Weights

Looking for advice on building my home gym - what substitutes are ok?
I'm in the process of extending my home gym, and I'm trying to decide what to do. First, a little background. I've been going through the beginner program in The Men's Book Of Muscle, after a few previous weeks of a few other exercises, and I'm soon going to be entering week 8. My goal is simply to raise BMR and... 6 Dec 2006 14:24

Increasing chest size
Mornin', I think I'm lacking in my chest and want to make it bigger. I've done some research and have decided to try a 5x5 program. Anyone use/d this with success? Steph. ... 7 Dec 2006 16:41

Top-Ten Fanfare
crosstar wrote: TOP-TEN FANFARE One of the first things Hunter Bixler, 20, asked, upon stumbling across Nationalists, was, "Can I get a few tips?" "Can I get a few more details?" To meet the demand, Crosstar has assembled the "Big-Ten Fanfare", a collection of the best and most-succinct pamphlets ... 3 Dec 2006 08:53

weight lifting program for Tennis
Can some of you tennis players give me a good weight lifting program to do during the tennis season? Thanks. Blakesq ... 5 Dec 2006 13:14

Nominations for December Humour Award...
A spammer inviting a spammer to "feck off": ** tdelcwcchkni(a)yahoo.com wrote: Feck off, you fat spammer. -- Bully Protein bars: http://www.proteinbars.co.uk ** That's got to be worthy of consideration! <snigger> Have a great weekend lads and lasses - I am! ;o) ... 10 Jan 2007 23:53

Newbie fitness/protein shake question
Sorry if this is the wrong forum to post this. I'm a 37 year old male, 5' 10" and about 200lbs...I'm a life long couch potato with pretty much no muscle. Been using free weights and the treadmill for the past 2 weeks...alternating days with one day a week totally off. I've changed my diet as well...no more soda (... 4 Dec 2006 05:57

Skippy
I realize it is somewhat off topic - why are some people referred to as 'skippy'? It seems to be used in a derogatory sense. Who or what is "Skippy"? Please only genuine replies. ... 1 Dec 2006 16:01

DB curls vs. BB curls, etc.
A recent posting around what one should be able to pull down compared to what one can curl, prompted me to think about how much I lift with various exercises. I've been lifting for about 5 months now, so I am still very much a beginner. I am 40 y.o. male and weigh about 145 (that's 7 lbs more than when I started,... 29 Nov 2006 10:45

http://www.coachillustrated.com/
Found this link while Googling power cleans: http://www.coachillustrated.com/ -- Curt ... 28 Nov 2006 14:56

why do football players do power cleans?
does doing power cleans translate into better on-the-field performance? or do you simply get better at doing power cleans? After all, one rule of thumb is that you get good at what you do... as in, you bench press, you get good at bench press -- does not mean you'll throw a football 15 yards farther thanyou di... 5 Dec 2006 13:47