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Sweeney Todd!!!

Yes!

Any Monty Python fans in the house?

Snatch is freaking awesome. LOL at the subtitles comment!

I'll admit that I'm hopelessly in love with Emma Watson. She's fantastic! It really was a good movie! Emma Watson was a bonus! I really wanted to read the book before I saw the movie but I've been swamped with school work and other books to read. I really want to read the book now!

I went to see Perks of Being a Wallflower last night. It was a beautiful movie from beginning to end. It pulls your heartstrings all the way through. Great movie, in my opinion. Definitely one of my favorites.

I would take a full 7 days off, and then get back at it. That could be it.

Have you been eating enough? Getting less sleep? If not, it may be time for a deload week.

I never said it was easy

Cardio and dieting. That's how to get rid of stomach fat.

I think this is the rare occasion where a grown man has lost his privilege to party. He just screwed up to many times.

This is very different. Dez has been a repeat offender who is constantly in the news for all the wrong reasons. This is just one case in which a midnight curfew is understandable for a grown man.

There is so much win right here.

Your body can only digest so much protein as one time, but I think if you're taking 20 grams, three times a day through shakes, you should be okay. I believe my old gym teacher/trainer said that your body digests 20 grams of protein in approximately 3 hours. I'm not sure on every detail, I'm definitely not a nutritionist or any kind of trainer. Two a day should be alright. What you have suggested is what I do most of the time.

I'm not certain, but I think it is beneficial. It should help with the recovery and rebuilding process or your muscles. I wouldn't call it necessary, but it could have very beneficial results.

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You could try dimmel deadlifts. Hold a barbell in front of you as if you were going to do deadlifts. Bend your knees a bit. Use your hip as a lever and bring the bar down slowly just past your knee, without bending your knee further. Make sure you keep your knees bent, but locked in the same position. You should feel it in your hamstring. If you don't, I can try to help.

I do flies as part of my routine, but I will definitely add more dumbbell exercises to my upper body lifts. I'd love to do some snatches. Thanks for the help!

I get a lot of my carbs from my protein shake and sandwiches. I also eat a ton of potatoes which is where I get the majority of my carbs. It's an hour and a half of fairly slow paced weight lifting. I've been working out at my high school weight room. My old coach runs a well organized weight training program based off college football strength and conditioning programs along with some rapid fire station work at the end of the work out for conditioning purposes. I'll try the glutamine and creatine. I've always been skeptical about creatine, but I drink plenty of water so I should be good there. I'm going to do more research into both of those. Thanks guys!

I've talked to my coaches about it and they think it could be overtraining. I haven't had a full week off of running and lifting since April. Dieting is part of my problem. I wake up and have a beef protein shake for breakfast. I workout from 11 to about 12:30. Then I usually have either a piece of chicken or salmon. Dinner is usually the problem for me. Living with my parents, I have to eat what they make, even if that means fast food. At night I have a peanut butter sandwich and another protein shake before bed. Sounds like it could be a little bit of both.

Anyone have any tips on breaking plateaus? I've hit a wall on bench, squat, and clean and I can't seem to surpass it. It's so frustrating.

Ab work, cardio, and dieting.

I'm so glad I'm a Ravens fan. I love my Ravens more and more every day after every arrest I hear about. It's getting ridiculous.

Haha, alright! Thanks.

What do you think of the C4? My buddy's been using it and loves it.