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Guys, is there anything like a "perfect" food source, like easy to prepare "complete" meal? Reason I ask is I am kinda lazy when it comes to food prep, or more so snacks. I currently eat about 5 or 6 times per day and lately it feels like i am eating constantly, sometimes out of boredom. Weight stays steady, but i dont feel so bad when I know I worked hard at gym on the day or the day before.

So for example, easy and complete snack, bulgarian yoghurt and some whey protein? Good or bad?

Should one avoid dairy or does that depend on one's goals?
 
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yeah very curious of the long term effects of taking anything that affects sleep.

your casein, unflavored? how do you take it?
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Vanilla by Evox - not bad at all, but I've decided to add oat bran so that it doesn't sit in my gut. I'll let you know how that goes...
 
ryan411 said:
Guys, is there anything like a "perfect" food source, like easy to prepare "complete" meal? Reason I ask is I am kinda lazy when it comes to food prep, or more so snacks. I currently eat about 5 or 6 times per day and lately it feels like i am eating constantly, sometimes out of boredom. Weight stays steady, but i dont feel so bad when I know I worked hard at gym on the day or the day before.

So for example, easy and complete snack, bulgarian yoghurt and some whey protein? Good or bad?

Should one avoid dairy or does that depend on one's goals?
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Woolies ready made tupperwares :)
 
How is the GABA working for you? Anyone else here started using it recently? I need something to make me go lights out cause if I'm not very tired then I struggle to sleep cause my sleep patterns are kind of irregular Any side effects to GABA that might cause one concern?
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started last week, little effect so far.
To sleep I exercise myself to exhaustion, I find come 8pm I'm yawning.
Millk and cheese snack before bed helps as well.
 
Should one avoid dairy or does that depend on one's goals?
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Milks fat content has always been talked about, Whole Milk is 3.25% fat and high in fat soluble vitamin A and D, skim has this removed as far as I know.
Very good source of bio-available protein.

Millk will increase muscle gain and fat loss especially after training, some bodybuilders drink Chocolate milk for extra carbs.
I drink over a 1l or more a day, in my office I'm the milk thief, don't tell anyone :)
In fact I'm drinking milk now!

There's a good article in my latest MuscleMag on milk.
 
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milk increase fat loss?
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Something about:

"Faster you increase blood amino acids after exercise, the greater the anabolic response, increasing levels of leucine"

apparently milk does this, trying to find the article.
 
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Will not do... only thing I'd trust it for is building, and putting on weight. You often here guys who arn't making progress being told to drink a few litres of milk a day.
 
Oh - there are plenty carbs in milk too so yeh, litres a day are going to do that. Those articles are more about the low fat fad and how we've got it wrong. People trying to lose weight shouldn't cut out fat. They should reduce refined sugar etc.

Note the study in that one article. A considerable cohort of 20 000 people over 9 years showed weight reduction of 9% on average in the whole milk group and 15% increase in the low fat dairy group... that's big!
 
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kolaval said:
Except I never got to it...saw women, got distracted
Do you have a link to the article?
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Pref one without women for Koval's sake lol :D

Any advice on calf workouts?

Sixpack shortcuts has seated calf raisers in phase 2 and I don't have anything for that. I tried a bracket that sits on my legs with a barbell on that - works well except that the barbell is too much for me to lift onto it while seated... Calves are pretty solid muscles and take punishment so they are hard to work properly IMO.

Thanks in advance!
 
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I must admit, calves are damned hard to work. Recently started to think the standing type calf exercises beginning to become a problem, where the weight go up so much, that I am wondering how my spine must handle it, so instead I now use the standing type for warm up, and then go the seated type to load the weight up on my knees. Only problem is, these 2 different types feel like they work different parts of the calf.
 
I may try walking backwards with dumbells... I've heard that can be good... but it's mostly higher reps. I have done 30x30x30 reps of calf raisers with different foot positions - facing outwards, straight and inwards - that seriously burns, but I'm a bit concerned that 90 reps of anything isn't going to build size. Not sure if calves are an exception.
 
Doesn't anyone else have a problem leaning forward with weighted squats - been carefully chacking my form and my upper body seems to automatically fold forward while going down into a squat- anyone know how to correct this? I should get a personal trainer
 
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Doesn't anyone else have a problem leaning forward with weighted squats - been carefully chacking my form and my upper body seems to automatically fold forward while going down into a squat- anyone know how to correct this? I should get a personal trainer
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I have the same problem, but then again I am using running shoes, which is very bad for good squats. This last week I started by taking of my shoes and squatting only in my socks, which helps a lot to get the leaning forward fixed, in fact it feels very different.

Most people online suggest getting the right shoes, although your problem my be something else, like not pushing your knees out.

Here is an article you can read, it is for breaking plateaus, but can contain good hints: http://www.prosource.net/content/ar...ource/7-plateau-busting-squat-strategies.aspx
 
I have hypotonia - so guessing that might have something to do with it- I work out barefoot - I'll keep at it
 
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Doesn't anyone else have a problem leaning forward with weighted squats - been carefully chacking my form and my upper body seems to automatically fold forward while going down into a squat- anyone know how to correct this? I should get a personal trainer
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Or check out Mark Rippetoe's book Starting Strength - he spends a good deal of time on squats.
A couple of things to check regarding form: how high have you got the bar across your back? According to him it should be low. How deep are you going in the squat? How wide are your feet apart, and at what angles are your toes out? I used to do it with toes only slightly out but he recommends 30-45 degrees out, which I find a lot more comfortable.
 
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