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@ Mr.Positive: that's a great link! My initial set up was all wrong too, I was starting with my shins touching the bar and it felt alot easier in the gym yesterday even if it felt a little unnatural at first. Thanks for sharing. Just a question on the moderate cardio: what kind of heart...

Well, you put forward a good argument Kerpal, and I've now started Rippetoe's. Had my first day of it yesterday and I've gotta say it felt great despite me going a little light on the squats (90kg) because my legs were killing from 2 days previously (lower body day on DeFranco's). Strangely...

That's very interesting Kerpal, thanks for taking the time to answer. The thing is I was on a pure fitness program maybe 2 years ago (I was 15/16) before lifting anything larger than a 3 kilo bag of pasta. I was always decently strong, atleast strong enough to compete fairly well at my rugby...

Alright, thanks for the replies everyone. Matt, I'll definately check those out; they look very interesting. So I went straight into it, day 1 for me being the leg day. For those who didn't read the link I did: 1 x 5 Squat - Max effort, plenty of warmup sets 3 x 10 Lunges 3 x 8...

Hey everyone. Most of the advice on these boards regarding health is focused around getting either as big, as strong or as ripped as is possible. What I'm looking to do is go more for functionality; I want strength, fitness, speed, agility and to be generally healthier. I've done some...

Hi all, I'm wondering what the feasibility of doing Rippetoe's Starting Strength routine along with some interval training for cardiovascular profficency - 3 x 5 squats 3 times a week surely means your legs are fried the whole time? I'm looking for strength, size and fitness in roughly that...

I'm amazed this doesn't have more replies. Excellent guides, think I'll be printing a few of them out to properly digest them...

To understand Asperger syndrome, I think it's important to empathise with the sufferers. Imagine if human social contact of every kind was punctuated and given meaning by a thousand different facial spasms and ticks that accompany the words someone is saying. Tone of speech and facial...