Raynor,

From an evolutionary standpoint, is a slow metabolism more efficient than a fast metabolism?

Aside from the obvious, scurvy*

If you ate meat only you would be horribly deprived of essential nutrients, and of course, fiber. It would lead to horrible health conditions. I would highly advise against it lol.

Depends how you look at it. Slow metabolism would allow more fat to accumulate and thus provide more adipose tissue for harsh winters. Fast metabolism would allow better muscle growth and energy.

They both have their place....so it's mostly geographical.

'course id never but thank ya

Routine

Mon - Chest + Tri
Tues - Back + Bi
Wed - Off
Thurs - Shoulders
Friday - Legs
Sat - off
Sun - off

Diet wise, I generally try to get 200g of protein and rest goes into carbs and fats. Rep routine is 12, 10, 8, 6

Even if my diet and exercise was total shit, shouldn't I be making SOME gains at all?

No...

If your diet is not on par, and your workout routine is not on par, you will simply maintain what you have. The body have to be heavily challenged to make muscular gains if you are not a pure mesomorph. Secondly, diet is actually more important than your lifting routine. You need to be spot on with the diet in order to achieve proper progress.

I'll straighten out the diet asap, and update you.

How about my routine? In detail, it's the following:

Chest + Tricep:

Incline DB
Barbell flat bench
Cable flies
Tricep pulldowns
Tricep Kickbacks

Back + Bicep

Pull ups
Lateral pulldown
BB Rows
DB Rows
DB Curl
EZ bar Curl

Shoulders

DB military press
Lateral raises
Clean and press
Shrugs

Legs

Squats
Leg press
Lunges
Leg extensions
Calfs

All under the rep scheme of 12, 10, 8, 6.

I have issues going to the gym so this is the best I can do schedule-wise :(. Looking to put on size more and strength as well, but I was a little worried because I was gaining no strength whatsoever

Heres my 5x5 plan:

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=21269614&f=60&p=345300636
5x5 plan


You can use that if you'd like....it's more efficient than your plan for strength and size

On a day you don't do much activity at all because its rainy etc

Is it 1 or 2 tomato sandwichs you should eat?
2 is like 4 slices, altho whole wheat is smaller slices than white bread

I put some mayo with reduced fat made with olive oil kennesy or w-e
Salad
tomatoes
pepper


e/ I know it's not much of a big deal but just making sure.
I can probably eat 2 almost everyday and it wouldn't do much but just do what's recommanded^^

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About the natural peanut butter
Does it happen that there's some written "100% natural" or "All natural" and theyre not and how do you difference?

This post was edited by Nevada on Aug 22 2012 04:11pm