A high-normal value in and of itself is fairly meaningless. A critical component that's missing is what is your baseline creatinine. There's a HUGE difference with respect to renal function between...

Sure but it's a long and funky story. I don't really have an injury, per se. I have a few extra vertebrae, sometimes referred to as transitional vertebrae. A decent number of people have an "L6" and...

Hurt worse in the morning? Do they hurt at the beginning of your training episode but then the pain works itself out?

Not sure how much the protocol will help in the nerve impingement. Try it and see. Obviously stop if it hurts worse. Have you had an MRI of your injury to see if it's deteriorating? 2 years with...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cr4zxmfczq4p8xo/Trunk_Stabilization_Program.pdf

It's a specific protocol to rehab lower back pain through strengthening specific muscles in your trunk. It has different...

I've got congenital and degenerative processes in my back and had to take a complete break from squats. I used the Watkins Protocol to rehab it and it worked pretty well. I'm ever so slowly easing...

Thanks. Hence the recommendation to take them fasted, I presume?

I get the same problem. If I workout before noon, no problems. If it's afternoon or evening, it's hard to sleep. I use diphenhydramine. Any of the older antihistamines should work, too, if Benadryl...

This may be a stupid question, but here it goes. You recommend 20-30 grams of BCAA daily for most of the posts here. Assuming a 2:1:1 ratio, that means 10 grams of leucine and 5 grams each of...

I finally went to the doctor. A speedy recovery ain't in the works for me. I'm still waiting on the the official read from the radiologist but me and my doc looked at my x-rays and there's sone funky...

For starters, the first law of thermodynamics is a good starting place to support total calories with respect to weight loss. Beyond that, nearly every major LONG term clinical trial in human...

3rd edition says to try it both ways and see what works for you. But I'm with you. It feels so awkward to breath at the bottom for me. I stuck with breathing at the top. I don't try to bounce but I...

Thanks.

Threw my back out and could barely walk for a day. This week is a light, light, pitiful week of taking naproxen and trying to rehab my back.

I only have the third edition. What's the difference between the two versions for press style?

What do you mean by it didn't do anything for conditioning?

Obesity, for the most part is not necessarily the inherent danger (the diet stuff I agree is crap). It correlates pretty strongly with and predicts especially high blood pressure and diabetes, and to...

Ha. I was irritated by the all caps function, too. That and the stream of consciousness writing (damn I hated Faulkner).

I think I'm going to do this. I want to get my son lifting and gym fees add up quickly month to month. Thanks.

Conditioning
1600 x 1. Avg heart rate of 167 and a time of 8:36 which destroyed my 9:55 two weeks before. Glad to see that getting better as I was sick of getting winded going up the stairs during...

I am a complete newbie with home equipment. I'm getting a bit tired of paying for my big box gym fees. Any ideas on this particular piece of equipment? How much would you offer?
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