anyone know of a good forum with a good community focused on exercise, perhaps weight training in particular?
good exercise forum?
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I check tnation.com or bodybuilding.com once week for the articles. Not a fan of the forums (edit: not a knock on anyone who is).
monkeyisland.lylemcdonald.com -- you have to register and the posters are ...unique. I'll leave it at that. However, the links and articles make the trip worthwhile.
edit: Haven't been by in a long time, but rosstraining.com is pretty good. They had great forum on home-made weightlifting equipment.
monkeyisland.lylemcdonald.com -- you have to register and the posters are ...unique. I'll leave it at that. However, the links and articles make the trip worthwhile.
edit: Haven't been by in a long time, but rosstraining.com is pretty good. They had great forum on home-made weightlifting equipment.
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Weight training, as in strength training? Used to be that the Old School Strength board was it. Dave Draper's forums are pretty good (Dan John even has a sub-forum) and for Olympic lifting I like the forums on Catalyst Athletics. The signal to noise ratio on both of these is pretty high, 
and most of the people that post are very knowledgeable. RossTraining? while I have never read the forum, Ross is an outstanding guy.
Also: For nutrition, check Robb Wolf, Michael Eades, and Loren Cordain. They all have great blogs.
and most of the people that post are very knowledgeable. RossTraining? while I have never read the forum, Ross is an outstanding guy.Also: For nutrition, check Robb Wolf, Michael Eades, and Loren Cordain. They all have great blogs.
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Weight training, as in strength training? Used to be that the Old School Strength board was it. Dave Draper's forums are pretty good (Dan John even has a sub-forum) and for Olympic lifting I like the forums on Catalyst Athletics. The signal to noise ratio on both of these is pretty high,
Also: For nutrition, check Robb Wolf, Michael Eades, and Loren Cordain. They all have great blogs.
where is the old school strength board? is this it? http://www.strength-oldschool.com/
I'm not sure that that is it. The old forum was hosted on EZ board, now Yuku. The link that comes up now is:
http://oldschoolstrengthtraining70757.yuku.com
I might re-register and see if it is still around.
I mainly read Dan John's stuff now and Brooks Kubik's Dinosaur Training for inspiration.
The information is spread on different sites a bit more than usual in this area
I'm a member at bb.com and Lyle's. What you have to remember when you go to Lyle's is you're dealing with people with 130+IQ's and that is their outlet unless your IQ is that high, you won't get their humour. BB.com is an odd conglomeration of people that REALLY train and registered trolls. Have a thick skin when you go to either site and you're more than welcome to pm me any questions you might have and I can point you in the right direction. I've been lifting for the better part of 30 years.
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i lurked at lyle's forum and those guys are freaking hilarious! lots of interesting characters. i registered at bb forum and regretted it as the community there is not very gentlemenly lol. in my lurking i discovered mark rippetoe and 'starting strength'. im gunna be keeping a workout journal here thou, not on bb or anywhere with a bunch of trolls lol
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For those interested, Lyle McDonald has a "polite" site at http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/. You will find more useful information however at the "mean" site.
For those interested, Lyle McDonald has a "polite" site at http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/. You will find more useful information however at the "mean" site.
Mark's forum seems to be populated with 18 YO knuckleheads and Mark. He does have some other good stuff up; He did an interview with John Wellborn that was pretty good.
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lol stubblefield, u seem pretty knowledgeable yourself! im lurking on those fitness boards but i dont feel an irresistible urge to post LOL, ill just ask YOU questions 
...do you think im doing too much cardio that may limit my gains? my main goal is to look good sans clothing
lol
...do you think im doing too much cardio that may limit my gains? my main goal is to look good sans clothing
lolGains, in terms of size? If you are trying to put on mass/build strength too much cardio can be counterproductive. But if by "looking good" you mean less then 10% body fat, you will have to diet, or control sugar/carb intake. Most all of it comes down to diet, anyway.lol stubblefield, u seem pretty knowledgeable yourself! im lurking on those fitness boards but i dont feel an irresistible urge to post LOL, ill just ask YOU questions
...do you think im doing too much cardio that may limit my gains? my main goal is to look good sans clothing
I'm of the opinion that most of the fitness forums are a waste, anyway. If you have a specific goal (BB, Oly Lifting, Strongman) there are some great sport specific sites out there with knowledgeable members, but most of the more general sites are pointless.
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If you wanna gain mass but still have a tight tummy, do 20-30 mins worth of cardio 3x a week. I recommend doing this along with your weight-lifting workouts to allow body to rest the next day.
You won't find a more complete resource than bb.com. Stay out of the "Misc" and you won't have any issues with behavior. I personally like the Misc, but it is what it is.
The problem with exercising and nutrition is that everyone has an opinion. While everyone's body will react slightly differently, nutrition is a science just like any other; surplus equals weight gain, deficit equals weight loss. If you want to gain mass find your BMR and eat above it along with weight training and if you want to lose fat find your BMR and eat below it.
The problem with exercising and nutrition is that everyone has an opinion. While everyone's body will react slightly differently, nutrition is a science just like any other; surplus equals weight gain, deficit equals weight loss. If you want to gain mass find your BMR and eat above it along with weight training and if you want to lose fat find your BMR and eat below it.
While I agree nutrition is a science, if you just eat more than you are supposed to, you are just going to get heavier because you are fatter. If you wanna gain muscle and gain weight, you need to lift heavy and eat good sources of protein.
Which is included in that highlighted part, if you want to gain mass do weight training. If you are gaining weight and not gaining mass you are doing it wrong. As far as protein, I wasn't giving an all inclusive post. Most people in the world don't want to weight train and only want to lose fat and not be couch potatoes (actually I think most people want to just be couch potatoes) if they are looking to exercise.
Most people want the "perfect body" without doing any work. Everything comes at a price. You wanna looking like a bodybuilder, then you have to act like a bodybuilder. I just wanna be healthier than I am now. I limit sweets, fast foods, junk foods, and stuff that I know is going to crush everything I am working for, but that doesn't mean that I am not enjoying them every once in a while.
