Sounds like a decent plan, depending on length/intensity of the rowing. Endurance will increase as you lose weight too.

600 cal/hr for half an hour building up to 45 minutes one session per week, and HIIT rowing one time a week where I go as fast as I can for a minute, rest for three, and repeat 6 or 7 times.

So apparently daily plate is incorrect, and an original slim jim is actually 40 cal / 1.5g protein. Now I have 100 slim jims I probably shouldn't eat.

Edit: 99

beef jerky ftw.

i eat yogurt from the store, preferably greek yogurt or the microbiotic yogurt from whole foods. yeah it's processed but i dunno what to replace it with. what do you think?

why do you need to replace it?

love it but it's freaking expensive. i need to seek out a walmart and stock up

Why? Not being a douche or anything but its quite strange imo. If you want to look good lifting more will help not hinder you.

Is it quite strange?

Weightlifting to me is only a means to build muscle and at the moment I don't feel like I need any more bulk. I'm 5'10, 195 with 16-17% body fat, definitely not huge but big enough without being stocky, a look that I want to avoid. Piling on more weight will probably make me look better, but not by much, so now I want to balance endurance training and weightlifting rather than just focusing on weightlifting exclusively like I have been.

This is the first time I've ever been serious about changing how I look, though, and I'm learning as I go so if you think my approach is weird or dumb let me know.

maybe start lifting only 2x a week and cardiotarding (or even better playing a sport) 2x a week.

Hi guys,

Quick lifting bio on me. I'm 22, and started doing some light weightlifting essentially from scratch in mid-June. I had been in a gym before but never consistently. I'm definitely an ectomorph, and in June I weighed ~145 pounds @ 6'1". Reading this forum has been very helpful, and although I didn't have gym access in June of July I worked out as best I could at home using several pairs of dumbbells that were around my house. In August I got proper gym access and have been doing Starting Strength as consistently as possible since mid-September. As for diet, I've been trying everyday to eat above maintenance, primarily though the use of 1/2 GOMAD everyday on average. This has resulted in me putting on about 18 pounds. I am currently 163 pounds.

Anyway, I have a questions about my squat. If possible, I'll try to post some form videos later.

I am squatting 165 right now, ~bodyweight. I have some left knee issues on squats. For several days afterward I feel like my left knee kind of 'collapses' when I put weight on it unexpectedly. From what I have read, this is possibly due to my left knee 'caving in' during squats. However, today I worked out and didn't observe this. Obviously, I could just not be seeing this and it could be revealed by video. I also have a left/right side strength disparity that could possibly be the cause. I don't know if this is an accurate assessment, as I am no expert on the biomechanics of such things aside from what I have read in SS.

Also, I have set some goals for the end of the year. Currently, I do 3x5x165 squats, 3x5x120 BP and 1x5x165 DL (This could be much higher, I am adding weight to it every workout. I delayed doing DL's until I had a friend who could advise me on my form.) I plan on weight 175 by the end of the year. I want to be able to 1RM BW on BP, 1.5x 1RM Squats, 2x 1RM on DLs. Do you think these are reachable goals?

Yes (maybe not bench), if you are eating and sleeping well. Why not set goals in terms of 5RM?

Hunches:

+35 lbs to bench - possible, could be tough depending on where you are at, how much you are gaining, stalling, etc... I wouldn't be surprised if you did it, or weren't close
+70 lbs to squat - Similar to bench. Depends a lot on what you do.
+160 lbs to deadlift - I doubt you do this. Unless you are sandbagging big time now.

10 lbs of bodyweight in 3 months seems low gaining. That might be a bigger barrier to gaining strength.

I would consider them stretch goals, which are fine, as long as you realize that. As long as you don't beat yourself up or quit if you can't do it.

The numbers 5rm to 1rm though, so its not actually +35 +70 +160

Personally I don't quite get the "lift x weight within y date" goals. Fun to speculate about, sure. As long as you go in and lift your best (and eat, sleep etc etc ldo) that's all you can do really.

IMO, at those numbers (ht/wt)your're still pretty weak (I'm similar so no offense there). I think that you could gain a good deal more strength if you continue. The rep range in SS is a lot more about strength than size, so your concerns about getting too big aren't really warranted.

:P

Thinking about getting an ipod nano with the Nike+ thing.

I don't have Nike shoes, how good is the thing with other brands? Can I just put it on my laces?

Any general thoughts on this thing?

I don't have any personal experience doing that. Here's some links that might help you out: http://www.ipodhacks.com/article.php?sid=2073

http://podophile.com/2006/07/14/shoe...-kit-shoe-mod/


http://www.instructables.com/id/Put-...ng--shoe-in-o/


Or just google "nike ipod hack."

looks manageable, thanks.

OK so here's the deal im gonna try to make this short

Most of my life i've been overweight. im 6'1" about 215lbs. Used to weigh almost 300lbs but lost weight due to being so busy working i barely ever ate. Didnt try to lose it i just did...

So while i know im not a fat slob, im not happy with the way my body looks and really want to start getting in shape. I have 2 problems... One is i have absolutely no clue where to start and, two, when it comes to nutrition i have no clue where to start with that either. i dont know the first thing about eating good. I'm also a somewhat picky eater, mostly when it comes to vegetables. Not a big vegetable fan unfortunately.

So the reason im here is i want to know if anyone can recommend where i should start. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. If you have any questions(which im sure you will) just ask.

Do they have a Big Lots where you live? I get beef jerky there for $1.75 per 3.25 oz package.

Hey, good work so far.

Check out the FAQs and the beginners questions thread. Lots of information there.

Basically you need to

a) learn basic cooking skills
b) lift heavy weights

Check the FAQ for more info and ask questions here. Starting Strength is the program recommended for most beginners here.

Heh, fair enough