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Actually, the threshold for whacking your testosterone is about 15% according to the research. Let's say your baseline to neither gain nor lose weight is 2,500 - I chose 3,000 just for a round number plus Nitro is a heavy exerciser it sounds like. The research shows that if you eat as little...

A few things: 1. Let's say your baseline calorie level is 3000 where you neither gain or lose weight. In general, if you want to put on muscle, you have to eat a little past this baseline, i.e. an extra 300 calories per day. 2. If you cut calories much below this baseline, your...

Interesting! Haven't seen this before...

Well, you're in a lot better shape than me most likely. I basically lift weights pretty intensely and then do moderate aerobics afterward. But I deliberately don't push myself too hard as I like to work out every day and, if I kill myself, then I end up overtraining. I don't have a...

I don't do the same kind of workouts as you, but I have definitely seen this in myself of late. I put on zero weight yet my arms got bigger and my wife I lost some around the middle. I can get in a pair of jeans now that didn't fit me before as an additional sign. But I know my arms were...

Your abs first thing in the morning tell everything. Or just ask your Significant Other. A decent gym will usually have a guy that's good with calipers and % body fat measurements as well.

Well, okay, and there is hemp protein, but both of these are poorly studied compared to soy and whey for example. Proteins and aminos have quite a profound effect on the body. Personally, I wouldn't use those until some more is known about them...

Well, practically speaking, the only plant-based protein powder available is soy and I would be very cautious of that if you are a male. Soy is tied to brain shrinkage and other problems for males. Better to wait about 20 years and see what the research turns up than to risk your precious grey...

I think the vegan lifestyle is very healthy, much healthier than the typical Western Diet of course. I was just pointing out that if your goal is to put on muscle, you're not going to do it with pure veganism, at least not the typical bodybuilder kind. One NFL player - can't remember his...

Well, even if you're right, the stretching disciplines such as tai chi, yoga, etc. all are proven cortisol-busters. I'm a kinetic kind of guy, so I've never tried any of those. But study after study is showing the benes of these kind of exercises that include stretching.

Well, you seem like you're a "balls to the wall" kind of guy based on your run times, so the explosive movments will probably keep you in the gym with a smile on your face. But, for the record, I do volume one workout, lift heavy the next. Sometimes I go up with the weights, sometimes...

There are several theories: http://heartdiseasediabetes.suite101.com/article.cfm/muscle-flexibility-linked-to-artery-disease

Jack LaLanne ate boatloads of egg whites, so he was an ovovegetarian. There's no way he could have put on that kind of muscle without it btw.

Stretching has been shown to relax the arteries which is always a good thing. The studies have also shown that stretching before a workout can decrease power and strengh, generally a bad idea...

I'm jumping into the middle here, so hopefully I'm not repeating what you've already stated. To look good in clothes, you've got to put on muscle. To put on muscle, you've got to consume a lot of protein. This would require a lengthy explanation, but the only two animal proteins that are...

The M3 chart says it all. They're having trouble pumping up the money supply with a grossly overleveraged consumer: http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data But I think it's a little premature to call deflation. Remember: Bernanke is obsessed with deflation and will sell his mother to...

Good point. If they monitored housing as part of inflation, I completely agree. All of this is somewhat semantics. Well, you might disagree with that because I think your point is that the underlying economic theory is sound - it's just a matter of inept definitions. But they need to do...

A lot of traders like to think their world is much more well-defined than the world of economics, but that is an illusion imo...

I don't think there's much to debate at this point. The inflation-only target almost brought down the global economy, so I can't see that school of though winning too many debates. I think the second mandate - I assume you're talking about unemployment - lives within the same world. The...

Well, yes, that's the point: inflation targeting is very flawed both because their number is bogus and because inflation is not the only valid target.