****Official Beginner Question Thread****

[TomCollins]

Originally Posted by HalfSlant

BMI is used by health professionals, but mainly only when talking about morbidly obese people. For example when a Dr says they have a patient with a BMI of 40 vs one with BMI 50, the nurses or whatever know exactly what they mean. Easier than saying.. I have a patient who is fat as ****, but not fatter than ****.

It's also used because getting a meaningful measurement is difficult, so this is something that anyone can figure out very easily (pretty much everyone knows their height and weight), and can "classify" you at least somewhere. Most people are extremely lazy when it comes to health related issues, and if you need something extremely basic requiring the minimal amount of information with no special equipment, that's about as good as its going to come. Anyone who is the exception to the rule (typically people who actually have muscle mass), they aren't going to be as lazy and know it is garbage, and be able to jump through a few more hoops to come up with something meaningful.

[Soulman]

Interesting on BMI from wiki:

In an analysis of 40 studies involving 250,000 people, patients with coronary artery disease with normal BMIs were at higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease than people whose BMIs put them in the "overweight" range (BMI 25–29.9).[21] In the intermediate range of BMI (25–29.9), BMI failed to discriminate between bodyfat percentage and lean mass. The study concluded that "the accuracy of BMI in diagnosing obesity is limited, particularly for individuals in the intermediate BMI ranges, in men and in the elderly... These results may help to explain the unexpected better survival in overweight/mild obese patients."

A study by Romero-Corral et al., using data representing noninstitutionalized civilians in the United States, found that BMI-defined obesity was present in 19.1% of men and 24.7% of women, but that obesity as measured by bodyfat percentage was present in 43.9% of men and 52.3% of women.

Looks pretty useless to me...

[sylar]

i am thinking of switching up the Rip A and B workouts. the thing is i hate press and power cleans, and actually enjoy bench and deadlifts. so i just want to do

A: squats/bench/cleans
B: squats/press/deadlifts

pretty trivial change, but what do you think?

[kyleb]

Highly doubt that it makes one iota of difference. Go for it.

[sylar]

Originally Posted by kyleb

Highly doubt that it makes one iota of difference. Go for it.

yeah, it's mostly a superficial WIM change. i just hate rip B days for some reason.

[Malucci]

Hey guys, I just got some videos posted of me squatting and DL if you could look at them and give me some pointers I would really really appreciate it. Thanks.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/85...6/index10.html

[theblackkeys]

Originally Posted by sylar

yeah, it's mostly a superficial WIM change. i just hate rip B days for some reason.

Benching leaves my pecs tight afterwards and affects the clean rack position a bit.

[stevepa]

Looking into getting some mats/flooring for my gym room, right now the power rack is just sitting on the (cheap) wood floors. The place where I bought the rack has this 1/2" high density foam but nothing else. Will that work ok? If not, suggestions on what I should be looking for?

[Micturition Man]

Originally Posted by Soulman

Interesting on BMI from wiki:







Looks pretty useless to me...

They should really teach kids about BF% and how to use cheapo calipers in health class.

It's just such a simple concept and much more useful that BMI.

[Malucci]

Originally Posted by stevepa

Looking into getting some mats/flooring for my gym room, right now the power rack is just sitting on the (cheap) wood floors. The place where I bought the rack has this 1/2" high density foam but nothing else. Will that work ok? If not, suggestions on what I should be looking for?

Couldn't you find like better stuff on the internet, instead of going to the place you went to for the rack? Shop around to other fitness equipment places if you have them where you are, but there would have to be something that would work for you on the internet somewhere, right?

[stevepa]

^probably but not really sure what exactly I'm looking for. Looked at that place because it's 5 minutes from my house so can just go pick it up. Most US places will ship to me (Ontario) but shipping is sometimes pretty long/expensive. Any advice/links appreciated.

[pkrplyrX]

http://www.rubbermats.com/afm.html

I was looking at horse mats since Rip says they work well in SS. The company on this site also makes horse mats so it's probably similar stuff.

[Gigante]

I'm doing SS and have been doing it for a while now. Truth is I am getting bored with it and wanted to start training with Kettlebells while still continuing with SS. How should I do this? I'm thinking Workout A on Monday, B on Tuesday and then have Kettlebell Fridays. Ideally I probably shouldn't mess with SS but Kettlebells look like so much fun and I really want to try them out.

[eytansgt]

I'm following the vertical jump bible novice strength program and I am supposed to do glute ham raises soon. I think my gym has a machine for this; will I be able to do these on the machine if I am still pretty weak?

[poisoneye1986]

im tired of SS and have maxed out. is it time for something new? i just want to get strong maintain weight and have a better body composition.