i remember you recommended sweet potato chips, but i'm not too interested in them. what is your take on sun chips? looks like it has a good fat ratio and low on simple carbs. i dont see any trans fat, partially hydrogenated oils, soybean oil, soy, msg, HFCS, artificial colours, or artificial sweeteners. that's pretty much all i look for when determining how bad food is. i like to dip them into guacamole



This post was edited by carteblanche on May 5 2013 01:52pm

In general...they are NOT bad. There are certainly better selections, but these are definitely fine.

What is your opinion about microwave food / convenience food ?

I'd really like to try push/pull/legs on a 5 day split though (hitting legs once a week), and not only one body part a day. I will obviously take off exercises in pull day to split it over two days, I think I can manage this day on my own. I needed help to build push day (I want to focus on chest rather than shoulders, especially upper part of the chest). If you could quickly give me a push day schedule I'd appreciate, also I'm not sure if I should be doing the same exercises on push day 1 and push day 2, same for pull.

Thanks!

In general, I advise people to stay away from both. Most pre-prepared foods (frozen meals, canned foods, etc) are loaded with sodium, preservatives, and artificial ingredients, but low in protein and micronutrients.

Assuming you are going to be doing a 5-day split with multiple muscles groups a day, and push/pull 2x per week, you would best do the following:


Push 1 - BB Flat Bench, BB Incline Bench, BB Decline Bench, Pec Deck, Weighted Dips, Close-Grip Bench, BB Skullcrushers . (All exercises should be 5 sets performed at a rate of set 1 being a warmup set, and the next 4 sets being working sets ascending in weight and descending in reps)

Push 2 - DB Flat Bench, DB Incline Bench, DB Decline Bench, DB Flies, DB Kickbacks, Rope Pulldowns, DB Extensions (All exercises should be 5 sets performed at a rate of set 1 being a warmup set, and the next 4 sets being working sets ascending in weight and descending in reps)



You want to split the days off by exercise types - ie: Day 1 would be barbell exercises and Day 2 would be dumbbell exercises (as seen above)

Lets say I'm missing exactly the micros of a mcdonalds cheeseburger to fulfill my daily micro, would it still be an unhealthy cheeseburger or would it do just fine?

Basically what I'm asking is, is fastfood okay to eat aslong I hit all my micros?

I think you mean MACROS (protein/fats/carbs) micros are mostly vitamins.

But yes, that would be OK - just not very good for your overall health.

Could you do the same for my PULL day? Also I was wondering if I should do rear delt exercises on push or pull, as they were part of my shoulders exercises.

Pull 1 - BB Bent Over Rows, BB Deadlifts, BB Pulldowns, Rear Pec Deck, BB Shrugs, BB Front Raises, BB Curls

Pull 2 - DB Bent over Rows, DB Deadlifts, DB Lat Raises, DB Curls, Weighted Pull-ups, DB Lawnmower Rows, Rear cable crossovers


do rear delt on pull day.