not best looking) time. i dont fit jeans very well... my arms dont fit baby tees unless i picked out a larger size... which in turn does not flatter the waist at all... shopping for formal wear is a pain too. why sleeves so skinny!? dress? lets not go there.

and im dreading the balik kampung experience... my kepoh aunties all tell me im so big and look ugly in clothes.... and i get alot of surprise pinches and people grabbing my arms without warning or permission. =.=