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After a year and a half of multiple serious and less serious ankle injuries, I'm finally back at 3x150 kg dead lifts and 4x50 kg (standing) shoulder press.

At 172 cm tall 88 kg body weight (no...

Interesting stuff, thanks Carl! I always felt that my muscles were less sore if I ingested a dose of protein/fast sugars (from fruits) relatively soon after exercise. Then again, when I work out, I...

So yesterday I forgot to bring lunch to work, and the local store nearby work was all out of microwave meals, so I lived off eggs, quark (the dairy kind, not the metaphysical kind) and protein bars...

Yesterdays two 15 minute sessions:

Session 1:
Squats:
2 x 10
2 x 5
1 x 1 (max)
1 x 4

Shoulder press:

The evening shift is a temporary inconvenience. Sadly, paying my rent had the priority and jobs are hard to come by. Still lots of time in the mornings, so I might even be able to organise something...

The good thing about always being late is that it makes for great exercise when done "manually". So for the last two weeks I've been cycling to and from work 13-15 km (8-9 miles), a bit over half an...

It seems for some, the number of repetitions is holy, with clean technique being sacrificed. Like the swinging around like a six year old for chin/pull ups just to get the chin over the bar; push ups...

Ditto here. I have managed to squeeze in the odd 15 minutes to an hour here and there at work, where there is a small gym (of sorts). I have been out of it for a while, so I'm taking it relatively...

What I heard from instructors and experienced lifters (as in guys in their late sixties and still lifting serious weights) and experienced myself is what Carl said: free weights force you to utilise...