#6757 I am adopted but my friends don't know, is this a common occurrence?

#6756 all i really want is to blow my load in a girl's mouth....it's been so long :(

#6755 i look at the kids of my man's relatives (cousins, etc.) to get an idea of how our kids are gonna look.. and need i say i think they're probably gonna be really cute... not to mention the mix of our races.. yea, i'm sort of excited.. but having kids right now would be terrible.. gotta get this education first so I can give them the best.

#6754 I recently came to realize something. I used to think people were racist just because of their upbringing and how society is set up but it is only recently I realized that America is like the most messed up country ever. I grew up in Europe and never even knew what racism was, I came here to live with my parents and it only took a year for me to start thinking the world is just racist (I was still pretty young). It's crazy how living here made me accept racism as a normal thing.

#6753 Reply to #6751: I realize that I neglected to actually offer any real help. I will make up for that.

Books to read:
*Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe (watch the free online videos, too)
*Practical Programming by Mark Rippetoe

Websites/Forums to Spend Time on:
*Starting Strength forums
*Jason Ferruggia's blog (jasonferruggia.com)
*For girls (even guys could read this): Girls Gone Strong
*EliteFTS.com articles

The basic recommendation will come down to this: Use fewer or no machines as a beginning trainee. It doesn't matter if your goal is strength or physique. Start at a light weight on basic lifts such as the squat, deadlift, bench press, and overhead press and progress by a small amount each training session. Add in some pull ups, chin ups, and/or push ups in your routine and you should be making good progress for a while. Read the books and websites mentioned above. They will help you with your form immensely and will thus help prevent injuries. They will also provide routines and progression advice.

Overall, just realize that doing some fancy split routine from a celebrity trainer or a fancy website just will not get you the long term results you want. Do only what you need to get the desired result. Forget about rest-pause sets and drop sets. Start at a light weight, check your ego, and progress slowly and steadily with 3-5 sets of 5-8 reps. You'll make great progress for months and years to come.

To progress even more rapidly, stop eating crap. You will probably need more protein (0.8-1 gram per lbs bodyweight), but not as much as some will have you believe. Do the best you can with whatever situation you are in. You may even need to eat more with all the great progress you're making in the weight room! Also, sleep. 8 hours is optimal. 6-7 is probably better than what you're doing right now.

If you are at all interested in this, go to the Health and Fitness Expo in Stamp on Monday at 5. They're going to have some great speakers on this topic.

#6752 I went to the gym for legs day around 11am without eating breakfast first. I went a little too hard. While waiting in line for a smoothie afterwards, my vision started getting fuzzy and I was getting lightheaded, I even dropped my card trying to pay. The guy working the stand was taking forever and eventually I literally couldn't see anything and was super lightheaded. I had to blindly turn to the person behind me and ask them to lead me to a chair. I was really embarrassed. Luckily, the girl behind me was really kind. I didn't catch her name but she helped me sit down, brought me my smoothie, and told me she hopes I feel better. Thank you so much. I hope we see each other again so I can thank you without being out of breath. You seem like a really sweet girl, and I want to be friends. :)

#6751 I see so much potential in most of the people at the gym. It's sad to see that most of them don't know what the hell they're doing. They're under 180 lbs and can't do a full bodyweight squat yet and they're doing curls and maxing on bench. Why don't you get your act together and actually make some real progress. Seriously, you're most likely under 25 and can look damn good and be strong as hell in a year if you take it seriously and stop getting your routines from Bodybuilding.com. This goes for girls, too. Get off the damn machines and put in some concentrated work. Eat plenty of good food and actually sleep. You'll look and feel so much better.

#6750 Whenever I hear my friends or roommates talk about their girl problems I think, "Damn, I wish I could have those problems."