Barry Charles
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Singles impose the most stress PER REP. That doesn't mean the most productive stress overall, in the total context of a workout. Experience has...

That would make sense. I'll admit that I'm currently ignorant on how far down the body breaks proteins during digestion...I'm guessing it's no...

Who benefits more? A US where the government is actively trying to force compliance that can't work, or a country that gets others on board with...

As the late George Carlin once said, "Formal conspiracy is unnecessary when interests converge."

Given that what makes essential amino acids essential is that they are the ones that the body cannot synthesize on its own, and glycine is not one of...

The big question is, why are you considering it? Is 3x a week not getting you progress? Is 3x a week wearing you out? Is it a logistical reason? ...

I'm very sorry, Mike - grace, mercy, and peace to you and your family.

Well played, sir.

In my own experience, a lot of machines are a lot better at jacking up my shoulders and other joints, too.

They told me two weeks for mine. In the grand scheme of things, if you're otherwise strongly compliant, two weeks is a minor interruption. I...

Every little bit helps those of us on Team Vietnamese Sausage Hands, as well.

The local grocery store surprised me by carrying Wolf - both generations in our household have now been introduced to this fine culinary delight. To...

We know that? What, from the cave painting series, Thog's Encyclopedia of Primitive Bodybuilding? No one has argued that the 20-rep squat...

First, I believe George Floyd died by his own actions, and that’s a shame. Furthermore that he died from a rare adrenaline producing tumor in his...

This is a really good point, Eric. I suddenly understand why my boot camp platoon all graduated super swole...

I get your point, Gene - you're granting Dr. Schoenfeld's assertion, and showing that lower reps still win out for other reasons, even if he's right....

This class of drug is used for abnormal sleep disruption, right? Your sleep disruption, however, sounds perfectly normal, given what you did to...

I did a cut once, for similar reasons to your friend's, and tried doing it via keto. It worked really well for stripping off weight, and markedly...

I used Myprotein's whey isolate for a long time, with good results. A friend recommended them, describing their 5kg bag as "almost comically large",...

New Zealand as a several month launching and returning point for the year I spent at the South Pole.

For levity: Why doesn’t Apple Maps let you avoid high crime neighborhoods? It lets you avoid tolls, or highways, and has police alerts. I’m sure...

The way to boil this down is that you're lifting your chest. The other effects come from that. Useful cues to yourself may include "chest...

I don't mind at all - I initially brushed off the chalk after every workout and made sure to apply 3-in-1 oil to the bushings and lightly oil the...

Even a heavy one?

There is a high probability of deep insecurity as in in “doth protest too much”. For sure in sexual identity closely followed by intelligence...