Thanks Jenn! Very good day today, thanks. I hope you are well too.

I can't wait to get back in the gym after my week off. Body feels awesome and I should be in a "supercompensation period" where my body is strong. Looking to break some high rep PRs today. Doing 3-4 weeks of metabolic work.

Yeppers...betther than can be expected! I'm just getting ready to drive to school in 90 minutes. I skipped my first class because the roads were bad...I'm hoping that they are better this afternoon so I can go to my "great" psych class!

Good morning

I'm not sure what you just said but I'm glad your feeling good!

I'm off for a walk here in a few - seems I somehow missed exercising yesterday

Hope your day is well!

I love psychology! Yea, we finally got some snow over here in PA, if that is what you want to call it. Not even half an inch, this has been a pathetic excuse for a winter so far.

Where in Ohio are you? I will be out there in March for the Arnold Classic!

In layman's terms:

I crushed my body the last month in a half into a deeply fatigued state and with the week off and proper rest and nutrition, my body should have rebounded to a point of "fitness" higher than where I left off.

Metabolic work = high rep work 8-15 reps

I'm way on the other side of Ohio...in the Northwest area...if you go to the top left han courner of ohio on the county that's in that corner...go 1 right of that and 2 down from that...you should then be in Putnam county...home of ME!

Ya this winter has been a dull one...The past few days has been the closest to winter so far. And there's not even and inch of snow...it's all freezing rain/ice/wind...brrr cold!

Thanks for the clarification Steve

So...8-15 is considered high reps?

Yup. That is stretching the boundaries between strength training and endurance training. And I am certainly not in the gym for endurance.

You seriouslyu are so smart, i am reading your posts with awe, so can i ask a question, i know strength training is important for your metabolism right?? i have been doing like 3 sets of 10 on each upper body machine at my gym, i have no idea how many to do or anything, can you tell me how many to do??because isnt it true that if you do it wrong, your not doing your body any good??? thanks so much oh and by the way, great work!

Hey, thanks very much for the kind words. Remember, I live and breath this stuff.... so it is easy for me to spout off what to do and what not to do.

You are trying to lose weight currently, correct? How long ago did you start weight lifting?

Hi! Sounds like you are having a great day!! So I upped my clas to 1500 today, I can't go higher than that just yet! But I am wondering if you could give me few workout tips. I do thing better by a video, so I can follow along with someone, butI also have weights and exercise bands and all kinds of other stuff if you could give me a few tips on what to do and how many days in a row to do it, that would be cool!

Yeah i need to lose weight, i just started about 2 weeks ago and really have no idea what im doing, but everyone keeps saying "dont just do cardio, you need to do weights" i am NOT doing free weights, i might kill myself LOL, so i just do the machines in the back of the gym, thanks

yeah i need all the tips i can get too, send me your bill!

Really, I am not a fan of exercise aerobic videos, although it is a very generalized statement considering I don't think I have ever watched one in its entirety. Maybe I should rephrase this comment to go like this: I am not a fan of limiting yourself to low intensity/steady state cardio for fat loss. When it comes to fat loss, I think anaerobic work much better fits the prescription since it elicits a much high caloric expenditure, and energy balance, in the long run, is what leads to meeting your goals.

This goes hand in hand with the article I wrote in my journal regarding HIIT.

This said, I am a big fan of 2-3 full body resistance training sessions per week, each consisting of compound exercises (ones that use multiple muscle groups and joints). So, instead of the bicep curl, I would much rather you do a row or pull. Does this make sense?

I could shoot you some suggestions, but first I would want to know exactly what you have at your disposal for use, in terms of weights.