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@timex4g0d A few years back, had a great deal of pain in my right knee that matched symptoms of patellar tendonitis, and a diagnosed torn meniscus in my left. Both responded very well to isometric leg extension. Execute the hold with knee at least 90⁰ bent, 4 sets of 8-15 seconds as hard as...

@godisworking101 Plan looks frenetic to me and agree with other comment that its too much per day. Set/rep structure isn't bad, a progression would be good. Stock answer: "Generally all my basic programs are constructed around primary push, pull, hinge, squat with accessory exercises as...

@bandan Isometric deadlift executed from the lowest point. Ramp up slowly, hold for 30 seconds minimum, breathing throughout. Try to exert about 50-70%, work up to a max effort if pain free.

@aranyi_zsolt Yep. Same for rowing.

@sabby54 Sure, I'm 56 and my max HR is about 185, maybe a touch higher. I never indexed it with a monitor until I was about 48. If I were training a buddy or anyone who's fitness status was unknown to me, for HIIT with an HR monitor, 220-age would be my initial target. "How's your RPE at X...

@adutmj His observations re range of motion can be observed when training isometrics as well. It is almost useless to train at shorter muscle length, and added benefit can be had training with the muscle somewhat stretched even over a longish length. Is better generally to think in terms of...

@onepassionate1 If "X" is maintenance, and we add 20% surplus in fat, let's say for argument's sake that 1/3 of those calories get stored as bf. If we add 20% surplus in carbs, every single glucose storage site needs to be topped off, resting energy expenditure will increase as much as 20%...

@sabby54 Its reasonably accurate for estimation based on lightly active or sedentary population. The better health you are in, the less relevant it becomes. Individually the only way to know is by testing. As with a 1RM test, there are risks involved with some subjects.

@yhdks I don't follow the guy, but yeah, most of his revised thinking seems to just align more with general current thinking...by many. When was the last year anyone recommended 7 meals a day? There are a lot of influencers out there preaching from narrow POV, I guess he is/was one? IDK. A lot...

@chozenwun Absolutely crushing it, great work!

@montexss Through my 40s I simply used a slow bulk approach, no real target gain, just eating a mild surplus and using a pretty aggressive moderate volume hypertrophy approach. Early 50s this is what worked for me - Use a reverse Matador approach in combination with a low volume/high intensity...

@jambalaya16 Wraps, wraps, wraps and for fitness there is no need to hit hard, work on speed out, speed back. Wrists and hands were not evolved to punch with.

@messagesoflove I eat cookies and icecream often, but I portion control the hell out of it. Small dish, savor the spoonful. Cookies? - 2 on a napkin, enjoy it. Ulrimately you have to want something else more or you need to desensitize yourself to this stuff. A bit is a treat, a big load of it...

@impactb13 Creatine and Ashwagandha root

@jhanice Very welcome, glad it helped out!

@jhanice Day 1, go heavy on the squat and row: squat ohp hamstring curl bent row tricep press abs Day 2, go heavy on the deadlift and bench: deadlift or good morning upright row or laterals leg extensions bench curls abs

@luciano123 Very welcome. I hit on this formula after getting my kettlebell certification from Steve Maxwell. He doesn't (didn't) use this formula precisely but was inspired by his philosophy. I've used this exact format with some tweaks with barbell/machines, sandbags, kettlebells, isometrics...

@newbeginning1996 5 minutes of jumprope.

@predrag Often trained with a bit more variety, a few years back had cervical disk issues that made me scrub all overhead work for months. Just did big horizontal push and big horizontal pull. When I went back to OHP it had improved greatly with zero direct work. Came to the conclusion that...

@ivybyreader Short answer: yes Long answer: it depends on how flexible your training loads are. If you cannot manage a controlled range, you can mix and match loads to rep ranges. Eg 1st set =10 reps at 50% of your 10 rep max, 2nd set 4 reps at 75% of your 4 rep max, last set 12 reps at 100% of...