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1. What does a gym have to offer that I can't do at home? I thought that workout machines are not good as they just work the main muscle, not any of the supporting muscles. I don't mind getting a set of free weights.

2. What do you define as clean food? I googled that term and it was basically organic foods.

Also is it best to workout in the morning (7am or so) or after work (7pm or so).

Thanks for the list of workouts.

hey raynor, how long should i rest in between sets for your 5x5 strength workout?

hey!

i'm currently going to the gym basically twice a day and 7 times a week, doing cardio at 6 in the morning and after work i go lift weights without cardio.

i was wondering if doing only 1 muscle (group) a day makes any sense. did biceps yesterday, today chest and tomorrow i'm gonna do legs.

is there any advantage/disadvantage in doing it like that? i used to do have a 3-day-split (biceps+chest+abs ; triceps+back ; shoulders + legs) and felt like i want to put more work into each muscle group.

another thing that i'm worried about is i have not changed my protein intake, and since i work out less muscle groups each day, should i reduce my protein/food intake? (i dont have a very strict diet, i'm pretty happy with my body and just like to work on it)

i'm a noob when it comes to alcohol. hated vodka and whiskey. since i like sweets, coworker recommended amaretto. i bought a bottle of barton's amaretto di amore and it tastes great. for some reason though, the bottle didn't come with a nutrition facts label. i'm looking at different sites to figure it out.

this site says it has 12g of protein in 1.5 oz. i have a hard time believing that. and a few of the other sites say it doesnt have protein.

http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-liquors-spirits-amaretto-di-amore_f-ZmlkPTE1ODcwNw.html

is that site just wrong? or perhaps i'm misreading it.

how long can i keep the bottle of alcohol after opening it before it goes bad? i've never seen it refrigerated on tv, so i'm guessing it doesnt have to be refrigerated?

the bottle says it's 21% alcohol. so for 1.5 oz, i guess it's 0.21 * 1.5oz = .315 oz of alcohol. so for this amount, how much extra water should i consume to compensate for the dehydrating effect of alcohol?

This post was edited by carteblanche on Aug 10 2013 05:31pm

forgot to ask another question. how do you recommend i determine my tolerance? i'm not sure how quickly alcohol effects start and how quickly it leaves my system. i assume there's some ideal x ounces in y minutes strategy i can use?

Then if I were to try out another pre-workout supplement, what would you advise? Or are you against them?

I also need a little help with my stubborn pectorals. The upper portion of it is really lagging behing. My lower pec and front delts are developping really well, therefore I tried to put emphasis on the upper pecs, without great success. Everytime I try to do an inclined press movement, I feel it a lot in my front delts and not really in the upper chest, even when do inclined flies I tend to feel it in the shoulders instead of the chest lol

Any advice is welcomed

hey bro im looking for a bulking plan and a work out plan for my 14 yr old nephew hesabout 5'9 n 135lbs any help would be great thank!

on the topic of trying new drinks, i remember you recommended black coffee for pre-workout. so i was searching on amazon and couldnt find a single black coffee. then i asked a friend, and he said black coffee just meant coffee without cream/sugar. do you have a recommendation on what flavour/branch coffees to try for newbies? or is it similar to alcohol in the sense that they all taste disgusting and people just force themselves to get into it?

i tried drinking coffee at work a few years ago, but i was putting in 20 packets of splenda to make it taste good....i dont wanna run into that problem again. or is whipped cream + stevia ok?

also, how can i reduce teeth stains if drinking coffee? i dont really wanna brush my teeth every 30-60 minutes....

This can be many things....please explain the following:

1. Is it only when consuming certain foods?

2. Is it only when eating foods quickly?

3. Is it only when drinking cold or hot beverages with the food?

4. Is the food particularly heavy in salt, sugar, potassium, or magnesium?