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Diet-Fitness-General Wellness Your Thoughts?

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Thump;1960877; said:
What is "cheap" beef and do you have any facts to back up the statement above?
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http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agri...agriculture/they-eat-what-the-reality-of.html

Off the cuff, look up CAFO and Poultry Litter. I'm not going to go back through Fast Food Nation or The Omnivore's Delimma to list the authors' citations (there are hundreds between the two books, and the authors both appear in the film Food Inc, which is free on Netflix streaming), but this has been pretty well documented since the mid 60s. Prior to the BSE outbreak (mad cow) it was common on feedlots to even feed ground up beef to cattle as well, until somebody recognized that forced cannibalism might not be a good thing. At least the government now bans some of that practice (but not all).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAFO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poultry_litter

Pasture raised (the meat you get from your mom & pop corner store butcher, who is likely buying whole cows from a local farm in central Ohio):
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CAFO raised (the meat you get vacuum packed at your supermarket, where you buy everything):
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DubCoffman62;1961542; said:
I'm thinking about changing my workout from a full body workout every other day to doing say chest and back one day and abs arms and shoulders the next. Which is the best route to go?
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Are you training with free weights? I remember you said you had dumbbells.
 
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I'm down 7 lbs in two weeks, the wife five, and we didn't get a food processor or good set of recipes until a few days ago, meaning our meals were not as balanced as they should have been.

The fatigue was prominent on the first day but gone a few days later and eating became more like fueling up than appeasing an insatiable appetite which could only be ignored for so long on a grain and reduced fat diet.

I need to buckle down and start exercising also, but I can already feel the massive benefits to my consumption habits and cravings.

Starting to work my way thru Sisson's recipe book.

The spaghetti squash omelette was tasty and easy. Cut open squash, microwave, scoop our, mix with egg, cook. You can obviously add veggies or whatever you usually put in there. A little salt when served really adds to the flavor
 
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DubCoffman62;1961542; said:
I'm thinking about changing my workout from a full body workout every other day to doing say chest and back one day and abs arms and shoulders the next. Which is the best route to go?
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Full body workout every other day? Yeah, targeting specific areas and working them out every other day will be far more effective and probably less time consuming on a daily basis.
 
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DubCoffman62;1961877; said:
Which would be the best way to break it down?
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There's no "best way" IMHO. Its all about what you feel and doesn't overly fatigue you.

I mix in a little bit of core work every day. I"ll do something like legs/back/core. Next day arms/chest (not fun) and core. Then weighted cardio on friday's.
 
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Buckeneye;1961879; said:
There's no "best way" IMHO. Its all about what you feel and doesn't overly fatigue you.

I mix in a little bit of core work every day. I"ll do something like legs/back/core. Next day arms/chest (not fun) and core. Then weighted cardio on friday's.
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Well I'll start experimenting and figure out what works best for me.
 
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Buckeneye;1961869; said:
Full body workout every other day? Yeah, targeting specific areas and working them out every other day will be far more effective and probably less time consuming on a daily basis.
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You're right. One of the primary reasons is because you can't heal if you are training your compound movements very hard at all. If you are training with free weights and not utilizing compound movements for what they are,you are really undercutting your gains by a substantial amount.Recovery is a big deal though.

If you are looking for a basic split,then look for something that is putting together bodyparts that won't conflict with future training for the week or at least limit it,because you are going to be sore.
 
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powerlifter;1961904; said:
You're right. One of the primary reasons is because you can't heal if you are training your compound movements very hard at all. If you are training with free weights and not utilizing compound movements for what they are,you are really undercutting your gains by a substantial amount.Recovery is a big deal though.

If you are looking for a basic split,then look for something that is putting together bodyparts that won't conflict with future training for the week or at least limit it,because you are going to be sore.
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What in the world is a core exercise? Is that a new fangled way of saying abs? I'd never heard the term until recently.
As I've started using more and more weight the problem that I'm having is so many of the exercise use the triceps and by the end of my workout they're really burnt. I'm thinking of getting one of those contraptions that allows you to do pull ups in a doorway, how are those? I don't want to be pulling up and have the thing come crashing down on me. I'm trying to think of other things I can get that won't take up too much room but help me out with what I'm trying to do. I have one whole room that I can convert into a mini gym but I don't want to go too crazy. I have an old elyptical in there that I have to get rid of, the axle snapped and it's now worthless except for hanging clothes. I don't like doing cardio indoors anyway, I enjoy getting out for that. I do want a bench though, nothing fancy just something simple yet serviceable.
 
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