| Re: Lets all Diet & get in shape Wow, thanks for all the advice Accumulator. I skipped squats this morning to let my quads rest. They were burning pretty good after the bike ride last night but feel much better today. I think you are right about my body getting used to squatting, squats really woke me up. I tried to do leg curls this morning but I get a pronounced tingly feeling in my feet like I've cut off blood flow. Is this normal? It was bothering me so I quit after just a couple reps. It may have just been the machine though. The gym has a few different leg curl machines so I will try another one. I'm not familiar with Romanian deadlifts so if you could educate me on them, that would be great. Thanks for the advice on the abs, it sounds like I am headed in the right direction. I used to do hundreds of regular crunches but I've switched to doing weighted crunches with less reps. Right now I'm doing about 30 with feet down, 30 with feet on bars, and 30 with feet in the air. I usually follow this with my favorite ab machine and do about 3 sets of 15 with some decent weight. Is this still too many reps, should I lower reps and raise the weight? Unfortunately, I didn't eat very well today so I'll have to get back at that tomorrow. I ate breakfast and my post workout protein shake but my lunch was small and I missed the 2:00 meal. What I ate was healthy, but I didn't eat much. Could I throw in an 8:00-9:00 meal(or shake) to make up the difference, or should I not worry about it? I really appreciate all the help Accum. I've got the drive to do this, but before now, I didn't have the information to execute it. |