Feel free to ask me any weight-training/bodybuilding/nutrition related question.

Experience/expertise, 2 decades lifting weights, 2003 stats - 251Ibs at 15% bodyfat (abs visible).

More than happy to help my BM brothers or lovely white ladyfriends with these or any related goals.

 

Are there any pills(not steroids) that will enhance your workout??

 

could you move to america and be my hot trainer:smt077

 

And post some pics.

 

I have a question, what is the best stomach toning excercise?

 

only after i've finished with him lippy...!!!!

 

Raul -

Hi, yes, it's called Creatine, it increases strength by 6-8% and is completely non-steroidal. It also yields an increase in muscle mass, although I do not know whether this corresponds to the strength increase. Nor do I know the extent of the improvement to speed, but I can tell you it offers no improvement to endurance, except for short bursts that also require higher strength as well as cardio.

In terms of safety, assuming you are not suffering from a Kidney condition, it has been proven completely safe (devoid of side-effects) with SHORT term usage, ie for a 3 month stretch. Athletes constantly taking Creatine for stretches of 6-12 months have reported muscle cramps in the legs, but while this was the case in only a very small number in the sudy, I do not know what the number is. You should determine whether the improvement warrants the cost, though it is not particularly expensive, and if you do, heed the instructions and use it intermittently, for no more than 3 months at a time please. Personally, I intend to use Creatine when I'm finished with my cutting (slimming) phase in 10 weeks. Any questions, feel free to ask!!

Mama - Hi, I'd recommend ab crunches. Very simple but very effective exercise, you can do them using your own bodyweight first, and you don't need to go to the gym to do them, then use a 2Ibs disk, and graduate to heavier disks, or even use a book if you don't have a disk. Remember, the old days of people doing this with their lower backs leaving the ground are gone, don't pull up more than your head, neck, and the back of you shoulders. Also, please don't do 40 consecutive repetitions (shortened to 'reps', which are movements) in the first session, this will only give you a very sore stomach, like my brother a few days back. Start out every workout session, with one rep, then do two, then three, before you do the main set of six reps. This warms up the muscles and prevents/minimises muscle soreness. Also, increase your work gradually, ie do 6 one day, then two sets of 6 reps each the next etc, always build up slowly. That's by far the most important thing to remember. See how you get along with that and I will move you to more advanced stomach/core stuff later. Any questions on the above, just ask.

Lipstick/Tarshi - Hi ladies. Please don't fight over me, I want those gorgeous bods of yours toned, not scarred scratched and bruised! As for moving, I visit your country quite often, it isn't just Americans who love America ya know!!

Athena - Hi, pics to follow, preferably when I drop a few pounds and don't look like a big muscly teddy bear.

 

Thanks for the advice Jaybee, I'll let you know how i go.

 

Thanks Jaybee

 

wait, wat's wrong with steroids?

:smt119

 

If you think your testes should be smaller then I say go for the 'roids.

 

wait what r u trying to say

 

ummm nuthin. :smt008

 

They're not good for you. They add on 10-15Ibs of lean muscle tissue that look unnatural, and disappear when you stop using them. Some bodybuilders choose to use them, but I don't, nor do I give out advice on them, given the probability of injury to health and fatalities from their misuse/overuse.

 

Everyone knows I was kidding right?



I'm my 13 years of weight lifting, I never used them to 'get big.'

 

I haven't been on this site long, and I don't know your sense of humour (although I've learned something about it now!). I have to take you at your word unless and until I know better.

Glad to see you're not a roider. I do have a couple of online 'roider friends, and we've agreed to disagree on their 'habit', but generally I do not approve.

 

I have a question about nutrition if you can answer. How come most low carb plans will rate a sweet potato as lower on the glycemic index/load and a white potato much higher? I know the sweet potato is much better, nutrition wise, just wondering about why it is considered to have such a lower affect on your blood sugar.

 

Hi Fly girl (nice name!)

White potatoes have more of the adverse type of carbs, namely starch, so whilst sugars/fructose are indeed released faster into the bloodstream than starch, the GI measures the total amount of carbs released over the two hour period following ingestion. Remember, any carb contains 4 calories, and if you eat more carbs than your body needs, those calories are stored as fat. Also, sweet potatoes have more fibre than white, and there's a school of thought that holds that fibre in a foodstuff slows the release of sugars, from the same food, into the bloodstream, the more fibre, the slower the yield of sugar. I have my doubts on that, but it's not impossible.

Also, be a little skeptical with online GI lists, they largely all originate from the same sources, but very few labs execute double-bind studies, because it costs a great deal more to have 2000 subjects being tested trying out different foods than 1000, so often the results are gleaned from one pin-prick of one individual and then published, which allows food suppliers to package their items with a cop-out phrase like, "Values are based on studies performed in laboratory conditions", which look great to a housewife, but is really a disclaimer, not a guarantee of accuracy.

Still, I would recommend you indeed stick to lower GI foods, it's a lot better than eating higher up the scale, BUT remember, the ROOT biological cause of fat loss is sustained calorific deficit.

Good luck with your dietary goals, feel free to ask anything else!

 

Jaybee, What is your workout routine and food diet??

 

I'll be happy to post them up, but please remember that they are tailored to my own physiology and current requirements. Do not attempt to follow my own! If you want a workout/diet regime, just let me know your Age/weight/height/bodystats, basic medical history (injuries/conditions/diseases) as well as your goals, and I will create them for you.

I'll tell you one thing right now; go out and buy the biggest George Foreman grill in stock..